Author: Роман Петров — 786
People who come
One of the secrets to successful team management is selecting the right employees. If a manager complains that “people are like this,” it is primarily a question for that manager.…
On Management Styles
The quick, albeit not obvious, answer is this: There are only two management styles: the right one and the wrong one. The right management style has no name, while the…
Hierarchy in the herd
Hierarchy has nothing to do with managing people. The local Alpha may not even be the boss of the office. Moreover, it’s likely that they aren’t, as bosses and subordinates…
“Why” in management
— Did I ask you to make this report?— Yes…— Did you do it?— No.— Why? Stop.. Why put this question to a subordinate at all? Do you really want…
Eternal battle
We were all raised on films that glorify struggle. In the USSR, we grew up on “How the Steel Was Tempered,” during the perestroika era, Rambo took the baton, and…
Leadership · Management · Motivation
They’re just like children!
In pedagogy, there is a viewpoint that a child who misbehaves, acts out, and constantly gets into trouble doesn’t actually want to be disruptive; rather, they want attention. It’s a…
Struggle with facts
Often, or rather almost always, people tend to fight against what has already happened. And that is something we cannot overcome. If something occurs that we don’t like, the worst…
On Negative Motivation
The essence of negative motivation is to punish an employee for something they did that harmed the company or for actions that their superiors perceive as detrimental to the company.…
Deadlines for the completion of work
One of the scariest places where you shouldn’t even think about… negative motivation is the term for failure to meet deadlines. In this case, “ the paradox of the log…
The source of the problem and its solution.
Let’s say you encounter a problem. You look at the issue and start fighting it. You come up with measures to combat it, invent strategies and rules. You manage conflict…
A headless rooster
If you’ve ever seen how a rooster behaves after its head has been cut off, you can easily imagine how a manager, rather than a leader, acts. Constant busyness, closed…
The camel has two humps because life…
Do you want to quickly understand if someone is a leader? Ask them what life means to them. If life is— struggle If it’s a dead end, then it’s a…
Illusion of control
OOGWAY: My old friend, the panda will never fulfill his destiny, nor you yours, until you let go of the illusion of control.SHIFU: Illusion?OOGWAY: Yeah. Look at this tree, Shifu. I cannot make it blossom when…
To command or to obey?
Here, it is commonly believed that command and submission are mutually exclusive styles of behavior. Those who command do not submit, and those who submit do not command. You often…
How to make it even worse?
No one realizes that in most cases, communication between a boss and an employee rarely leads to improved relationships between them. Even when a boss praises their subordinate. However, relationships…
A sign of stupidity
For me, a long time ago, a good indicator of a person’s foolishness and narrow-mindedness became their possession of an opinion they are ready to fight for and defend. A…
Leadership · Management · Sales
Whose plans are these?
You are a manager at a certain level in a sales organization. You have a team below you, and each of them has their own sales plan.So, here it is.…
On the Categoricity of Thought
“Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst,” Robert Sapolsky Thinking outside of categories Instead of memorizing absolute characteristics of things, it’s more convenient for us to break…
The role of a manager
What role should you have?To begin with, we need to understand the fundamental principle that each person is driven by certain pairs of forces pulling them in one direction or…
Personal firewall
Imagine you’re sitting in a lounge chair, relaxing at your summer house or a trendy resort. At that moment, an annoying fly starts bothering you. You try to shoo it…