CLWill - Chris Williams, Leadership Advisor
CLWill - Chris Williams, Leadership Advisor
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Not the first questions I ask a client. #leadership
Every decision you make is made in context. The first thing I need is to understand that context.
#leadership #management
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @ladyoftheflowers9781
    @ladyoftheflowers9781 День тому

    Never thought I wanted to lead... managed a team for five years... never wanted to learn to code... did coding and machine learning... life is weird and you follow weird paths throughout life. Cool channel. Glad to have found it! In my 30's and glad to learn some more from your experience!

  • @JimmyMarshall
    @JimmyMarshall 7 днів тому

    Chris! I just found your channel and your youtube setup is killer! Hey I just scaled a channel to 29k subscribers and 4 million long form views, and I had some ideas on how you can grow this channel even more. Would love to share my ideas with you. Is that something you would be interested in hearing?

  • @emms6724
    @emms6724 7 днів тому

    I tried to tell this to someone. She tried to start a war on our supervisor who had been with the company 25 years. She asked me would I make a statement supporting her issues with our supervisor. I told her absolutely not while our supervisor sucks you are going to have a target on your back HR does not care. Six months later she was pretty much forced to quit and the supervisor is still there.

  • @christinajones3022
    @christinajones3022 9 днів тому

    My current manager has all of these faults.

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 9 днів тому

      Ouch sorry

  • @ahmadjames151
    @ahmadjames151 9 днів тому

    🤤😍

  • @JustinCarey
    @JustinCarey 10 днів тому

    I am tempted to share this with my bad managers! Very well explained, thank you.

  • @sapahn3039
    @sapahn3039 11 днів тому

    I’ve been on the receiving end of this as an employee. I ended up getting scouted at my last job. Definitely left on good terms and still feel nostalgic for it.

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 11 днів тому

      Few things better than being wanted 😎

  • @KatarzynaBober-b4t
    @KatarzynaBober-b4t 12 днів тому

    What do we do about them? How do we prevent them from enduring? We identified a bad manager. How do we now fix the problem?

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 12 днів тому

      You have to convince _their_ manager that: a) there is a real, clear, objective issue, not just you or someone with an axe to grind, b) that issue is costing the company (in people, but most importantly in $$), c) that cost is vastly higher than that person's crappy behavior is bringing in, d) there is a viable alternative. The problem is almost always C. They know the person is a pain in the tail, but that person brings in so much revenue. That whatever the cost, the $$ coming in outweighs the negative. They can't imagine replacing them. Which brings up D. There has to be a way forward. In my experience, A has to get so terrible, that B gets on senior people's radar, causing questions about C, which gets them looking for D. Hard work, but it can be done, and does happen. You need their boss to see all of this. Good luck.

  • @eeiko321
    @eeiko321 13 днів тому

    Omg I’m glad I watched this video and there are sensible people out there and that you’re preaching this… fucking death by meetings….

  • @pradeepbhatnagar4848
    @pradeepbhatnagar4848 20 днів тому

    As a professional I find the vdo lecture vry.effective.ln my opinion In PIP T&D play's important role through Various training Methodologies as per need.R&D also plays important role in boosting skill nd there by increasing efficiency and productivity in brief.Nice nd Informative Lecture in nutshell.Thanx.

  • @wombatistan
    @wombatistan 20 днів тому

    ...stuck at it for 17 years, because i kept getting the repeated business ...but it's been a decade since I left and they never found a replacement.

  • @groooobytooby1306
    @groooobytooby1306 21 день тому

    I will absolutely never give up our weekly catch-up. 10 people shooting the shit, connecting, sharing, debating. Money well spent. You’re just a bad leader if you can’t get value out of getting people together.

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 20 днів тому

      I''d love to hear confidential feedback from each of those 10 on the value of that meeting. I would bet that you and four or five others have a blast, and the others would rather be anywhere else. Why do I say that? Because I've done it. I've asked teams, one-on-one, with no fear or concerns that it would get back to the manager. And that's what I hear every time.

  • @User-zzyyxxvv
    @User-zzyyxxvv 22 дні тому

    I have never seen a PIP get used on actual incompetent unprofessional people. From my experience a PIP is mostly used to start a paper trail & get rid of someone they don’t like.

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 22 дні тому

      As a person who has seen hundreds of pips, there certainly are well-intentioned ones that are honest efforts to get improvement. Many, unfortunately are not, and even if well-intended, recovery is difficult or impossible.

  • @AnthonySeifert-jt6cc
    @AnthonySeifert-jt6cc 23 дні тому

    Solid advice!

