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Never tolerate from your directs what you would not do to your boss.
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59 |
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Micromanagement is by definition unreasonable.
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60 |
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You Cannot Be Friends with Your Directs.
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84 |
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With both of these ideas – social obligation and implied secrecy – friendships run afoul of a manager’s professional obligations.
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87 |
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You cannot be friends with your directs, but yes you can be friendly with them.
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88 |
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As long as there is no appearance of favoritism, drinking with your directs is fine.
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90 |
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Something else we’ve learned about drinking alcohol with directs: have only one drink with them.
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91 |
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The average manager hasn’t been trained, tutored, mentored, taught or coached with… the skills necessary for becoming a successful manager.
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104 |
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It’s an important managerial rule to never ask a question of your directs if you don’t intend to honor their answer.
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110 |
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When we are giving negative feedback, we are asking the direct to behave differently. We’re not punishing the past mistake, because we’ve already forgiven it. Remember that our focus is on the future, not the past.
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120 |
