Meryl Runion's Management Skill Training Blog on the Communication Challenges facing Managers and Supervisors in the workplace

 

June 18, 2008

Humor in management ~ Keep it light

Do you bring out the big hammers when correcting employees?

In PowerPhrases, I talk about how a PowerPhrase is as strong as it needs to be and no stronger.

If you are stronger than you need to be when you correct your staff, you are likely to create resistance.

Think of the manager who refers to a

  • Crumb management problem.

I tell the tale in my PowerPhrases newsletter.