Managing as a Ground Floor Leader
How can managers ensure that employees are empowered to do their best work? What actions can managers take today to influence culture change and develop people? What are the essential questions to ask when helping an employee?
“Managing as a Ground Floor Leader” provides real-life examples about how exhibiting certain values influences culture change that can lead to business results, and lists nine characteristics of a ground floor leader. This issue of TD at Work explains how managers can:
- Bring out the best in their employees by becoming ground floor leaders.
- Use ground floor leadership principles to align talent with strategic goals.
- Empower their team to be ground floor leaders and create an engaged culture.
Books
Winning Strategies: Achieving Success in the Classroom, Career & Life
How do you create a strategy for succeeding in college, jumpstarting a career? It's the one challenge nearly every college student and young professional faces. With practical tips and personal stories, Winning Strategies is the ultimate guide to developing the skills needed to succeed in today's college environment. Learn how to: - Map out a four-year career plan - Network effectively - Be an effective learner - Ace final exams with ease - Spend less time studying while getting more done Winning Strategies gives you all the tools you need to be a successful student AND a successful professional. Don't graduate without it!
Find Your Fit (Contributing Author)
You want no, you need a new job. But not just any job. The job. So you polish your resume till it shines. You apply for countless openings, tailoring your message to each. You search for the hidden job market, although it remains very well hidden. And the response? Well, it’s underwhelming. To top things off, maze-like online application systems appear designed to keep you and the perfect job apart. What’s going on?
How people successfully land jobs has changed. You need help from a pro, someone who navigates career data, the labor market, and hot jobs with ease. You want a coach who will tell you what to pursue and what to avoid, and an expert who has mastered job-hunting and career change to offer wisdom gained from experience. What you need is a career coach. Better yet, several.
Find Your Fit guides you through answering foundational questions like: What do I want to do with my career? Where should I do it? And how do I get there? As you develop a strong sense of self-awareness, you’ll be able to identify the work environment best for you, shape your online identity, and network more effectively by focusing on people instead of openings. You’ll learn about coveted employee referrals, and how to get one at your target company. With the help of experienced career coaches, you’ll be able to handle any kind of interview. And, you’ll become familiar with the pre-employment testing and assessments increasingly common today.