Managers & Leaders
Why Kindness Matters at Work
Watch this Ask Marie video about the importance of kindness in the workplace. Let’s begin spreading kindness at work.
Rock your leadership effectiveness with your personal skill story
Ready to rock your leadership attractiveness? This leadership strategy will surely surprise you.
Understanding the difference between employee thinking and manager thinking
Do you think like a manager or an employee? Understand the difference to become a better leader today.
Changing your own behaviour with “If_when…then”
Need a quick guide to change your behaviour as a leader? Use the “If_when..then” strategy to win the trust of your team members.
Make your employee talent visible
Make your employee talent visible by positioning yourself differently. Learn the 5 phases you can use to reveal your employees’ hidden talents.
Challenge people to help them get better
Learn how you can challenge people to help them get better. Find 3 key questions you can use with your team to balance both challenge and encouragement.
Quit spending 80% of your time on one bad egg
Learn how to stop spending 80% of your time on one bad egg and figure out who on your team is actually worth your time investment.
Organize your team for performance
To organize your team for performance you need to master 4 essential processes. Learn what they are and how to get them right in this short video.
Stop drowning in paperwork
Isn’t it time for you to stop drowning in paperwork? Get an easy system to keep what’s important and eliminate the extras that suck your time and energy.
Manage for this century and the next
Get the 3 skills classifications you need to manage for this century and the next, and learn the best ways you can focus your leadership development.
Fix company communication that SUCKS
Ready to fix company communication that sucks? Check out 3 easy things you can do to ensure that your message is ending up where it needs to.
Get results when talking to your boss
Need to get results when talking to your boss? Navigating power hierarchies in communication isn’t easy but it can get easier. Find strategies here.
Build your credibility as a leader
Is it time for you to build your credibility as a leader? Figure out the difference between authority and credibility and learn to lead with both.
About Marie
With over 20 years in the professional development field, and PhD in workplace learning and culture, you can be assured that Marie Gervai’s answers to your questions will be worth watching and listening to. Marie offers online supervisory leadership courses, provides companies with team coaching and assessments, and provides practical strategies for managers of multicultural teams to improve their communication and conflict resolution skills.
Watch her regular Ask Marie Facebook live broadcasts where she solves management issues and helps career builders with their quest. She writes weekly on the topic of supervisor success on her Shift Workplace blog. Coming soon are a podcast called Cultural Leadership Styles and a book, 50 after 50 featuring successful career transitions of 50 professionals who found themselves having to start fresh just when they were least expecting it.