It’s likely that you can easily recite your team members’ roles and responsibilities — what they do. But do you clearly understand, and can you explain, why they perform well in their roles? The most effective managers Gallup has studied share the ability — regardless of industry or organization type — to understand and describe…
Category: Management Tip
Noncompete Agreements Take a Toll on the Economy
Despite sky-high housing prices, Silicon Valley remains the vital center of the U.S. tech industry. Once an industry takes root in a particular place, it’s very hard to pull it away. Which makes it all the more important to understand: Why did Silicon Valley become Silicon Valley in the first place? One prominent theory is…
Management Tip: Do You Have A Skeptic on your Team?
Do you have someone on your staff that seems like he or she always has the knack to quickly and accurately size up a situation, but at the same time this person always seems somewhat skeptical of some of the company’s decisions?
This Is Why Your Boss Is Terrible, According to Management Experts
We all know that bosses can be jerks. Now economists think they understand why — although the reason may surprise you. As it turns out, most companies end up promoting their best-performing employees, giving them responsibility for supervising others workers. The problem, new research shows, is that the skills that made employees succeed at their initial…
Study: This is how much non-compete clauses hurts employees
Blinded by enthusiasm for our new jobs, too many of us do not look too closely at the language within our employment contracts. Fewer than 10% of new employees will try to negotiate their noncompete clauses, according to the U.S. Department of Treasury. But buyer beware: those seemingly innocuous paragraphs can have an outsized impact on…
Non-compete agreements: Retention tool or liability landmine?
Non-compete contracts, or restrictive covenants, have garnered a lot of media attention of late. Once considered applicable only to high-level employees, non-competes have trickled down the corporate ladder to the rank and file as companies try to protect their investment in staff. The practice of using non-competes has become so widespread that in March 2016…
What to Know Before Signing a Noncompete or Nondisclosure Agreement
Despite the job market’s uncertainties and unpredictability, most experts say noncompetition and nondisclosure agreements are becoming increasingly common. Why? As the economy becomes more technology-oriented, employers are more concerned about preventing the technical and intellectual property they’ve developed from being copied by others. Rick Levi, a partner in the Midwestern law firm of Earnest, Foster,…
Management Tip: Hiding bad news demotivates employees, study finds
Withholding important information from staff is demotivating, regardless of whether the news is good or bad, according to a new study which suggests the quality and honesty of internal communication may be a crucial factor in engagement. Researchers from Warwick Business School asked participants to play a game of ‘dictator’. This involved one participant trying…
Management Tip: Employee Turnover And Its Staggering Costs
I wrote this article years ago, but thought I would re-introduce it to those who haven’t seen it….
Noncompete Agreements Hurt Recruitment
Experts dispute whether companies are using noncompete agreements more than ever, but they agree on one thing: Many talented job applicants refuse to sign them and choose employers that don’t require them. “Today’s workforce is less loyal than in the past, and movement between employers is a fact of life in modern business,” said Andrew…