  • @AstonMartin427
    @AstonMartin427 23 дні тому

    I have someone that I work with in a senior role (that I don't role up to) that embodies every trait you described and has constantly hurt our team morale because of this over the few years I've worked with them. I've felt no way out because of it and feel as though there's no where to turn for help. Also on a side note, have you ever done audiobooks? You have a phenomenal voice for narration!

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 22 дні тому

      Thank you! I have 60 podcast episodes! Check it out here, or search for "leading smart" in your podcast player.

  • @DesertRascal
    @DesertRascal 24 дні тому

    HR employees are grifter hacks. Anyone who has worked at a Fortune 500 company for longer than a week knows this.

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 24 дні тому

      Wow, that's harsh. Their role is handcuffed and boxed in a way that makes success hard. But it attracts people with good intentions, most of whom are trying their best. To call them grifters is unfair.

  • @intellgram9768
    @intellgram9768 25 днів тому

    Fantastic video😊

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 24 дні тому

      Thank you 🤗

    • @intellgram9768
      @intellgram9768 19 днів тому

      @@CLWill dear Mr Chris, I really appreciate your huge work to share your amazing life/ work experience with us ( younger generation) . Huge respect for you Sir and wish you all the best 🙏 👍🙂

  • @intellgram9768
    @intellgram9768 25 днів тому

    Dear Chris, you have an amazing channel 👍👍👍

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 24 дні тому

      Thank you kindly! Share it with your friends 😎

  • @pradeepbhatnagar4848
    @pradeepbhatnagar4848 25 днів тому

    Vry effective vdo lecture. Top level executives or managers r the backbone of any Sector or organization etc.They should understand the problems of the employees nd need to b humble.They should avoid self centred approach nd egoism as by doing this they affects the organization in negative way.Manager should be matured in my opinion as a professional in brief.Vry.nice tips nd inspiring too.

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 24 дні тому

      Thank you

  • @najatdami5154
    @najatdami5154 29 днів тому

    I was putting on pip because I said to my fu….ck manager : I don’t like the way that you talk to me

  • @BGP369
    @BGP369 Місяць тому

    This video is misleading and does not reflect the reality of how PIPs are applied. The vast majority of companies that put people on PIPs simply using it as pretext to get rid of someone they dont like. Rare if at all do managment actually provide concrete evidence to supporty their accusations in the PIP - making it assuredly false and without merit. This speaker is a textbook corporate representative and should be ignored. If you are put on a Pip, ask for evidence that shows the accusations in a concrete way. 99% of the time they will fail to do so. Ignore the PIP, and if you get terminated without just cause, sue your employer if your country has laws that allow this. There is zero reason to stress about a PIP. In virtually all cases, management will terminate you even if you did succeed at the goals.

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 25 днів тому

      Did you watch the whole video? I clearly state that PIPs are often used as a pretense for other issues, often used as a lead in to a termination, and that you rarely will survive them. That you should prepare your exit. In fact the title and description of the video are about how you should plan your exit.

  • @wilcoxx.
    @wilcoxx. Місяць тому

    How do u build a relationship

  • @markwoods-hl2zt
    @markwoods-hl2zt Місяць тому

    In my experience, HR is the lawyer for bad managers

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 25 днів тому

      Oh, they hate the bad managers as much as you do. But unfortunately the company doesn't. So HR will be screaming from the rooftops about them, but the higher ups save them (for the $$ they bring in, or the friendship, or whatever). The people who protect the bad managers aren't HR, it's their boss (or their boss or ...)

  • @mechtech8936
    @mechtech8936 Місяць тому

    You are wrong and misleading the audience. HR is not there to keep the peace. They are a company instrument, there to collect data on you for when the employer wants to fire you. They collect that data so they have proof, to build a case against you for your termination, so they easily win the court case. Do not believe any other claims about HR working for you. They are false.

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill Місяць тому

      Not wrong, not misleading, you missed the point of this video, and the original one: ua-cam.com/video/BMs-y0NctsI/v-deo.html Yes, HR is an agent of the company. That's the point of this and the original video.

  • @tylerdurdin8069
    @tylerdurdin8069 Місяць тому

    I recently had heat exhaustion from hogging mud for bricklayers and woke up the next day exactly were I parked my truck late for work thinking I left my wallet in my buddies car and got a message I was fired. I realized something wasn't right and went to the emergency room. Now I'm wearing a heart monitor without a job and don't know what to do since I haven't heard from the employer after contacting them and telling them what's going on.

  • @leonablack3516
    @leonablack3516 Місяць тому

    A manager leaving glass on floor to see if staff is lifting it and if they don't spot it well they get reprimanded.

  • @Yasco-de-Jp
    @Yasco-de-Jp Місяць тому

    This is what I keep telling my boss on our all staff weekly team meeting, of which content can be easily shared via share drive. My boss said all staff meeting helps improve team building. It will not unless every member takes ownership on their job and gets it done correctly and timely with or without regular meeting. Some people like to call up others for meetings all the time without having specific agenda to make them look very busy so they can get good performance appraisal. They are stealing other people’s time to earn their own credit. I hate those selfish people.

