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    The Manager's Bermuda Triangle
    • Apr 2, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Manager's Bermuda Triangle

    Hi there!! Russell Stratton, president and leadership champion with Bluegem Learning. I work with organizations just like yours to help managers improve individual and team performance so they get even better results for your business. In the last couple of VLOGS I've been discussing the topic of Leading from the Middle and there's been a lot of emphasis on how we can lead within the organization when you are in the middle of the organization and you have people working for
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    Influencing Strategies for Managers & Employees
    • Mar 25, 2019
    • 4 min

    Influencing Strategies for Managers & Employees

    I'm Russell Stratton, President and Leadership Champion with Bluegem Learning. I work with organizations just like yours to help managers improve individual and team performance so that they get even better results for your business. In my previous article in our Leading from The Middle Series, I discussed the unique position that a lot of middle managers find themselves in. Specifically I was providing some analysis as to our positional power in different types of organiz
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    Eat or Be Eaten: Know the Political Landscape in your Organization?
    • Mar 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    Eat or Be Eaten: Know the Political Landscape in your Organization?

    Hi there. Russell Stratton, President and Leadership Champion with Bluegem Learning. I work with organizations just like yours to help managers improve individual and team performance to get even better results for your business. The topic I'd like to come back to today is this concept of Leading from the Middle, which I've spoken about briefly before. Middle managers in an organization are in a unique position... They are stuck bang slat in the middle of the organization. Th
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    Effective Leadership When You're Stuck In The Middle
    • Mar 15, 2019
    • 11 min

    Effective Leadership When You're Stuck In The Middle

    “Why can’t I just tell the bastards what to do?” asked the Commander squinting at the diagram in front of him. He adjusted his cap to block out the light, which caused the sun to glint off his cap-badge. I could tell the veteran Borough Commander was half-joking, but it was the half that wasn’t joking that worried him. Fergus, however, was unfazed. “Because, you old sod,” retorted Fergus in the same tone. “the world has changed under your feet in case you hadn’t noticed.” F
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    Three Contenders for The WORST Boss EVER
    • Mar 5, 2019
    • 3 min

    Three Contenders for The WORST Boss EVER

    Hi there. Russell Stratton, president of Leadership Champion with Bluegem Learning. Over the last 25 years I've worked with a range of organizations to improve bottom line productivity. In the last couple of blogs I've been talking about Managing Your Boss. As I've said before, this is one of the key topics that people come to talk to me about after my workshops. How do I deal with my boss? And often they've brought an anecdote or a story to tell me about the person they're w
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    How To Manage Your Boss in Four Simple Steps
    • Feb 26, 2019
    • 3 min

    How To Manage Your Boss in Four Simple Steps

    Hi there, Russell Stratton, President and Leadership Champion with Bluegem Learning. For the last 25 years I've worked with organizations to develop leaders to maximize team performance and improve bottom line productivity. In our last vlog we were talking about the seven types of bad boss and as I was saying, this is one of the most common topics that people come up to me after my workshops and say, "Hey Russ, how do I deal with managing my boss?" So we identified the seven
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    The 7 Warning Signs of a BAD Boss
    • Feb 22, 2019
    • 3 min

    The 7 Warning Signs of a BAD Boss

    Hi there. Russell Stratton, President and Leadership Champion with Bluegem Learning. For the last 25 years I've worked with organizations to develop leaders so that they can maximize team performance and improve bottom line productivity. One of the questions I get asked at a lot of my workshops is... "How do I deal with a bad boss?" This seems to be the number one topic that participants have in their mind. How do I deal with a bad boss? So it got me thinking about people Id
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    The Survivors Guide To Managing Your Boss
    • Feb 15, 2019
    • 6 min

    The Survivors Guide To Managing Your Boss

    People don’t leave their job - they leave their boss. The business relationship you have with your immediate manager, your boss, is one of, if not the most important relationships you have at work. A good boss can help you progress your career to new heights... ...a bad boss can be like a dead weight around your neck and leave you frustrated and searching the job adverts. In the course of my work I regularly get people come and tell me about their “problem” boss and ask what
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    Avoid These 5 Common Mistakes Managers Make
    • Jan 3, 2019
    • 3 min

    Avoid These 5 Common Mistakes Managers Make

    Hi there. Russell Stratton, President and Leadership Champion with Bluegem Learning. I work with organizations just like yours to help managers improve individual and team performance to get the optimum results for your business. And one of the things that I do is I coach people moving into management roles, so making that transition from potentially being a doer to being a leader of doers. And one of the things I talk to them about is avoiding the five common mistakes that n
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