Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Leadership
How Do You Engage Employees to be Better Problems Solvers?
Have you ever been jealous of your boss’s clear and clean desk and wonder how they do it? Some people are just more mentally organized, while others are more physically organized. But there is also…
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What is Your Leadership Brand?
What is your leadership brand and why is your leadership brand so important? … It’s important because your leadership brand is all about your reputation as a leader. When it comes to your reputation as…
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Is Technology Weakening Your Leadership?
It is a given to say that technology has changed the way we communicate and conduct our daily lives, at home and at work. My kids are perplexed by the idea that I grew up…
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Do You Have a Million Dollar Problem and You Don’t Even Know It?
In a recent organizational assessment our firm did for a client who wanted to improve their organization’s culture, several employees told us in the interviews that they felt little hope the culture would improve and…
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Are systems and process holding up your organization’s effectiveness?
In a recent study by TinyPulse, they reported employee’s top 10 pain points. In this list, technical issues with software or other tools was rated #1; and disorganized and time-wasting systems and processes was #4.
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6 Great Reasons to Hold Your Employees Accountable
We are working on several coaching projects where managers are having a difficult time holding their team members accountable. When we ask these leaders why they don’t hold employees accountable to do the things they…
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Learn to Thrive on Criticism
When you become a leader, it is a given that you are putting yourself out there and are, in-turn, opening yourself up to criticism. But does that have to be a bad thing? The only…
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The “Either-Or” Trap
Have you ever had an employee tell you: “I can do it correctly, or I can do it on time, but not both.” My kids use this on me all the time, “I can do…
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One Word Can Make the Difference
In the business of leadership, one word can make the difference. As a leader, you have one goal. And that goal is to build relationships with people who are highly motivated to move in the…
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When You Feel like Complaining or Blaming…Take Action!
I recently flew on a flight from San Diego to Atlanta. The person sitting next to me spent the first two hours of our flight complaining about his company, his boss, his direct reports, his…
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