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What Not To DOo To keep an underperforming team
As a new director, you will probably inherit an old team that does not suit you. It would be a shame to keep such a team that won’t make you succeed. Most of the time, some new leaders are intimidated by the seniority or opinion that team members may have of them. If a team seems unsuitable, avoid keeping it. As a new leader, adjust things.
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What Not To Do: To be too presumptuous and pretentious
To prove your worth and to impress everyone else, you could become presumptuous and pretentious. You may think you can solve the crucial problems of the organization by yourself. This is not true and others can ressent it.
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What does an HR director do?
A good HR director should be able to administer, mobilize, and develop the human resources involved in an organization for greater efficiency and effectiveness. It does not mean that people are resources but rather that people have resources (talent, skills, gifts) that need to be managed.
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What Not To do: Isolate oneself from the rest
It is misadvised to content yourself with knowing just the organization and relegating the knowledge of the people to the background. Your isolation can be fatal. It can reduce your chances of establishing strong relationships with others, and of getting valuable information about the operation o...
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What Not To Do: Not adapt to the culture of the company
The culture of a company is the norms and values that are developed, including behavior, language used by the staff, the daily business processes. Culture is, therefore, a set of practices already anchored in the habits of the organization. So, as a newcomer in the company, not thinking, acting, ...
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Practical tips for a successful first quarter
Your first 90 days in a new company is the integration period. It is therefore vital for you and the company that it goes well.
During this period:
- You need to learn as much as possible about the company and organization, its processes, the role that you have th...
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What are the activities and scope of the HR Director function?
- recruiting and staffing;
- organizational and space planning;
- performance management and improvement systems;
- organizational development;
- employment and compliance to regulatory concerns;
- employee orientation, development, and training;
- pol...
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Get through the first 90 days: practical tips
- Develop your credibility early
- Get to know the business.
- Know how the company makes money
- Know how the company operates (from various points of view)
- Have direct experience with the product
- Be in contact with key persons
- Learn to know your dire...
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Building Trust With New Team Members: Being Human
- Talk about one’s upbringing, hardships and personal history, while keeping it work-appropriate. Getting to know people on a personal level builds trust and connections, as they see a human being and not just a new employee.
- Ask for help whenever possible. It shows vulnerability and...
Seek to Understand
As a leader, you need to create a collective vision. This means all employees need to be involved in a forming a vision which fixes the old and brings in the new.
Ask your employees questions like:
How can I help you now?
What do you hope I will do?
What do you hope I won...
The desire to be influential/recognized for expertise
Don’t look for status in the expertise and knowledge that defined you yesterday.
Let go of those old, familiar ways of interacting so you can create the space to develop in new ways as a leader who enables the team to take ownership and engage independently.
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