Best practice stories
These posts come from true stories by competent and caring managers like you. They’ll let you bring the latest thinking into your meetings. Browse the search and category menu: there’s probably a post on something you’re working on today!
The Iron Triangle of Ethical Management Decisions
Every conscientious leader knows that one ethical breach by one employee can wreck an organization. They also worry good employees [...]
New Manager 30-Day Quick Start Checklist
First-time managers often get no training or get buried in it. This peer-created checklist helps new managers make a great [...]
The Dotted Line to Hell
Dotted line reporting results in poor work, staff burnout, and turnover: it assumes employees can tell their two bosses [...]
Goal Tree: A Manager’s Promise of Meaningful Work
Employees now demand meaningful roles in organizations that do meaningful work. It’s the manager’s job to deliver. Your plans [...]
The 4 Tests of Managerial Power
A Goldilocks story: A member told us about two senior managers, both honest and caring, but one uses their [...]
Teams That Rock It
One member’s Sustainability Committee rocked it because they’d been given the right cocktail of direction, boundaries, and encouragement. They’d planned [...]
How to Lie with Charts (Opportunities in Data Graphics)
One chart can make your idea plain, powerful and approved. But who hasn’t used a graphic only to get [...]
Why Are Our Schedules Different? (Time management)
How should executives allocate their time? Everyone wants to spend their time working on the right stuff. Ask your [...]
Channeling the River of Data to Power Great Decisions
A Workgroup member eagerly hired an Analyst to channel their untamed river of data into information that would power [...]