Leadership
In praise of team-building flexibility
When building teams, it’s easy to be drawn to brilliant minds. But skill alone can’t make up for this key trait: flexibility.
Victor Lipman · 4 min read
Blog Posts by Victor Lipman
Victor Lipman is a management trainer and author.
People Management
5 tips for remote management in uncertain times
Remote management has its own set of distance-related challenges—and in these anxious times, added complexities. Here are five best practices for managers.
Victor Lipman · 3 min read
Company Culture
How employees respond to disruptive workplace behavior
A recent study showed that employees do very little to address disruptive workplace behavior. The reasons why not may surprise you.
Victor Lipman · 3 min read
Employee Engagement
Why HR shouldn’t freeze career paths
Career paths are a long-term investment in human capital. They engage and motivate your employees. Here’s what happens when they’re frozen.
Victor Lipman · 3 min read
Employee Engagement
How to identify engaged employees: Key habits and characteristics to look for
Employee engagement is a critical component of talent optimization. Are your employees showing these six signs of highly engaged employees?
Victor Lipman · 3 min read
People Management
Good managers can’t fear conflict.
Victor Lipman is a management trainer and author. His online course on Udemy is The Manager’s Mindset and his book is “The Type B Manager.” He has more than 20 years of Fortune 500 management experience. He contributes regularly to Forbes and Psychology Today, and his work has appeared in Harvard Business Review. Dealing with management conflict…
Victor Lipman · 4 min read
Employee Engagement
The art of giving feedback
Feedback is a little like management oxygen – we tend not to think much about it and take it for granted but when it’s absent we quickly encounter problems. We know feedback is an important element of management, and I’ve written about it on occasion, but I can’t say I’d seen a lot of insightful…
Victor Lipman · 4 min read
People Management
The 5 C’s of exceptional management
I often like to say there’s no cookie-cutter mold for successful management. Great managers come in all shapes and sizes.
Victor Lipman · 5 min read
Uncategorized
Toby in ‘The Office’ is funny but wrong
True confession: Toby was my favorite character on The Office.
Victor Lipman · 4 min read
Hiring
Why narcissists excel in job interviews
There’s an old consumer-protection saying that “if a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is.” For hiring managers I’d amend that adage slightly and say, “If a candidate seems too charming to be true, he probably is.” Don’t get me wrong—there’s nothing wrong with charm in business. But there’s also data suggesting…
Victor Lipman · 3 min read
Employee Engagement
When it comes to motivation, one size doesn’t fit all
I knew about “management by objectives.” Then I learned about “management by biscuits.” You can learn about management in the unlikeliest places. In this case, it was from Hamish, my out-of-control West Highland Terrier.
Victor Lipman · 5 min read
Employee Engagement
The quiet epidemic of under-management
We hear a lot in the business world about over-management, specifically the well-documented and demoralizing tendency toward micromanagement. In fact, a 2014 accounttemps survey found that 68% of people who felt micromanaged found it demoralizing. But we hear relatively little about under-management. Yet this quality—this tendency to (often subtly) avoid one’s managerial responsibilities definitely plays…
Victor Lipman · 3 min read
People Management
What to do when you can’t stand the people you manage
Frustrating employees got you down? Here are 5 ways to combat this management nightmare. In one key area, senior management differs not at all from the role of the supervisor on the shop floor. Regardless of your level in an organization, you will over the course of your management career have difficult people to deal…
Victor Lipman · 4 min read
People Management
Conflict management: Are you sweeping it under the rug?
Handling conflict and being ready to face it is a key component of being a leader
Victor Lipman · 4 min read
Uncategorized
The one leadership attribute CEOs need to drill through their organization
This simple leadership attribute makes an everyday difference in how effectively an organization runs If I were the CEO of a sizable company and were looking for one leadership attribute to drill down through my organization, it wouldn’t be one of those big highly publicized marquee qualities like, say, strategic thinking or innovation or disruption….
Victor Lipman · 3 min read