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Oct 2, 2020

Performance Evaluations: Cut or Keep During the Pandemic?

For many companies, when times get tough, things get lean. Regardless of what difficult cuts leadership has made during this pandemic season of life, one thing is for sure – performance evaluations must be kept, not cut. Let’s talk about why…

Jul 24, 2020

Employee Intentions Leaders Need to Know

Justin Beiber’s Intentions song reminded me of leadership this week. (Does that mean #Covid19 is getting to me?! Maybe. I’m kidding!) Seriously though, for those of us still showing up to work, we all have different intentions. My question to you as a leader is – do you know each of your employee’s intentions when […]

Jul 9, 2020

Significant Emotional Event & The Impact on Your Employees

After the significant emotional event of COVID-19, employees coming back to work may feel and act differently. What should leaders be doing? Consider this.

Mar 24, 2020

Encouragement for Leaders in Crisis Mode

Encouragement for Leaders in Crisis Mode Ideas for Navigating the COVID 19 Chaos As a leader in your organization, your top priority must be to create some sense of order out of the chaos that COVID 19 is creating. It is an uncertain, likely overwhelming responsibility. To encourage you — the leader — as you’re […]

Mar 17, 2020

Younger Employees are 20x More Likely to Stay If They Have This

In doing some professional research recently, I stumbled upon an article that referred to a Gallup study with some interesting findings. The article said the demographic of 21 to 37 year old employees are 20 times more likely to stay and not change jobs if they have they have this one thing. As someone who […]

Mar 10, 2020

Dissatisfied Employees Will Do This, You Can Predict It

Life is not perfect. From time to time, every leader is going to have some dissatisfied employees. So leaders, you need to be fully aware of the predictable behaviors that will occur when one of your employees is dissatisfied. You won’t be able to predict with certainty the order in which these behaviors will surface. […]

Feb 21, 2020

How To Lead Diverse Teams At Work

Incredible leaders of diverse teams at work need to understand the stories from their people, not just the statistics about them. There are answers in their stories that you’ll never get from statistics alone. Let’s dig into the information you need to make the best decisions when it comes to engaging your people.

Feb 11, 2020

When Honest Leadership Goes Too Far

Honest Leader? Yes! Brutally Honest? Not So Much. If you conducted a poll of average employees and asked them the essential traits they want in their leaders, what would the response be? Never mind their demographic data, the industry they work in or their level of experience. What would they say? I predict, overwhelmingly, employees […]

Feb 4, 2020

Why External Motivation, Cash, Promises or Punishment Won’t Motivate Your Employees

If you or your organization have been relying on external motivation to keep your employees engaged and satisfied, I encourage you to reconsider your thinking. Here’s the truth: External motivation does work. Using external motivators — like more money, coveted promotions, threats of punishment or implied promises of good things to come — does change […]

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