People Management

The staff learns when you don’t blame

February 1, 2005
To learn as a team, you have to gather for product reviews and examine what did and didnt happen, without assigning blame or recognition.

Turn teammate envy into team success

January 1, 2005
You give an especially challenging assignment to someone on your staff. Then, everyone else grows envious and angry. Here’s how to channel that negative envy into a positive force.

Practice the four R’s of ‘power listening’

January 1, 2004
Power listening is listening with empathy, putting yourself in the other person’s shoes, and responding with what you understand the other person has said. The best way to become a power listener is to develop the specific skills of active listening, especially the “four R’s”:

Compel others to listen to you by starting off with these attention-grabbers

July 1, 2001
6 ways to get their attention fast.

Hold a waffler accountable

September 1, 1997
Wafflers constantly change their minds and give wishy-washy answers to even the most simple fact-finding questions. To hold a waffler accountable, try these techniques.