Do you dread managing staff?

October 2, 2019 Melanie Folkes-Mayers

There are two distinct types of business owners, those who strive to build a business large enough to support or team and those who never want to manage a team ever. Like EVER.

Sometimes it is down to a traumatic past management experience or other times it’s the belief that no one will be able to do it as well as you.

Can you relate …

Managers, the new poor relation?

January 10, 2019 Melanie Folkes-Mayers

Often amazing staff are promoted to management roles with no training or previous experience.

Assuming that an individual who is great at achieving their individual targets, will be equally efficient when leading a team, is risky, Read Gils story and see if your managers need some support and training before its too late.

Can you train well on the job?

June 21, 2018 Melanie Folkes-Mayers

You need to have a plan of action for on the job training and documentation to support it, e.g. process maps (although you can get your trainee to do that to check that they really get the process).