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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.

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.

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.

See what Steve has to say about great managers are learners.

See what Steve has to say on YouTube re: "Managing Great People".

If You Like Pina Coladas-come with me and escape

 

a seminar about discovering or re-discovering romance and passion in your life. Come spend the afternoon with Steve as he shares laughter and excitement, stories and humor about living, loving and laughing your way to romance and passion in your life.

 

Dec 5th, SUNDAY from 2-5pm in the ATLANTA area. Venue to be announced.

 

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.

I believe that what creates passion in our lives is our own desire to know more... more about this person, more about this topic, more about... the reason passion wanes in our relationship is because we have stopped wanting to know more and believe and take for granted the one we think we know. Fire up the passion by learning more about your partner. Think you know them well? Try going into separate rooms and writing down your top ten goals for  1) Family- what you want  to do    2) Travel - where you want to go, see and do    3) Home - what you want your home to look like, contain, become     4) Money- how much you want, how you will achieve it, save it, spend it      5) Become - what YOU want to achieve in your life personally, education?

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.

View my latest video blog on "Managing from the gym."