Employee Engagement, Leadership, Tips
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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Communication, Leadership
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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Communication, Employee Engagement, Leading Change
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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Communication, Employee Engagement
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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Communication, Executive Coaching
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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Communication, Executive Coaching
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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Communication, Leadership, Leading Change, Master Negotiator
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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Communication, Leadership
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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Customer Service, Executive Coaching, Tips
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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Communication, Employee Engagement, Leading Change
10 Strategies to Increase Retention and Engagement
There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only two ways your employees can leave an organization. Sometimes it is physically, as in moving on to a competitor, which is manageable;…
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