    • @eeiko321
      @eeiko321 13 днів тому

      Man, fucking upper management… trying to justify their existence with pointless, tick-a-box meetings

  • @nanapoku5259
    @nanapoku5259 Місяць тому

    These are pure golden nuggets here, William. You got a new suscriber!

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill Місяць тому

      Thanks!

  • @albiole
    @albiole Місяць тому

    This is the most on point video about bad managers. It deserves a lot more views.

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill Місяць тому

      Thanks! Share it with your friends 😀

  • @jaaguitar
    @jaaguitar Місяць тому

    Someone calling a meeting "tomorrow at 9am" sounds horrible too 🙂

  • @ajs11201
    @ajs11201 Місяць тому

    I wholeheartedly agree. And I'd further add that when you're leaving a company (by your own decision or otherwise), always decline to do an exit interview. Be polite (or silent), but just don't do it. There is never an upside to the employee--HR is not going to give you your job back, and they're not going to give you a raise or remove your manager. At best, if you're lucky, HR will receive the exit interview neutrally. However, any information obtained can and may be used against you. It's not worth it. Just say thanks but no thanks, and move on.

  • @mmae6842
    @mmae6842 Місяць тому

    I learned a lot in this job and genuinely like my sup. But body blow #1 was when their insurance no longer covered my area. Got to travel 2 hours round trip for medical care. Ah, well. Signed up for a virtual job fair for a nationwide employer that will cover my area. I still can telecommute, and the office is three blocks down from where my reporting office is now. As someone said PIP = paid interview period😂

  • @shermanngjazz
    @shermanngjazz Місяць тому

    In last March, I was placed on a PIP for the first time. I was very shaken by it and I tried to do better in my job. Unfortunately I lost the job a month later. I'm currently still struggling to get a job right now.

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill Місяць тому

      I'm sorry, that's a drag.

  • @AlexPark-jp1id
    @AlexPark-jp1id 2 місяці тому

    let them fire you then collect unemployment

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill Місяць тому

      In some localities, termination for cause makes you ineligible for unemployment.

  • @zosblockparty
    @zosblockparty 2 місяці тому

    This one I find interesting. You are a huge proponent of not having useless meetings. So if we know the outcome before the meeting begins, why are we meeting? I know I'm probably being too black and white here, so what am I missing?

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill Місяць тому

      You often need to have meetings to formally approve some project/decision. There's no way to avoid that meeting, it is part of the approval for the project. My point here is don't go into that meeting blind. Have worked behind the scenes to know a) who's on your side, and who is _so_ on your side they'll be an ally in any fight, and b) who's against you and what their biggest arguments are. This is much like what the "whip" does in a parliamentary system (like the US Congress). Their job is to go around and count votes. They won't hold any vote they know they can't win.

    • @zosblockparty
      @zosblockparty Місяць тому

      @@CLWill Totally get what you're saying. I don't disagree with what you're saying, yet there's something about all of this that feels out of place, inefficient, and very "this is how we've always done it." I don't have the answer on how to get past that, there's just a natural reaction in me that says we put SO much effort into finding out the answer before we go in and then we are also wasting time to formalize the known. When these actions compare with government, it feels even more ridiculous 🤷‍♂️

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill Місяць тому

      Many proactive companies do much/all of this kind of thing on line. There are two models: 1) Publish the question, the arguments pro/con, the proposed resolution, then get together for one final meeting to hash it out. 2) Do step 1, but also do the final vote on line. Either of these is better, but I would argue that some kind of open consensus building is crucial. Even if you have done all the homework beforehand. You have to get everyone to "be heard" and have to come to a formal agreement. After which you get the commitment that we're all going to abide by the decision. I don't know anyway to do that other than some kind of meeting mechanism. Even if it is virtual.

    • @zosblockparty
      @zosblockparty Місяць тому

      @@CLWill This is awesome. I haven't had the privilege of seeing "proactive companies" in action so far. This sounds SO much better than my experiences

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill Місяць тому

      It's becoming more common, esp with tools like teams/zoom/slack and so on. The place I see it happening more is with Boards, where they aren't holding to a strict meeting schedule, but able to make remote decisions on a better timetable.

  • @MrSimp75
    @MrSimp75 2 місяці тому

    HR's are good for nothing ...

  • @queenofskills3635
    @queenofskills3635 2 місяці тому

    When ur junior is more talented then this situation arises their is never a performance issues it’s just making employees silently resign job😂😂

  • @astralclub5964
    @astralclub5964 2 місяці тому

    A PIP is your company giving you 30-60 days notice of your termination!

