What if the team member was non-compliant, then ok and then was non-compliant again? I love, love, love this debate.  It is so classic and at the same time (at least in my workshops) completely divides a room. Here is the context for our moment.  Todd has had two times he has been late.  For […]

Maybe you should start with watching the You Tube video of The Fray “How to save a life” first.  No, seriously – watch that first.  Can you save an employee? What if you have someone who is flat lining? To what extent or at what point do you say ” I can still fix them?”  […]

What if someone you are managing says they know it already? Do they?  “Yeah boss, I know this.  This was a good refresher.  This reinforced what I know already.”  If I hear that one more time, I may in fact want to rip my own arm off and strike that person.  I realize that may […]

What if I am just a little bit tired? Tired is relative.  I am tired today.  I got about 6 hours of sleep and feel like the world is closing in around me.  Am I tired or am I anxious?  As a manager, you would love to have everyone working full strength and with everything […]

So you are the boss?  And now your best friend is someone you have to “manage”?  What if they challenge your authority by doing something against the rules?  What do you do?  More importantly, whatever you do, who sees that? Perhaps the biggest or more directly the most difficult thing a manager must do is […]

Yeah, what if this happens?  That is the name of this blog.  The idea is simple.  I am the manager and now I have to manage and this happens.   Or perhaps there is something that is slightly different than what I expect.  Think about that for just a moment.  “What if this thing happens?”  “I […]

Here is the concept, life is unscripted, you have a job to do and what if this happens? Have you ever tried to speak to something or been involved in something and realized “yeah, this is not me and I am not being true to who I am?”  This has been the last blog series […]