As the head of a department you are bringing on several new members of staff. These young staff are asking for mentorship. While staff have been paired in the past, they almost never met and seldom did the mentee or mentor find the relationship effective. What are the expectations of a mentorship programme and how … Continue reading Mentorship
You are reviewing the performance of the department as a whole. Within your department there are widespread calls for accountability. How do you achieve accountability without disenfranchising your staff? While goodwill and desire drives performance, there must still be accountability for job performance. This may be at an individual or a group level. Accountability requires … Continue reading Accountability for Group Performance
As head of the department, you want to take stock of your faculty members. You want to ensure that the faculty are performing at their maximum potential. The current system doesn’t seem to have a real handle on performance and, if anything, seems to have led to disenfranchisement. How do you create a system that … Continue reading Performance Management
Several leadership vacancies will be available soon that are key to your success in effecting change. Several members are lobbying you for themselves, or others, to fill the roles. Several of the groups need major overhauls, but not all members of the group see the need for change. Should you just appoint people to the … Continue reading Recruiting New Leaders
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