Communication, Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Tips
When You Know You Are Making a Bad Decision
In my experience as an executive coach and advisor, I have seen a lot of bad decisions made by very good leaders. All great leaders make regrettable decisions and mistakes – we’re only human, and…
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What’s Micromanagement?
There are a plethora of ways managers find success in motivating and leading their employees. But sometimes, leadership focuses too much on moment-to-moment productivity, creating an environment that actually stifles progress. Sometimes, the manager becomes…
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Leadership Styles: Are You an Extrovert, Introvert or Ambivert?
When we think about leadership, the general perception is that extroverted leaders have traditionally been projected as having an advantage. A recent study by the University of Toronto Scarborough found that extroverts have an advantage…
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9 Reasons Why Your Feedback Does Not Work!
Do you have any employees on your team who are difficult to give constructive feedback to? Do you tend to procrastinate giving feedback to some team members? Leadership is about developing people, and that includes…
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If You Want to Be a Great Leader…Shut Up and Listen
What would you do if you went to your doctor and said, “Doc, I hurt!” Without asking another question, your doctor writes you a prescription and tells you to take two pills a day for…
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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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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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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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