CIOs: get team building right
As a CIO or IT manager, pulling your team together to work as a group is no easy task, regardless of the industry you operate in. How do you find the balance between too much and too little control?
Dysfunctional team U-turn
Taking over a challenging project is difficult enough. Throw in a disgruntled team, and you have other issues to consider. The advice here could help you become your company's newest hero and turnaround artist.
Stop team war
When an employee refuses to be a team player or always shows up late for work, your other team members will resent it--and you'll have to deal with the fallout. We offer guidance on these two issues.
Keep employees on track
What's the best way to deal with an employee who lacks time management skills or doesn't live up to his or her potential? Prioritisation training may be the answer to both questions.
Management tips: 'Off the record' complaints
When a staff member approaches you with a specific complaint about a peer and asks that you keep the comments secret, beware the situation that could develop. When anonymity is requested, it's best for managers to be on the defensive.
Think-tanks: Stretching the tech budget
Tighter budgets are prompting tech leaders to re-evaluate, reprioritise, and replan how technology monies will be spent this year. It's a familiar scenario that often involves deciding which projects get cut, which get postponed, and which need to be eliminated.
Manager-employee conflict--What do you do?
It finally dawns on you. For the third time in a month, this same employee is seething, looking as if he wants to come across the desk at you. Three different confrontations over three different situations, but to you they seem eerily familiar.
Quash idle gossip in your business
All managers know they should discourage office gossipââ,¬"it's just common sense. But eavesdrop on any after-work get-together and you'll invariably find a manager indulging in a hushed conversation about who said what to whom at some closed-door meeting, or even worse, who made a pass at the new clerk after a couple of drinks at last week's get-together.
Tips for managing project teams
You have a tough enough time managing on-site teams. Scatter team members among locations, and it's even harder. One consultant shares the lessons he learned on the way to success.
How to keep your team together when layoffs hit
What does an IT manager do when dealing with a staff already touched by layoffs? An HR specialist offers these suggestions on how to keep your team engaged and on task.
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