Alice Waagen's Workforce Learning
Workforce Learning LLC is a leadership development company that provides managers and C-level executives with the skills and knowledge they need to build a more productive work environment. Since founding the company in 1997, owner Alice Waagen, PhD, has developed highly effective leadership programs and coaching workshops that teach the people in charge how to motivate and inspire employees.
“Research shows that the single reason most organizations fail to thrive is a lack of strong people skills among those at the top,” Alice says. “We work to ensure organizations are healthy from the top down, and ultimately if an organization has happy, energized, effective employees they find it reflected in the bottom line.”
For more information, and to book a workshop or training session, contact Alice:
A newsletter by Alice Waagen, PhD
[May-June 2009]
Being a good manager is all about cultivating good relationships. Your relationships with your boss, peers, direct reports, customers, and suppliers—all reflect how good a manager you are.
Yet all too often, managers don’t realize they need to reestablish their professional relationships every time they are promoted or move into a new management role.
I preach this message whenever I talk with new leaders, and really drive home the point that getting a promotion means more than just a fancy new title and (hopefully) a pay increase. It means renegotiating how they work with everyone they come into contact with.
Indeed, each rung up on the corporate ladder requires a re-shuffling of the relationship deck — as former peers are now direct reports, and a former boss may now be a peer. Customers or client groups may change too. Although this may seem perfectly obvious, rarely do I encounter managers who consciously plan how they will reset their relationships. So the next time you find yourself in this situation, don’t fret. Click inside to read some ideas worth trying.
Alice Waagen, PhD
President, Workforce Learning
www.workforcelearning.com
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