Employee Engagement, Leadership
Will your Attitude Make or Break your Team?
What attitude did you bring to work with you today? Seems like a silly question but, in reality, very few leaders are aware of their attitude at any given moment. Psychologists define attitude as a…
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What’s Your Organization’s Culture?
The easiest way to define your organization’s or department’s culture is a set of shared beliefs, values, decisions and, most importantly, actions. When you believe something, and consistently act in a manner that is consistent…
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Are you leadership material? Leadership myths dispelled.
At the end of a tough day, have you ever thought that you might not be leadership material? The term leadership material falsely implies that either you have what it takes to be a leader, or you…
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Prescription for Stressful Times…Compassionate Leadership
When members of your team are fearful and stressed in these uncertain times, the prescription most needed is for leaders to turn up the volume on compassion. Many leaders, having been told by the individuals…
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What to Do When an Employee Files an Ethics Violation Complaint Against You?
You are a manager and you think you are doing a good job. You have succeeded a manager who has been with the organization a long time and has basically managed the status quo. You…
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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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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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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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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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Six ways to show you care about your employees
To be a successful leader, you need to find the sweet spot of balancing care for your team members and your focus on results.
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