Productivity – Ferrandou

Setting expectations then training, training and training.

I have written several posts on the importance for setting clear expectations, making sure your team understands your goals and directions. But for your team to succeed they also need to have the knowledge and skills required. And this cannot be done without training. Every manager’s priority should be to train their teams, for aContinue reading “Setting expectations then training, training and training.”

The real mission of a manager is to become useless

The day I understood that the real mission of a manager is to become useless is the day when I became a much better manager. When your focus is to grow your team so that they take over your job / role, then you start creating a lot more value for them, for your organization andContinue reading “The real mission of a manager is to become useless”

How you manage your inbox reflects how you organize your work, projects, tasks…

I have learned and experienced it many times with a lot of people with whom I work: having a well managed inbox helps to be a lot more efficient/organized, to be a high performer. Having an inbox that is a mess has very often the same recurring results: skipping emails, missing deadlines, forgetting tasks, badContinue reading “How you manage your inbox reflects how you organize your work, projects, tasks…”