Tag Archives: understanding
April 23, 2013 – 10:07 am
A reader asked me to revisit my earlier post about Crazy-Making Boss Behavior and provide details about how to cope with some of the extreme behaviors. Let’s start with the “Have You Gotten Any Better at That Yet?” boss. This type is confident that she knows exactly how various aspects of your job should be [...]
Also tagged behavior, communication, expectations, leadership, listening, management, micromanagement, micromanager, relationship, work, workplace
February 26, 2013 – 10:02 am
There’s always another point of view. In old fables about whether any specific event or circumstance signifies good luck or bad, the moral always depends on your individual context and outlook. I’m interested in hearing your point of view on the following story. Do you see a definitive right and wrong? Or a “righter” and [...]
February 19, 2013 – 10:08 am
Every once in a while someone tells me a story of dysfunctional, disruptive, unprofessional, plain old odd boss behavior. Here’s an example, along with some suggestions for how to normalize things with a crazy-making boss so you can get your work done and have a decent day. The “Keep Me Company” Boss Some bosses want [...]
December 11, 2012 – 10:04 am
When people talk to you, do you hear everything they’re communicating? Do you recognize the meaning in people’s voices as well as their words to understand what they’re really telling you? Once you’ve known someone for a while you can often “hear” their voice as you read their emails or their Facebook posts. But to [...]
December 4, 2012 – 10:04 am
We’ve all passed those storefronts where a succession of stores or restaurants open and close quickly and thought to ourselves, “That’s a doomed location.” Some employees seem to take on this kind of role in an organization. They’re moved from position to position and from department to department, even though no department really wants them, [...]
Also tagged behavior, change, communication, competence, criticism, employee development, leadership, management, organization, performance, performance pitfall, work, workplace
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Liz Alt Kislik is President of Liz Kislik Associates LLC. Liz brings more than two decades of customer-focused management experience to businesses of all sizes and segments. She helps managers address complex organizational problems, particularly in the areas of customer care and employee performance.
