Difficult Situations: Solutions for Managers

Difficult Situations: Solutions for Managers

1h 7mBeginner2020-06-26

Authors

Todd Dewett

Todd Dewett

Authenticity Expert, Educator, Author, Speaker

Sara Canaday

Sara Canaday

Leadership Development Expert, Speaker, and Author

Course details

Managing someone else is a privilege and a responsibility; you can't be a passive bystander—you must be willing to engage and be ready to solve difficult problems. This course offers simple and effective actions to take when challenging situations arise. Dr. Todd Dewett and leadership expert Sara Canaday offer short and valuable advice to improve rapport with your teams, build stronger relationships, and drive business forward. Learn how to manage an employee who publicly disagrees with one of your decisions, deal with your high performers when you don’t always have the opportunities they want, keep track of virtual teams, tell your boss you’re overwhelmed without appearing incompetent, and more.

Skills covered

Talent ManagementLeadership SkillsHuman ResourcesLeadership and ManagementDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

Introduction

  • The tough stuff of being a manager
  • React to an employee who disagrees with you

Difficult Situations - Solutions for Managers

  • Redirect an employee who constantly points out the negative
  • Candor and high performers with limited advancement options
  • Stay focused on strategic projects despite daily distraction
  • Handling a promotion offer you don't want
  • Handling private information you can t share with the team
  • Managing negative and harmful talk within the team
  • How to signal you re overwhelmed but not incompetent
  • Effectively disagreeing with your supervisor
  • How to respond when an employee asks for a raise
  • Reacting if you are skipped in the chain of command
  • Keeping track of what your virtual team members are doing
  • Reacting when your employee has another job offer
  • How to handle another's complaint about one of your employees
  • Sharing difficult or unwanted news
  • Adjusting after you get promoted from within your team
  • Addressing unethical behavior
  • Leading a team when others are older and more experienced
  • Managing national political discussions at work
  • What to do when your boss says you need to be more decisive
  • Managing vacation requests when deadlines loom
  • Preparing for a pivotal presentation to the executive team
40,000 Toman