What the Front Lines Want from Supervisors

What the Front Lines Want from Supervisors

Podcast: Play in new window | Download NOTE:  I will be presenting at the TEDx Berkeley event this coming Saturday, March 9.  Tickets are available by clicking here.  Enter SPEAKER-NETWORK for a 35% discount. Supervisors Two weeks ago I invited your...
Women, Men, are Turning the Corner

Women, Men, are Turning the Corner

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Thank you to the 117 of you who have answered my 2-question survey on first level supervisors. I think we would all like to see a bigger “N,” so here’s a second chance: I’ll take Dan’s survey on what I want(ed) from a first-level...

Every Good Supervisor of Others . . .

Students come back to me or write to me: “Professor Mulhern (or usually, Dan), my manager clearly never took your class!” And they explain.  Many of these alums quit within 18, 12, even less than 6 months. Yes, they are “millennials,” but believe me, the...
Who’s a Great Partner and What Do You Look For?

Who’s a Great Partner and What Do You Look For?

Podcast: Play in new window | Download My co-writer, John Gillis, says “No one leads alone. No one.”  When you pull away the perceptual film of “the leader,” you see “leading by two” is everywhere.  We can learn how we best pair by looking at others who do...
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