Expectations

Play your own game!

PlayyourowngameI had the opportunity to attend a five day golf camp at the end of May.  I learned many things during the instruction time.  One major lesson that I learned was to play your own game.  It’s an analogy that can be applied to your career as well.  Following are some thoughts:

Thought 1:  What others are doing.  When you play golf it’s easy to watch those who you are playing with and try to emulate their strokes, whether you have the same skill or not.  What happens more times than I’d like,… Continue reading

What makes a great supervisor? – Part 1

Following is a blog originally posted in December 2011.  This goes along with our leadership blogs for this month!

Great supervisors follow the same rules when working with their employees.  How many of these rules do you follow?  How many of these rules does your supervisor follow?  If you gave your employees a score card – how would they rate you?

Rule #1. Treat all your employees fairly
– that means workload, expectations and treatment.  What you’re willing to do for one, you must be willing to do for all.

Sub-tip:  Do not play… Continue reading

Time Management(???)

Much has been written about time management – as if time is a “thing” or an object.  Time is a dimension in which events can be ordered from the past through the present into the future.  Time is a unit of measurement.  You can’t expand or contract time, in fact you can’t manage time at all.  I know this sounds a little philosophical but bear with me.  When you believe that you need to manage time, you’re attempting to manage something apart from you which can be very stressful.

Replace time management with managing how… Continue reading

What makes a great supervisor? – Part 1

Great supervisors follow the same rules when working with their employees.  How many of these rules do you follow?  How many of these rules does your supervisor follow?  If you gave your employees a score card – how would they rate you?

Rule #1. Treat all your employees fairly
– that means workload, expectations and treatment.  What you’re willing to do for one, you must be willing to do for all.

Sub-tip:  Do not play favorites or develop special friendships with anyone you supervise – that will undermine your authority and open you up to… Continue reading