Communication, Executive Coaching
Communication… A Leader’s Greatest Challenge
Our 2019 Employee Opinion Survey Benchmarks are telling us that communication continues to be a challenge for leaders. This is surprising, considering that at no time in history have leaders been better equipped to communicate…
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Communication, Executive Coaching
What…Two of my Employees Don’t Like Each Other?
A manager asked us, “What do you do when two employees refuse to work with each other?” Prior to the employees refusing to work with each other, the manager let us know that they had…
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Communication, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Leading Change
Are You a Good Decision Maker?
A manager we are coaching told us that they had been researching buying new software for their organization for close to two years. This leader was highly analytical and did not want to make the…
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Communication, Leadership
Accountability and Responsibility… What’s the difference?
What is important to understand as a leader is there is a huge difference between accountability and responsibility.
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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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