February 2012: When it comes to managing well, it pays to escape to another world
Good managers know when to take a break—and when to encourage their staff members to, as well. One great way to educate your mind, warm your heart, and feed your soul, is to pick up a good book.
In fact, it’s a delightful diversion that I indulge in all too infrequently. I’ll drive myself over to the public library and wander the stacks until a single book calls my name.
It’s always a random book, nothing that I am hunting for or know that I need to read. It never ceases to amaze me that, more often than not, the book my fingers find is exactly the perfect book that teaches me something that I need to learn.
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Join Dr. Alice Waagen in two fascinating and informative discussions at this Kansas City event. “Lead People, Manage Performance,” which focuses on the evolution of management and leadership concepts and the difference between them; and “Leadership Styles – What is Mine?” which will help audience members develop valuable management skills and discuss the impact of different leadership styles on worker morale and workplace productivity.
A steady climb up the corporate ladder has long been the traditional measure of career success. In many organizations, employees have an expectation for growth predicated on a “time in grade” mentality. For most corporations, continuous vertical progression for employees is both unrealistic and unfeasible. In this presentation, management experts Dr. Alice Waagen and Paul Siker teach professionals how to devise a career progression structure, called Job Families, which makes it easier to understand and accommodate both horizontal and vertical movement.
In this fast-paced, informative keynote presentation, management experts Dr. Alice Waagen and Paul Siker share their lessons learned from implementing career progression systems. They will explain the 10 key strategies for designing career progression systems as well as the five biggest mistakes that, with a little guidance, you can learn to avoid.
Most successful leaders have mastered the art of giving and receiving high quality, actionable feedback. They build organizations that thrive on communicating openly, honestly and with respect. In this presentation I will challenge the breakfast participants to evaluate the quality of the feedback they give to others and to identify ways to improve on the feedback they both give and receive.
Leadership training expert Alice Waagen of Workforce Learning will lead a hands-on development program that provides employers with targeted skills.
Join the Business Builder Webinar on January 26 at 3PM to hear Dr. Waagen discuss what the workforce will look like in the next 10 years and the importance of strong people skills in an organization’s leadership.
About Alice Waagen, PhD
The president and founder of WORKFORCE LEARNING LLC, a leadership development company, which since 1997 has provided managers and C-level executives with the skills and knowledge they need to build a more productive work environment.
The single most important tool in a manager’s toolbox is the performance appraisal.
When used correctly, the appraisal is the capstone on a year of goal setting, coaching and continual feedback. And yet most managers see their performance management system as an onerous once a year headache. How can you breathe new life into your performance appraisal system?
In this presentation, Dr. Alice Waagen of the management training firm Workforce Learning, and author of “The Essential Performance Appraisal Handbook” Sharon Armstrong (pictured right), will reveal 10 strategies that will eliminate the stress and uncertainty of the performance review process.