SMART Objective Setting for Managers by Irial O'Farrell Looking to make sense of objective setting, strategic goals, employee development, team competency and SMART? Then SMART Objective Setting for Managers is the book for you. Written by a manager for a manager, this book makes sense of the objective setting process and how it links to […]
The Manager’s Dilemma by Irial O'Farrell
The Manager’s Dilemma by Irial O'Farrell What would you do with an extra hour in your workday? Read The Manager’s Dilemma and find out. Managers tend to excel at problem-solving. Team members tend to bring problems to their managers, for a variety of reasons. What happens when you bring a problem to an excellent problem-solver? […]
SMART Objective Setting for Managers by Irial O'Farrell
SMART Objective Setting for Managers by Irial O'Farrell Are you ready for goal-setting season? We’re hurtling towards the end of the year, which means it’s planning for 2022. As part of that planning you, as a manager, need to start thinking about how your team members have been doing in 2021 and what they need […]
The Manager’s Dilemma by Irial O'Farrell
The Manager’s Dilemma by Irial O'Farrell As a manager, do you find issues regularly landing on your desk? Issues that you know, in your heart of hearts, the team member does, or should, know how to sort out themselves? Is your own work regularly hijacked by team members interrupting you, to deal with their issue? […]
SMART Objective Setting for Managers: A Roadmap by Irial O’Farrell
SMART Objective Setting for Managers: A Roadmap by Irial O'Farrell Objective-Setting season is fast approaching. There’s a knot in the pit of your stomach. As time ticks closer to having to set objectives with your team, you can feel the knot pulsing, getting bigger. It has to be done but what’s the point? Unfortunately, this […]
SMART Objective Setting for Managers by Irial O'Farrell
SMART Objective Setting for Managers by Irial O'Farrell Every year, millions of managers sit down with their staff, to set objectives for the coming year. Every year, the vast majority of those millions of managers dread the prospective of having to sit down with their staff, to set objectives. If this sounds like you, then […]
SMART Objective Setting for Managers by Irial O'Farrell
SMART Objective Setting for Managers by Irial O'Farrell If you manage teams, what frustrates you the most? If you’re like most managers I’ve met, chances are it’s the way “Johnny communicates his ideas” or the way “Chrissy keeps asking you to talk to the other team, rather than just doing it herself” or how “Jamie […]