Great Managers Are Made Not Born Ep 224 Office Gossip
Great Managers Are Made Not Born should be the mantra for any organization. Creating great managers through training and education leads to a more successful company and happier employees.
Office morale is one area that is seldom focused upon and yet office morale is a huge part of company culture.… Continue reading
Speaking Success = one single thing
The single most important part of public speaking.
I read, I listen and I hear speakers tell all about the keys to being a successful speaker. I watch them over and over as they explain the ‘Ten Steps’ to speaking success or the ‘7-Parts of a successful speech.’
The truth… Continue reading
What does it take to win at life?
What does it take to win at life?
To win in your career, your income, and your relationships, you must possess 3 things: – An abundance of confidence – Daily inspiration and motivation – The right insights, ideas, and instruction
What is it we all want in our lives? I… Continue reading
Do you hire ‘bad managers’ to make your job easier?
Mental Prosperity is what makes some managers GREAT!
I recently had an owner share with me that they hire ‘bad’ managers so that those managers can deal out the harsh reality of work and they (the owner) only has to be the ‘good guy’ and enjoy their employees.
I was… Continue reading
Why do nasty people become managers? And how do they stay?
Have you ever had a manager who truly didn’t know how to manage people? How does that happen? And if by some chance it does happen, how do those people keep their jobs? Mental Prosperity is a cornerstone for training Great Managers.
As a management trainer who has a blog, Great Managers Are Made Not Born, I am constantly in search of the great managers at every place I go. And I am usually very disappointed. Whether it’s a restaurant, a hardware store, a retail business or a corporation I am constantly disappointed by who I meet or who I learn about. After I speak, or after people know I teach management they often seek me out to ask, what can I do about my manager?
When I have casual conversations at bars or in airports I often watch bad management happening right in front of me. I see managers discipline their people in front of customers and other employees. Both cardinal sins of management.
I hear the horror stories where bad managers are not only in place but kept in place after terrible events where they demonstrate their complete lack of management skills.
I ask again and again, why are they allowed to stay in their jobs? And I think, there must be some place deep inside of their abilities that makes them appear financially desirable.
Notice I said appear. Continue reading
Great Managers do not micro-manage
Great managers do not micromanage their employees and they have learned through their Mental Prosperity training to instruct and monitor.
When you are one of the few great managers and you have jobs to do it is very easy to overlook the instructions you need to accomplish the task. A course in Mental Prosperity, Learn to Win success training makes good managers great.
I was working with a car dealership a while back and the dealer hired me to ‘motivate’ his staff, saying sales were not progressing as they should. Well, my first question in my mind asked, sales are not progressing as they should? Who said they should and why, but I did not ask the dealership this. Instead I asked what they were doing to move sales ahead and they explained their current motivation. It was basically what all sales companies do and that was incentivizing the sales process.
When I asked what that meant they said, every month we offer the lead sales person a new prize or gift if they finish atop the leader board. I then asked, over the last several months, how many of your 23 sales people have won? They told me it was basically the same three people over and over.
Interesting, isn’t it? What is your thought on this right now? Is that a good thing or not? Here is my in-post poll: The fact that the same 3 sales people are always winning the monthly sales board is because: A: They are using the wrong incentives B: Those sales people have been there the longest C: Those sales people are just the best sales people D: fill this in for yourself 😉
Just an interesting poll. If you would send me your answers I would love that! steve@stevesapato.com
But when I delved deeper into the why here is what I found; Continue reading
How do I get promoted and other random employee thoughts.
How do I get promoted and other random employee thoughts.
Once upon a time we were all taught that if you worked hard, performed well at your job that you would get rewarded with either a raise, promotions, even a thing called recognition. The end. But now your employees want… Continue readingIS MY MANAGER WORTH A CRAP? HOW CAN I TELL IF MY MANAGER IS ANY GOOD?
How can you tell if your managers are any good?
Isn’t it strange that most people don’t know when their manager is a bad manager? When you look at all of the most recent information you have to be appalled that 82% of all managers are no good. That means… Continue reading
4 Ways to Amazing Success at Work
4 Ways to Amazing Success at Work
1 How you can help – the Boss
One of the greatest challenges any boss has is finding the people who can help them find success and achieve their goals. Employees are great… Continue reading
How do I get promoted and other random employee thoughts
How do I get promoted and other random employee thoughts
Once upon a time we were all taught that if you worked hard, performed well at your job that you would get rewarded with either a raise, promotions, even a thing called recognition. The end.
Yes, the end indeed. What… Continue reading
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Steve has been a professional trainer for corporations for decades. His mentorship and leadership for numerous businesses have allowed him to create an atmosphere of success that pervades everything he does. His humor and creativity embodies a desire and hope in his audiences to become all that they want to and can become.
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