Hi Zena, Members of my team have been shouted at by angry customers recently. It’s nothing they’ve done wrong; these people just seem to think they can take out their bad mood on us. We are well trained, but some people have been upset over...
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Help! I’ve got a lazy colleague who doesn’t pull his weight. The only deadline he’s interested in is 5.30, when he’s out the door, leaving the rest of us to finish the work. He looks busy and is on Teams all day, but he doesn’t do much. This was...
Operation Director Curtis* had this problem when he was on one of my leadership programmes. It’s a common one, so I’m featuring it in this month’s article. Let me know if you’d have handled it differently. Ellie,...
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