"To be a good manager, you have to have been managed before by a good and a poor boss" says Fanny Pechiodat, founder of My Little Paris to Capital magazine. Indeed, if you have suffered from bad management, you will surely not make the same mistakes with your future team.
Communicating, whose etymology derives from the Greek word "to put in common", is one of the main missions of the manager. Communicating the good news, but also the bad news, such as budget cuts, saying no to a promotion, bad results, etc.
If you want something done, do it yourself: we grow up with this idea that it’s often better to do things on our own. Is this why we find it so difficult to delegate? We can be afraid of losing time or influence, of being seen as lazy, or that the work will be done badly.
Rutger Bremer is the founder and CEO of the Dutch start-up Momice. Today he shares with Popwork his entrepreneurial and human journey from starting a business as a young graduate in a garage to leading a team of 25 people!
The OKR methodology is a goal-setting management framework, where “O” stands for “objectives” and “KR” for “key results”. How does it work and what does it bring to the company? How to put it in place concretely? What are the potential pitfalls to avoid? In this article, we tell you all about OKRs!
More than 40% of French people say they experience intense stress in the course of their work. They are two sides to stress: “good stress” and bad stress. How to better manage stress at work? How to turn bad stress into positive energy?
Take the free DISC test by Popwork test to find out your personality at work. Is your work or management style more focused on Dominance, Influence, Stability, or Compliance?
Servant management is often seen as a naive and ineffective leadership style. That's not true: servant managers perfom much better because a happy team is simply more productive.
A difficult team member can threaten the way an entire team works. The manager should neither downplay the situation nor over-dramatize the problem and mus act quickly. So, how do you react to an employee who might undermine your team's motivation?
A first anniversary is also an opportunity to step back on what we have achieved and learned so far. Here are the 5 lessons from the very first weeks of the adventure: going from idea to MVP.
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