Employee Rummaging the Home Based Business Fridge

I run a small home based business with 2 employees (one is my sister who resides at the home and the other is an outside employee). And I have had some incidents where the employee has helped herself to anything in the refrigerator. I realize by working from a home this creates a very casual [...]

Having a hard time getting my employees to meet deadlines

I’m in the business of property management and was advised I cannot work with contractors and need to have employees. The problem with paying these guys salaries is that they are not making the deadlines. What can I do to encourage them to make the quota on time?

Projects are late and tired of putting out fires every day

We are slammed with projects and our team are not completing the items considered priority. Our project managers cant come up with any more excuses as to delays. Each day we are putting out fires and shifting our priorities based on which client is upset.
Where we are:
We are currently in a stage where each week we [...]

I am experiencing a lack of respect from my team

I am the youngest member of my team but recently took over the group’s management responsibilities. I got along with all these people before but I don’t feel they listen to me now that I am their direct boss. They tend to openly question me during staff meetings and always go to my boss when [...]

Worried about the professionalism of my team

Let me start off by saying I work with a great team of individuals. We work in the advertising field and have to deal with a lot of pressure to perform under deadlines. However, as the lead on the team, I have become a little worried about the professionalism of the team. Things can get [...]

I am dealing with Different Work Styles

I have been the head of an international private banking department for the past couple of years. Life has been challenging over the past 6 months. It seems like we have so many different work styles in the office and no one seems to be getting along or communicating with one another. Some of my [...]