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Leader or Manager – What the Hell’s The Difference?

by Bart Gragg

My bet? 99% of the people out there haven’t given this a thought. Those that have? Did you really?  I challenge you to bring it – bring your best thinking and writing to this post’s comments. Right now I disagree with everything I have read. Everything. Want to know why? Here’s why – the typical [...]

Tagged as: Leadership, Manager, Training

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Is Prior Experience (or Training) A Guarantee of Future Safety?

by Bart Gragg

From time immemorial man has discussed whether prior experience is a guarantee of future results from an employee.  There are ever many factors involved in ‘guess-timating’ their potential for success, but the one that I continually come back to is “In what context will they be a success? What are your criteria??

Tagged as: Safety, Teaching and Learning, Training, Work Environment

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Roll With It? Be Prepared? Or Be Prepared to Get Rolled?

by Bart Gragg

Do you prepare ahead of time or do you just roll with it? In many industries we are trained to “be prepared to roll with it.” Which is someone’s way of saying “We don’t know what to expect.” This is such a problem that when it happens frequently enough it becomes embodied in the culture [...]

Tagged as: Management Challenges, Professional image, Training

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Raising the Professional Image of Blue Collar Workers

by Bart Gragg

I was reminded today of the need to maintain a professional image regardless where we work or what we do.  I was referred to a manager (by his manager) that needs some help with basic skills.  When I called the cell number I got a greeting that was definitely recorded by someone else for this [...]

Tagged as: Communications, professionalism, Training

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No Wonder New Managers Beat Their Heads Against The Wall!

by Bart Gragg

It turns out that the brain has an automatic mode and a manual mode and they are very real and different parts of the brain for handling different functions. I am not talking about the autonomic vs. somatic nervous systems. I am referring to portions of the brain which handle our experiences in different ways. [...]

Tagged as: Management Challenges, Management support, Training

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Two Common Misperceptions About Blue Collar Workers and Management – Pt. 2

by Bart Gragg

We labor under a misperception dealt us by the movie industry, media, and, yes, our own gossip, that blue collar workers and managers do not know how to deal with people. Not so. Blue collar workers and managers are the BEST social networkers on the planet.

Tagged as: Communications, Teaching and Learning, Training

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