  • @SeanSwizzySwagger
    @SeanSwizzySwagger 2 місяці тому

    Yes because the people who already may be feeling betrayed or abandoned by the company and maybe doesn’t trust them is gonna wanna trust them or just trust someone else with their personal belongings…if I’m not coming back I’m not leaving them and if they’re mine then the company nor anyone at the company should be touching what’s personally mine…that to me is a violation…most people don’t like strangers or coworkers touching their personal belongings as far as I know

  • @paulsaragosa371
    @paulsaragosa371 2 місяці тому

    Just like a hoover vacuum cleaner

  • @DavidRay78
    @DavidRay78 2 місяці тому

    So true

  • @andre5246
    @andre5246 2 місяці тому

    Did you apply this on some company? I agree with the concept but thinking this "we are going to discuss this issue tomorrow at 9, be there if you care" demand a huge maturity from everybody

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 2 місяці тому

      Many companies do some/all of this kind of thing. Demanding "huge maturity" is the actual point. Treat people like adults. Set strong expectations, and make those clear. Reward people who do the right thing. Who participate. Make the consequences of _not_ showing up when it did matter real. "Sorry, you should have brought that up when we asked for input." When someone isn't "mature" tell them. Set the expectations, you'd be surprised at how many people can meet them.

  • @christopher5568
    @christopher5568 2 місяці тому

    Hey Chris, quick question. I am in the United States. A couple months ago I ended up quitting my job while on a pip. If you could please answer whether my former employer would reveal to the new employer about the pip during background/reference check? I’m worried that a pip would hurt my chances of landing my next role.

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 2 місяці тому

      Depends on a lot on the company, and on the request. Most companies, when asked as part of a background check will simply confirm employment dates and the answer to the "don't rehire" checkbox. Most systems keep a flag that indicates "do not rehire". They usually only check that for malfeasance (theft, harassment, etc) and not performance. So unless your PIP was really bad -- absolutely terrible performance, the checkbox was not likely set. So a request for dates would be clean. That said, if they do a real reference check, and ask to speak to your last manager, then you could have an issue. Here again, many companies won't do that. They don't want the liability of having said bad things about people. But some could. That's why, no matter what terms you left on, I recommend taking the high ground, and being adult about it. If I were you, I'd be a little honest with a potential new employer. "I left my last job because it was a terrible fit for me. My departure wasn't great, and I'm looking to turn a new page" And then focus all your attention on the potential. "I'm excited for this role, and I can see ..." and so on. Hope this helps.

    • @christopher5568
      @christopher5568 2 місяці тому

      @@CLWill Thank you so much for the advice. I don’t think I left necessarily on bad terms but I did leave without notice as I thought I had secured another role when I left. As per your advice I’ll probably wait it out with my next job offer since you mentioned that most wouldn’t bring it up on bg checks / references. I also didn’t know that there’d be liability on companies if they disclosed details about a pip during a reference check. So thank you for mentioning this. If I found out that they do bring the pip up, I will be completely honest with it if I have to look for another job again. If I had known about how pips worked from the start, I would have never signed it. Thank you for your advice sir. Have a great weekend.

  • @GustavoZambotto
    @GustavoZambotto 2 місяці тому

    Always perfect..thanks

  • @GustavoZambotto
    @GustavoZambotto 2 місяці тому

    Perfect

  • @ericwebster6911
    @ericwebster6911 2 місяці тому

    Don't you worry about <BLANK>. Let me worry about <BLANK>.

  • @cd31mcle
    @cd31mcle 2 місяці тому

    i had a job where it was on avg 35-40 meetings a week(not a typo), complete waste of time, including two meetings a week with all of the analysts and leadership which was 25-30 people , a weekly team meeting and a one on one as well

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 2 місяці тому

      So exhausting, and SO expensive.

  • @Lizardfiz12
    @Lizardfiz12 3 місяці тому

    agreed! especially with more physical labor-based jobs, like why are you pulling me away from my work to tell me something in 40 minutes that a piece of paper couldve done in 1!

    • @CLWill
      @CLWill 3 місяці тому

      Everything's here on this status board, this sheet of paper, this spreadsheet, whatever -- remind me again why we need to meet to discuss it?!

    • @Bernificationify
      @Bernificationify 2 місяці тому

      The more an organization is disorganized the more meetings you end up having! Could’t agree more Sir!

  • @robertmcgrath2463
    @robertmcgrath2463 3 місяці тому

    Love this! I hadn't thought of this distinction before.

  • @robertmcgrath2463
    @robertmcgrath2463 3 місяці тому

    Great information! The one caveat I have found is ensuring the individual is ready and open to receiving the feedback before you provide it. Especially if it's constructive.