This cast concludes our guidance on how to prepare for Steel Cage Death Match Meetings.

We've mentioned them before, but have never given them their own guidance. And, with a name like Steel Cage Death Match, they DESERVE their own guidance.

What are they, when do they happen, and most importantly, how do we prepare to be effective in them?

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This guidance describes how to prepare for Steel Cage Death Match Meetings.

We've mentioned them before, but have never given them their own guidance. And, with a name like Steel Cage Death Match, they DESERVE their own guidance.

What are they, when do they happen, and most importantly, how do we prepare to be effective in them?

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This cast concludes our guidance on how to manage one of your directs who wanted the job you’re in now, and you may have reason to believe that they will hold it against you.

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This cast continues our guidance on how to manage one of your directs who wanted the job you’re in now, and you may have reason to believe that they will hold it against you.

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This guidance recommends how to manage one of your directs who wanted the job you’re in now, and you may have reason to believe that they will hold it against you.

You got the promotion, but someone who didn’t get it and wanted it now reports to you. They applied, too. They may have interviewed, too. But they didn’t get the job. You did. Clearly, they think they can DO the job. It’s perhaps worse that they can say, if you’ve come from somewhere else, that they know more than you do about the team’s operations. You’ve heard they’re not happy about it. How should you handle them? How might you treat them differently? What can you do to help them become effective? Some people say it’s even WORSE if you were their peer. We don’t agree…we just think that more people feel more pressure when that’s the case…but doing this successfully isn’t any “harder” in that situation.

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This podcast is the first in a series of recurring casts - it could easily amount to ten over the next couple of years - about employee retention. The best managers we know do a great job of retention. As a matter of fact, because it goes to the future potential of the organization, retention is one of Mark's favorite delineators of management talent. Strategy gets done more effectively in places where retention is good.

In this cast, we're going to talk about bare bones basics. This is the stuff that any manager can do... really, that any manager wanting to think of themselves as a professional MUST do. If you're not taking these simple steps, you need to start, so you can build a base to some of the more powerful techniques we'll share in future casts.

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