Supervisory Management articles from February 1993

Supervisory Management archives from February 1993

Minimizing the risks from delegation. (how to delegate authority)
February 1, 1993... You might equate long hours at work with dedication and productivity. But often this is more a reflection of your need to do the job yourself, an outlook that can drain motivation and creativity from your staffers, and cause them to become...

Making the right demands on your staff.
February 1, 1993... Are you using your staffers' talents correctly? Are you wasting superstars' skills? How about your average performers? Are you setting unreachable standards that will leave them feeling frustrated? The result in either case is that your work...

Give feedback, not criticism.
February 1, 1993... There is no such thing as constructive criticism. The two words don't belong together when we are talking about giving feedback to maintain or improve work performance. After all, "constructive" suggests building up whereas "criticism" suggests...

How to manage your boss.
February 1, 1993... That's right--this article is about managing your boss. Managing is too often seen as a one-way process. In reality, managing works best when it occurs in many directions at once. Effective managers don't just manage their staffers and...

Fielding abrasive questions during presentations.
February 1, 1993... One of the few times supervisors get to act out their roles as professionals to those higher in the chain of command is during business presentation, you'll naturally be concerned with the basics: Does my talk give an interesting, thorough...

Finding management time. (effective time management)
February 1, 1993... "Every time we get together to talk about a project, there's another project on the boards we have to deal with." Sound familiar? Do you have projects growing mold because you just don't have time to cope with the amount of work they demand?...

Ten ways you can help your employees succeed.
February 1, 1993... Today's fight economy and tougher competitors are generating lots of pressure for us to increase productivity, efficiency, and quality. And since organizations have fewer managers today than in the past, we likely are managing larger numbers of...

Dealing with job pressure.
February 1, 1993... Any job worth having comes with pressure, and nowhere is that more true--now, more than ever--than in managerial positions. The pressures that managers face come in many shapes and sizes and stem from a variety of sources: an upcoming...

Countering the argument, "That's not my job."
February 1, 1993... Many employees will use the argument, "That's not my job" at one time or another. If your employees' work is rigidly defined by a union contract, there is nothing you can do. However, if it isn't, then you have to be prepared to counter that...

Corporate ethics: it's all questions.
February 1, 1993... As ever-tougher competition in the marketplace puts pressure on us all, moral and ethical issues can become cloudy. As a manager, you may find yourself in situations that test your own sense of ethics. Maybe your boss will order you to cover up a...