Great Manager Newsletter - Nov 13, 2024
Brain Science to Improve Leadership
Today is International Kindness Day. Take a moment with your team to spread kindness in any way possible. I’m going to find some strangers and do little acts to help make my community better.
A kind thing you can do for me is to recommend this newsletter to a manager who you think might benefit.
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Brain Science to Improve Leadership
The article discusses brain science-based tools to enhance leadership skills. It highlights how understanding neuroscience can help leaders improve decision-making, emotional regulation, and stress management. Key tools include practicing mindfulness to boost focus and resilience, developing emotional intelligence to foster better team relationships, and using cognitive strategies to maintain mental clarity. Leaders can leverage these insights to create more effective, adaptable teams while promoting a healthier workplace culture.
Watch This
6 Steps for Dealing with Negative Employees
Dealing with negative employees quickly is important to stop negativity spreading. Managing a negative team member can be difficult, managing a negative team is disastrous. As a manager, taking action to reduce or removing the negativity is a must. There is a lot you can do quickly. This video takes you through 6 tried and tested steps for dealing with negative employees quickly and fairly.
By the Numbers
2.7 and 2.3
Employees with first-hand awareness of unethical behavior in their organization are 2.7 times as likely to be actively disengaged and 2.3 times as likely to be burned out as their peers.
Words of Wisdom
Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced this way, it’s a magnificent profession.
― Clayton M Christensen
Business Laughs
Discussion Topics
How do you balance the need for individual autonomy with team cohesion?
What I'm working on this week....
As we near the end of the year, I start to prepare any changes in my program that I want to do for next year. Feel free to send me suggestions.
Getting ready for the holidays - started doing Christmas cards and preventing my wife from overdosing on Hallmark movies.
Have a great week. Be a Great Manager.