Leadership in Action – Is There Something Worse than Being Fired?
What is worse than being fired? Being ignored. As a leader, ignoring one or more team members is a form of punishment, a...Read More »
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Leadership in Action – Creating Simple Innovation
Too often, when we ask our teams to be innovative, they think “the next iPhone” on the horizon. We put innovation to...Read More »
Leadership in Action – What Is Your Team’s PTG?
We have all heard about PTSD – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – and the impact this has on individuals for months, o...Read More »
Leadership In Action – Are You the Most Stressful Part of your Team’s Day?
In an HBR[1] article, it was reported that 75% of Americans say their “boss is the most stressful part of their work...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Beyond Good To Great
As we develop ourselves, our teams, and organizations, what is needed to get to the next level changes. It takes more ef...Read More »
Leadership In Action – Having that Tough Conversation
Many of us put off having that tough conversation, as we visualize it not going well. The reality is that an effective w...Read More »
Leadership in Action – To Do or To Teach? That is the question.
“It’s just quicker to do it myself.” Every one of us has said this, from time to time. It’s the choice to train...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Pattern or Event? When to Give Feedback
Traditionally, when we see a team member making an error or mistake, no matter how small, we want to jump in and provide...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Ensuring Goal Acceptance
In the past two posts, we looked at the advantages of clear and accepted goals, as well as how to ensure that goals are ...Read More »
Leadership In Action – 3 Essential Aspects to Goal Communication
Last week, we looked at how clear and accepted goals create innovation, proactive behavior and grit in your teams. This ...Read More »
Leadership In Action – New Attitude for 2021
In our core education, we simplify the concept of attitude to its foundation: Are you leaning towards something or are y...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Want to be More Productive? Take a Break
As many of us are leading knowledge workers, who we expect to be creative and strategic, we want to redefine how we Ener...Read More »
Leadership in Action – 4 Steps for Inboarding Your 2021 Strategy
Inboarding recognizes that Onboarding is not a one-and-done process. Inboarding is the ongoing practice of keeping your ...Read More »
Leadership in Action – 3 Questions When Goals are Not Met
Last week, we covered goals that were met, or nearly met. This week, we address the situation where a team member is not...Read More »
How Are We Doing on Our Goals?
As we enter the last month of the year, we are faced with the goals we met and those we didn’t. (If we are achieving 1...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Dealing with Disruptive Employees
As leaders, we often hang onto employees, who do not fit into the organization, for too long. There is a mix of reasons ...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Leading the Difference: Employees or Volunteers?
A great conversation to have with your team (especially if they are leading their own teams) is around the difference be...Read More »
Setting Realistic Expectations for the Next Role
This is typically a tough conversation. Your team member has grown in their performance, but in your eyes, you know they...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Are You a Captain of the World?
When we get set in our ways, convinced that only our way is the right way, it is very easy for us to see the world aroun...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Building Healthy Interdependence Within Your Teams
While teaming and collaboration are ubiquitous in our organizations, high functioning teams are not. And while most of u...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Are We Unintentionally Creating an Unethical Culture?
When we are leading others, we are shaping their behaviors with our expectations. While we may be conscious of many of o...Read More »
Leadership in Action – What Type of Culture are You Trying to Create?
As organizations are pivoting or panicking during this time of COVID, many leaders are looking for a silver bullet. They...Read More »
The One Question that Stops Innovation
We have all heard the mantra – fail early and fail often. As we Nurture Growth in our teams, we say this to inspire i...Read More »
3 ways to Avoid the Brain Hijack…
In these times of great uncertainty, our brain’s built-in warning system (the amygdala) can hijack our thinking with a...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Avoid 3 Common Ways We ALL Micro-Manage
None of us likes to be micro-managed by others, but most of us will micro-manage at times. More often than not, when w...Read More »
Leadership in Action – When You have a Strong Why, You do not Need the How
Getting locked into how something needs to be done holds back our teams and ourselves. When we Connect the Dots by foc...Read More »