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Tag Archives: management

Earning Respect As A Manager

Everyone wants to be respected, but you have to earn it. You can’t go to the store and buy a bucket of respect.

Posted byDave EdwardsDecember 21, 2020Posted inleadershipTags:leadership, management, Respect, workplace, workplace respectLeave a comment on Earning Respect As A Manager

Leadership Lessons from a U.S. General

While you and I don’t take our troops into battle, this is wise advice for everyone who wants to be an effective leader.

Posted byDave EdwardsNovember 30, 2020Posted inBook ReviewTags:Caring, Competence, Conviction, leadership, management, SupervisionLeave a comment on Leadership Lessons from a U.S. General

Sometimes You Have To Say “No”

Get used to the fact that you may have to say “no,” even when you want to say “yes.”

Posted byDave EdwardsNovember 2, 2020Posted inmanagementTags:decisionmaking, decisions, managementLeave a comment on Sometimes You Have To Say “No”

Protect Your Data By Planning For The Worst

If you manage a nonprofit, how certain are you that the data you keep on your donors is safe and secure? Recent security breaches should serve as warnings. The experts offer some ideas on how to protect yourself.

Posted byDave EdwardsOctober 14, 2020October 14, 2020Posted inmanagementTags:cybersecurity, data, hackers, management, nonprofitsLeave a comment on Protect Your Data By Planning For The Worst

How Has Your Workday Changed Since You Started Working From Home?

A new research report presents interesting findings about how Americans have adapted to working from home. Some of the results may not be what you expect.

Posted byDave EdwardsAugust 17, 2020Posted inCovid-19Tags:coronavirus, covid, leadership, management, meetings, WFH, work from homeLeave a comment on How Has Your Workday Changed Since You Started Working From Home?

Use Your Calendar For Increased Productivity

Manage your calendar, or it will manage you. To begin, I suggest that you use your calendar correctly. Protect your calendar so that meeting requests can be prioritized.

Posted byDave EdwardsAugust 12, 2020Posted inProductivityTags:calendar, GTD, leadership, management, ProductivityLeave a comment on Use Your Calendar For Increased Productivity

Evaluating Your Skills As A Communicator

Leaders spend most of their days communicating with different stakeholders. Yet many employees complain that the directions they get from their bosses are often unclear. Moreover, even if the instructions are clear, sometimes expectations are vague.

Posted byDave EdwardsJuly 29, 2020Posted inCommunicationsTags:Communications, communicator, leader, leadership, management, speakerLeave a comment on Evaluating Your Skills As A Communicator

Should We Bother With Performance Evaluations?

In order to be helpful, evaluations must be structured effectively or they may be perceived as a waste of time.

Posted byDave EdwardsJuly 22, 2020Posted inHuman ResourcesTags:Evaluations, HR, Human Resources, management, PerformanceLeave a comment on Should We Bother With Performance Evaluations?

A FREE Offer For Those Who Want To Be A Manager

Public media is in need of new leaders. How can you prepare yourself? I’m offering a FREE E-book with ideas.

Posted byDave EdwardsJune 23, 2020Posted inPromotionTags:management, newsletter, publicmedia, publicradioLeave a comment on A FREE Offer For Those Who Want To Be A Manager

Don’t Let Fear Stop You

Sometimes I worry about making important decisions where the correct choice is unclear. I’m an over-thinker. Here’s a personal story about how fear impacted me.

Posted byDave EdwardsJune 22, 2020Posted inmanagement, UncategorizedTags:decisions, dentist, endodontics, fear, management, over-thinkingLeave a comment on Don’t Let Fear Stop You

Managing Up, Down and Sideways

Effective leaders learn to manage up, down and sideways.

Posted byDave EdwardsDecember 20, 2019September 28, 2020Posted inmanagement, UncategorizedTags:management

Why I Won’t Ever “Retire”

I decided that what I wanted to use the knowledge I gained by making my own mistakes to help the next generation of leaders in public media – and in other non-profits – prepare for the tasks they face

Posted byDave EdwardsDecember 12, 2019March 24, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:leadership, management, retirement
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