Middle Management

You have the power to shape the future. Put your people at the center of your strategy, and drive your team’s performance by focusing on what matters most – your people and their results.

Book Bruce

Insights on leadership, culture and organization management

Filter

Beyond the Paycheck – The Smarter Way to Retain and Develop Top Talent

Beyond the Paycheck – The Smarter Way to Retain and Develop Top Talent

Every manager says they want engaged employees. Every organization says it wants to develop and retain talent. But when a truly high-performing employee begins…
Read More
The Five Components of Hands-On Management

The Five Components of Hands-On Management

There are volumes of research that have attempted to distinguish between leaders, managers, and supervisors: Leaders focus on the big picture, managers focus on…
Read More
Is Your Workplace Feedback Thoughtful, Balanced, and True?

Is Your Workplace Feedback Thoughtful, Balanced, and True?

Every time a manager provides feedback, their credibility is on the line. Giving feedback that is generally inaccurate—off-base, unfair, unbalanced, or factually wrong—is a…
Read More
Performance Improves When Managers Focus on Short-Term Results

Performance Improves When Managers Focus on Short-Term Results

The most powerful approach to coaching is one that focuses urgently on day-to-day, high-quality results. As basketball great Michael Jordan said, “I approach everything…
Read More
The Seven Types of Management Challenges and How to Solve Them

The Seven Types of Management Challenges and How to Solve Them

Despite how unique your management challenges may seem, the common denominator is likely unstructured, low-substance, hit-or-miss communication. When things are going wrong in a…
Read More
Post-pandemic work: What each generation needs for success

Post-pandemic work: What each generation needs for success

If ever there was a generation-defining ‘accident of history’, the Covid-19 pandemic is it. Compared to other recent accidents of history—the 2008 recession, 9/11,…
Read More
The Top Causes of Employee Turnover

The Top Causes of Employee Turnover

After huge recent fluctuations in the job market—and despite ongoing downsizing, restructuring, and reengineering—unemployment is at record lows and employers are facing more severe…
Read More
Future-Proof Your Staffing, Whether It’s Boom or Bust

Future-Proof Your Staffing, Whether It’s Boom or Bust

With all the economic fluctuations in this era of uncertainty, one business truth is not going to change: Talent is the number one asset…
Read More
Two Strategies Hiring Managers Miss When Sourcing Young Candidates

Two Strategies Hiring Managers Miss When Sourcing Young Candidates

Whether you are hiring young people on the high end or the lower end of the talent spectrum, my guess is that you need…
Read More