Fight the Undermanagement Epidemic: How to Build A Culture of Strong Leadership
If your managers are like most, they are stuck in a vicious cycle of undermanagement… and it’s likely they don’t even realize it. Undermanagement is hiding in plain sight in nearly every workplace. Despite all the meetings and metrics surrounding everybody at ...
If your managers are like most, they are stuck in a vicious cycle of undermanagement… and it’s likely they don’t even realize it.
Undermanagement is hiding in plain sight in nearly every workplace. Despite all the meetings and metrics surrounding everybody at work these days, nine out of ten managers struggle to practice the fundamentals of leadership. They don’t provide employees with regular high-structure, high-substance guidance, direction, support and coaching. As a result, unnecessary problems occur and problems get out of control. That’s why most managers spend so much time in firefighting mode. Then they are even more convinced that they don’t have enough time to practice the fundamentals.
What is undermanagement and how can you recognize it in your organization or team?
What are the costs of undermanagement?
Why is it getting so much harder to manage people today?
What are the most common myths that keep managers from taking a more highly-engaged approach?
How can you break the vicious cycle of undermanagement?
In this program, Bruce answers these questions and more, drawing on 25 years of workplace research and sharing true stories from real managers. With a blend of humor, insight, and concrete best-practices, Bruce teaches leaders how to fight the undermanagement epidemic and start building a culture of strong highly-engaged leadership.