Communication, Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching
7 Ways to Stay Positive in Tough Times
When the going gets tough, it’s hard not to wonder, how do you stay positive in a world that seems to be in total chaos? In an ever-changing coronavirus world, circumstances arise that can challenge…
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Communication, Leadership, Leading Change
Ground Zero: Leading When You are at the Epicenter of The Crisis
We are all feeling the pain of this COVID-19 crisis. As leaders, we have seen firsthand how people on our team react. Some of our team members handle stress well and are able to make…
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Communication, Leadership
What is your ‘Oh no nanosecond?’
How do you define an “oh no nanosecond?” This is the split second after you hit the send button on an email or text that would have been a lot better off having never been…
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Communication, Leadership, Leading Change
How to Successfully Work from Home
Recently, a lot of people have found themselves learning to work from home with the work from home and ‘shelter in place’ orders of COVID-19. For some, this is old hat but, for others, this…
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Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Tips
New Skills to Successfully Lead a Remote Workforce in Coronavirus Times
Over the last 18 months, several clients have talked with us about preparing to allow team members to work from home at some unidentified time in the future. Although it was being talked about by…
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Communication, Leadership, Leading Change
Leading in a Coronavirus Crisis
There is no better time to emerge as the leader than in the middle of a crisis. Whether the crisis is the loss of a major customer, the main server failing, the price of your…
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Communication, Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Leadership
The Top Ten Mistakes New Managers Make
So, you have been recently promoted from peer to supervisor or have been hired from outside your organization to lead a division, department or branch. Most likely, you have been promoted or hired into this…
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Leadership
Confidence vs. Arrogance: 9 Tips for Confident Leaders
I’m working with an executive who is highly confident, but people describe him as being arrogant. It’s interesting because there is a very fine line between being confident and being arrogant. So, what does…
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Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Leadership
Friendship and Leadership – The Do’s and Don’ts
Some leaders naively believe that if they are friends with their direct reports and their direct reports like them, the job of leading them will be a lot easier. When you spend 40+++ hours a…
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Leadership
[Vlog] Dealing with Conflict: 7 Tips for Building a Collaborative Team
I’m advising an executive right now, who has this challenge. She has two employees reporting to her that hate each other’s guts. Now, I may be a little extreme with that expression but I’m…
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