Most managers are expected to coach their team to achieve desired goals for the company. It is their job to motivate, guide, engage and get their team to perform at the top of their game. Just like a sports coach, in order to succeed, a manager needs to see the strengths, limitations and potential of …

Christmas is just around the corner and I am sure many of you are busy buying gifts, planning family celebrations and preparing for your office Christmas party. It is a fun and happy time of the year, but for those who are tasked to plan party games, programs, gifts and raffle prizes; it can be …

When business owners and entrepreneurs establish their companies, their main challenge is to survive. This means that they have to focus on sales and cash flow first and foremost to stay in business. Because of this, Human Resource is often placed as low priority. Aside from the initial hiring of people and computing for salaries, …

Do your employees care about your company? Do they believe in your products and services? Do they love working for your company? Or is this just a job for them? If you answered YES to the first three questions, then congratulations. You have a great team in your company. But if you would like to …

It would be great if employees can undergo all the types of training but most of the time, company resources are limited: no time, no expertise, no budget. As a result, companies choose the type of training based on what is urgent and important and sometimes, what is only available. But training and more importantly …

Busy managers and business owners know that it is important to train their staff so that their employees will know how to work efficiently and perform well in the workplace. Most of the time, however, busy managers do not have the time to train their people as they have other equally important and more urgent …

All bosses will eventually have to correct their staff whether they like it or not. It simply comes with the territory. As a leader or a manager of people, your role is to guide your people towards the right direction. This often means supervising and monitoring your staff closely. If they make mistakes, as their …

A Reader Wrote: Dear Ms. Jhoanna, I have just been promoted as the new manager of my department. Although I am thrilled with this, I am having difficulty dealing with my subordinates who, just a few weeks ago, were my peers. I feel awkward telling people what to do and they are not used to …

Have you ever experienced being a boss to someone who is so much older than you? Have you ever been promoted to a position that requires you to lead co-workers who have been with the company so much longer than you? Or have you been at the receiving end of this situation—being placed under a …

Have you ever experienced assigning a project to someone and feeling an overwhelming urge to just do it yourself because you think that doing so will produce faster, better and more efficient results? If so, you were probably experiencing the challenge many of us face with work delegation. If you have OC tendencies, delegating work …