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Apr 15, 2021

What Abandonment Taught Me About Adaptability & Success

Don’t be caught standing in your own way to achieving success. Abandoned as a child, I learned that adaptability is key to achieving your goals. Here’s why.

Dec 4, 2020

Empowering People: How Far is Too Far?

I get this question a lot… So Phil, when you talk about empowering people, aren’t you really suggesting we’re giving them free rein? The short answer is “no,” — I’m not saying that at all. In fact, I don’t think most organizations ever have to worry about going too far when empowering people. Early in […]

Jul 2, 2020

Don’t Call People Out. Instead, Do This!

Many are quick to call people out. As a leader, every word you say matters. If you want your people to perform better, instead of calling people out, call them up…then watch them rise.

Feb 14, 2020

Should You Lay Down the Law with Employees?

To Lay Down the Law means to help dream and set goals with your people. Because today’s workforce is looking for leadership that helps them achieve their personal and professional goals, leaders who successfully do that experience engaged teams, great culture, high performance, and more. Leaders who don’t successfully don’t set goals with their employees […]

Feb 7, 2020

How Leaders Can Predict Employee’s Emotional Response

Your leadership success depends on how well you predict, prepare and address the emotional response from your people. Because of today’s diverse workforce, let’s discuss factors that can contribute to the emotional response your people might have to your leadership so you both can be more successful.

Jan 17, 2020

1 Question to Better Recruit and Retain Employees

Most organizations are scrambling trying to figure out how to better recruit and retain employees. What’s the answer? I’ll shoot you straight as always — a quick-fix solution doesn’t exist here. However, I do have one question you should start asking that will automatically shift your trajectory toward greater success.

Dec 20, 2019

Fanatical About Empowerment

When leaders are fanatical about empowerment, companies can unlock the option to achieve unprecedented success. Even with the promise of better results, many leaders still do not empower their team. Why? Let’s talk.

Oct 25, 2019

Grey’s Anatomy Leadership Lesson

Grey’s Anatomy has been my guilty pleasure since it first aired in 2005. I have always loved Grey…and McDreamy…and now even DeLuca, but today I want to take a look at Jo. I am a keynote speaker, trainer, and (soon to be) author on leadership and in Season 16 Jo perfectly played out leadership principles […]

Sep 13, 2019

Leaders Own Employee Engagement

Leaders have the massive power to crush employee engagement at any moment. Your people need to know and feel confident that you have their back in every situation so they will feel free to go all in, try new things and make decisions on their own. I was reminded of this recently when I talked […]

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