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Jill Geisler
Practical advice for managers & tools for leaders from Poynter's Jill Geisler
Posted by Jill Geisler at 3:39 PM on Nov. 19, 2009

A few columns ago, I wrote about the differences in the ways introverts and extroverts prefer to communicate and how great bosses get the best from both. I heard from a young editor I respect, Lisa Glowinski of the Rockford (Ill.) Register Star. She's one of a dozen Poynter McCormick Change Leadership Fellows this year, recognized for their work in leadership and innovation.

Lisa's title must take up two business cards. She's editor of the Register Star's GO, Life&Style and People of the Rock River Valley sections and assistant editor of the Rockford Woman magazine.@@INSERT|RESOURCE|127678|EMBED@@

That's a lot of copy for a person who is anything but wordy. Lisa is an introvert -- far happier thinking than talking. But she's developed strategies for making herself heard and offered to share tips for other quiet leaders. So permit me to pipe down and give the floor to Lisa Glowinski, who has a lot to say about introverted bosses:

I've always been an "I," but as a manager I've been expected to act more like an "E," which has been uncomfortable to say the least.

I'm finally coming around by finding my "inner extrovert." Here are some tips for others in a similar situation.


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Jill Geisler heads Poynter's Leadership and Management Group.
She works with managers at every level of print, broadcast and online news organizations, helping them become more effective leaders.
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Nov. 16, 2009

What Great Bosses Know about Morale
Posted by Jill Geisler at 2:02 PM on Nov. 16, 2009
Your organization has cut staff, salaries and benefits, and it has asked employees to take on more work. If I ask about morale, the answer's obvious: It's taken a hit. But let's talk about how morale is measured and managed.

Morale can be measured across multiple dimensions. Consider the percentage -- high or low -- of employees who say:
  • I get satisfaction from my job.
  • I feel valued in this company.
  • I'm compensated fairly for my work.
  • I have a chance to grow...

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Nov. 12, 2009

What Great Bosses Know about Leading a New Team
Posted by Jill Geisler at 10:04 AM on Nov. 12, 2009
You're the new sheriff in town. That role change may have come from a new job or a promotion or a consolidation of departments in your workplace. Whatever the reason, you're in charge of a new team.

You have a short window of time to make a positive first impression on your staff. Your actions right from the start can determine whether the staff will see you as just another manager to deal with or as a leader they choose to follow.

Here are six tips to help new sheriffs win over the townsfolk...

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Nov. 9, 2009

What Great Bosses Know about Success
Posted by Jill Geisler at 2:58 PM on Nov. 9, 2009
As we prepare to welcome a big group to our Leadership for Today's New Managers seminar next month, I'm thinking about one of the biggest transitions these newsroom leaders will make: the way in which they will define success for themselves.

Before becoming managers, employees have pretty clear measures of success -- and they're all understandably self-centered. They may include some or all of these:
  • My supervisors view me as a high performer.
  • I've been trusted with increasingly challenging assignments...
Read on to see how managers view success: through others.

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Nov. 5, 2009

What Great Bosses Know about Public Speaking
Posted by Jill Geisler at 1:10 PM on Nov. 5, 2009
When you became a manager, you assumed a responsibility for which you might have had little or no training: the art of public speaking. It's a skill needed to lead meetings, make business presentations, pitch ideas, deliver speeches or teach in workshops. Some managers find it painful; it's foreign territory. Even those who aren't intimidated by public speaking want to know they're doing it well.

So, let me share some tips for you. The tips are drawn from my background as a broadcast journalist and Poynter faculty member, and from the coaching I have done for folks ranging from aspiring TV news anchors to nervous newspaper editors. Here we go ...

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