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Posted on Sunday, October 09, 2011 2:10 PM
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Posted on Saturday, April 02, 2011 3:51 PM
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Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:19 PM
It snowed like crazy last night and today. The city is frozen out. Decision time. Are you a great manager or are you a manager.
Let me give you the best example I have seen in many years. Sean,
manager over a critical needs area knew the situation. The entire city
was shut down. No one was coming to work. Sean took action. While most
of the city was reacting to the hype of bad weather, while most of the
city was hunkering down and reacting to the news by making excuses why they could not go to work, Sean acted. |
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Steve Sapato: Posted on Sunday, January 02, 2011 6:45 PM
It's NEW YEARS EVE and I am always
stunned by the number of resolutions people make at this time.
Resolutions are merely wishes hopes and dreams that people could not set
goals for all and suddenly find support to do it TODAY! As a manager
and trainer I find that the people who didn't set their goals all year
long are probably not going to succeed with those goals at this time of
the year.
Great Managers are the opposite of New Years Resolution
people. Great Managers always have to be looking ahead, by days, weeks,
months and even years. |
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Posted on Thursday, December 09, 2010 4:50 PM
Are you a good manager or a great manager? A good manager gets to
work on time, gets his department on track and gets the job done. And
they think that is all they need to do. They will even justify how hard
they work and how good they are.
But a GREAT manager does all of those
things and more, much more. A great manager will accomplish all of that
and when asked will invite and encourage feedback, listen, share and try
to understand why his people are do what they do. A GREAT manager will
be involved, actively involved in finding out what his people are
talking about, gossiping about, complaining about. |
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Steve Sapato: Posted on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:06 AM
See what Steve has to say about great managers are learners. |
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Steve Sapato: Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:34 AM
See what Steve has to say on YouTube re: "Managing Great People". |
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Posted on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:47 AM
I
watch managers struggle every single day and wonder.. is it because
they truly don’t know? Don’t understand? Or have never been taught! I
watch managers every day who don’t know how to delegate or are afraid
of the consequences, repercussions or reactions of their staff. I watch
supervisors react in situations instead of acting upon those situations. A
GREAT MANAGER should be trained, informed, held accountable for their
staff, the training of that staff, the motivating of that staff, the
effectiveness of that staff. |
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Steve Sapato: Posted on Saturday, September 25, 2010 1:48 PM
As I was working away the other day someone asked me, "how many hours a
week do you work"? I responded with, gee I don't have a clue. They asked
again incredulous, "you don't even know?" I replied, what difference
does it make? And they said, "well, I work forty hours a week and that's
all this company is getting out of me." And I suddenly remembered something I had read. If you are working your
passion then it's not a job. Some say I work tirelessly. Other say, maniacally. |
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Steve Sapato: Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2010 8:35 AM
Great Managers Are Made Not Born. So use all the resources at your
disposal to find and recruit your best team. Learn what motivates your
team. Make them the best. |
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Steve Sapato: Posted on Sunday, September 12, 2010 8:40 PM
I m watching a move called Pay It Forward and I remember
having seen it and that it impacted me but don’t remember much about the
specifics of the movie. I do know this though, and that the concept is what indeed
we should all live by.
And then I received a friend request on LinkedIn and I
remembered why I Blog. I am paying it forward. I remember why I am working on
Sunday to design lesson plans so I will be the best trainer tomorrow and that
all of my students will walk away with at least the opportunity to be better at
their jobs. |
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Steve Sapato: Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2010 8:49 PM
Sunday, August 29, 2010
A recent stay by a friend at the
HOLIDAY INN on 2001 Clearview Avenue, Atlanta, GA prompts an amazing
response! That is WHAT THE HECK? Yes, the friend booked a room on the
second floor and upon returning at about 10:30pm discovered that a band
was playing in the banquet room directly below their room with a loud
thumping base making it difficult to watch TV much less get some sleep.
Now we all expect hotels to book receptions and parties and we all
should be understanding about these types of things but after midnight
my friend thought the festivities from the pounding base speakers that
were vibrating the room should cease! |
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Steve Sapato: Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 9:57 AM
Manager at the bottom of the pole.
A recent 'political' cartoon came across my desk showing a bird at
the top of the pole pooping down on all the birds underneath and we, the
people (as birds), were at the bottom being pooped upon. That does not
seem to political does it? Is it Fun? Expressive? Damaging?
Corruptive? But as a manager, what would you do if one of your people
was passing that around about your organization? What would you do? How
would you react? What action would you take? |
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