May 30, 2019
The Hard Realities of Managing People
It is our mission to fight the undermanagement epidemic and spread the word about highly engaged management. So many leaders, managers, and supervisors are held back by the...
May 21, 2019
The Employee Reward Philosophy That Equals Higher Retention
Congratulations! That great new person has been hired to your team - and they are eager to start adding a ton of value. As a highly-engaged leader, you understand how to create...
May 01, 2019
A Guide to Great 1:1 Meetings
More and more leaders are getting the message: in order to be effective, you must have regular 1:1 meetings with each of your direct reports. Managers and employees rely on...
April 24, 2019
Seven Ways to Prepare Before You Reboot Your Management Style
My mission at RainmakerThinking is to truly empower leaders and managers with strategies that work. In my effort to fight the undermanagement epidemic rampant in today's...
April 10, 2019
You're Struggling to Retain the Best Talent - Is Undermanagement the Cause?
Attracting, recruiting, and retaining the best talent is one of the biggest challenges facing organizations today. For employers of all sizes, in every industry, it is getting...
March 27, 2019
What Is Undermanagement Costing You?
By Bruce Tulgan
I've said it before: undermanagement can be difficult to identify. And yet, it is the number one cause of the most common preventable problems in the...
March 14, 2019
Seven Key Aspects of Management With Which Managers Are Struggling
By Bruce Tulgan
It's always been hard to manage people. Managers have always been stuck in the middle between the employer and the employee, trying to negotiate their...
February 28, 2019
Supporting Employees Means Customizing Your Management Approach
By Bruce Tulgan
All your employees come to work with different levels of ability and skill: different backgrounds, personalities, styles, ways of communicating, work habits,...
February 21, 2019
Leaders and Managers: Don't Be Afraid to Solve Small Problems!
By Bruce Tulgan
Nobody likes confrontations, especially when it's a confrontation with an employee you manage. Difficult conversations only seem to make things worse,...
February 13, 2019
Trying to Hold Your Employees Accountable? You Have to Make It a Process, Not a Slogan
By Bruce Tulgan
Accountability is a hot watchword in just about every business. But what does it really mean?
Simply put, accountability means having to answer for one's...
February 06, 2019
Help! How Do I Increase Employee Productivity?
By Bruce Tulgan
If an employee doesn't get "enough" work done, then there are only three logical possibilities: that employee needs to work either more, faster, or...
February 04, 2019
Become a Great Delegator: Ask the Right Questions When Handing Off Work
By Bruce Tulgan
Micromanagement, when it occurs, is usually the result of an anxious manager who wants to make sure that everything is getting done the right way, at every...