Development Isn't Always Win-Win
Imagine you are asked to play a game. You are given ten $1 dollar bills. Your goal is to end the game (which lasts 10 minutes) with $10....
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Brian Watkins
- Apr 16, 2023
- 2 min
How Much Informal Learning is Lost in Remote Work?
There is no clear-cut answer to this question. Informal learning is traditionally difficult (if not impossible) to measure and it also...
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Brian Watkins
- Mar 31, 2023
- 1 min
Make People Use New Skills
One of the major challenges when developing a new skill is retaining the skill. Using the skill to get better and retain it is the...
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Brian Watkins
- Mar 15, 2022
- 2 min
Create Your Brag Book
My oldest daughter is finishing up her internship and getting ready to apply for jobs. She is facing something that too many...
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Brian Watkins
- Feb 21, 2022
- 2 min
Learning Vs. Re-Learning
Is it easier to learn a skill or to have to unlearn something and re-learn something. This has huge impacts as we have to learn and...
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Brian Watkins
- Jan 14, 2022
- 1 min
Get Rid of Job Titles
Job Titles are meaningless. Except they aren't. We focus too much on them and they say nothing. There used to be the joke that you...
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Brian Watkins
- Jan 5, 2022
- 1 min
Management Burnout is Getting Worse
No one will be surprised that employee stress levels have been high since the Covid pandemic started in 2020. Things have gotten better,...
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Brian Watkins
- Dec 21, 2021
- 1 min
Do You Have The Talent You Need for Tomorrow?
A key role of the manager is not only to develop individuals on your team to keep them engaged, but to prepare the organization for the...
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Brian Watkins
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Personality Testing? No Thanks
I have nothing against personality testing. I have taken many over the years that were accurate in their assessment and helped me learn...
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Brian Watkins
- Oct 28, 2021
- 1 min
Quit Trying to be The Expert
In the old days, managers were the expert. They worked their way up, learning all the various things and through experience and practice,...
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Brian Watkins
- Oct 25, 2021
- 1 min
The Bias of Face Time
I have predicted, several times, that while companies are going to offer remote and hybrid workplaces, within 18 months those experiments...
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Brian Watkins
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min
Development is your Differentiator
When I talk with business leaders, particularly small to medium sized businesses, a tight labor puts one thought in their mind. Increased...
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Brian Watkins
- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
Employers Misunderstand the Great Resignation
If you have not been bombarded with the concept of the "Great Resignation", then you have figured out how to not watch the news or be on...
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Brian Watkins
- Aug 30, 2021
- 1 min
Practice Being the Non-Expert
One of the most fundamental ways that the manager's role has changed has been in the area of expertise. In the past, the manager was the...
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Brian Watkins
- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
Accept Your Weaknesses
I admit that one of the biggest philosophical questions in the workplace is something I struggle with - do you focus on your strengths or...
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Brian Watkins
- Aug 10, 2021
- 1 min
Why Are Companies Bad at Preparing High Performers
I wrote a post about why companies are so bad at identifying high performers. Another area that should be explored is how to prepare high...
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Brian Watkins
- Jul 28, 2021
- 2 min
What if an Employee Doesn't Want to Develop?
Every employee should have a development plan. A great manager is constantly reviewing and holding the employee accountable on that...
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Brian Watkins
- Jul 26, 2021
- 1 min
Most Managers Don't Get It
There is no simple answer to the question "why are there so many bad managers?" One of the reasons is imitation. We learn from other...
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Brian Watkins
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
Why Are Companies Bad at Identifying High Performers?
In the realm of high performers, the area of least concern is in identifying high performers. After all, it is usually something that can...
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Brian Watkins
- Jun 30, 2021
- 1 min
The Coming Reskilling Crisis
A scary stat - according to a recent survey, 54% of workers will need significant reskilling by 2022. This is scary for a few reasons....
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