Helping Line Managers become successful Talent Managers...

Does decisiveness matter, if you want to progress up the organisation as a leader? According to a recent Harvard Business Review article, the answer is yes.

Part 5 – Focused Do you have very focused people in your team? At their best, focused people get on with the task in hand and are not easily deflected by others.

Part 4 – Independent personalities The more senior a position we hold at work, the more independently minded we need to be.

So far in this series we’ve looked at management strategies for team members who can be volatile or mistrustful. Let’s turn now to those who are careful but who can be excessively cautious when under pressure.

Last time we looked at how to manage those in our team who are enthusiastic but often volatile – the dark side of enthusiasm. Let’s look at another facet now – shrewdness which can flip over into mistrust