by Joanie Connell | Jun 8, 2023 | Blog, Coaching and Mentoring, Remote Management, Technical Leaders
Managers sometimes hesitate to give feedback to employees because they fear that their feedback may be perceived as biased or unfair. They might struggle with how to provide feedback that is objective and equal for all employees. Undeniably, delivering feedback...
by Joanie Connell | Mar 17, 2021 | Blog, Diversity and Inclusion, Leadership, Remote Management
“It happens every time. The same people talk and everyone else stays quiet.” Does this sound like your zoom meetings? Have you noticed that the same people keep contributing to meetings while the rest fade into silent observers? Have you asked...
by Joanie Connell | Mar 8, 2020 | Blog, Flexible Work, Leadership, Remote Management
How do you lead your employees who work from home? How do you manage a virtual team? What are the best virtual communication hacks? Two important challenges arise when we ask our employees to work from home. First is the technology challenge and...
by Joanie Connell | Jan 8, 2020 | Blog, Leadership
There’s so much pressure to perform these days that it’s tempting to keep control over projects and minimize room for failure. Why do managers resist delegating? “They’re not ready.” This is a typical reason leaders give to keep doing the work themselves instead...
by Joanie Connell | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog, Leadership, Parenting for the Workplace, Resilient, Values
There was a bomb threat at a small private school recently. The head of school received the threat on Tuesday afternoon for Wednesday. She immediately alerted law enforcement and gathered the appropriate group of leaders at the school and then contacted...
