I bet this title caught your eye!! And it should. Every organization I currently work with is struggling with how to drive bottom line growth . . . but not at the expense of the employees who got them there. Does this sound familiar . . . this new product needs released yesterday to scoop […]
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How to Help Employees Accept Change
Change is always hard. It’s even harder when it’s not your choice. . . which is the case for 98% of company employees who have no ‘voting share’ in the change initiative. Think about it. Today’s corporate reality is that it’s usually only the C-Suite that make the decisions around change. And then it’s up […]
Is Your Team Both Healthy and Relevant?
5 Key Focus Areas that Separate Great Teams from the Mediocre Managing and leading teams is a tough business. Behind King Crab Fishing, it might be the toughest job you can find on planet earth! You have to deal with different personalities . . . Ensure the team is performing . . . Understand and […]
The ‘Capacity Pyramid’
Does this sound familiar? All of my time is spent ‘putting out fires’ and ‘burning platforms!’ I don’t have time to even breathe let alone keep up! ‘Innovate, optimize, grow!’ Yeah that all sounds great but how do you expect me to do that if I can barely even accomplish my ‘day to day’ responsibilities? […]
Better than a New Year’s Resolution…A ‘Life Map!’
This is the time of the year when we all turn reflective. We evaluate who we are, where we’ve been, and where we’re going. Sometimes this evaluation isn’t as positive as we might like. Hence, the topic of this blog. . . YOUR ‘life’s map.’ I personally didn’t create my life map until my mid-30’s, […]
Internal Flame or External Carrot…Which One is Your Driving Force?
Folks, this is a very personal topic for me and one that I feel quite passionate about. I wanted to share it with you, especially around this time of the year, because it contains my #1 secret to happiness and fulfillment over the last decade. I sincerely hope that you will read on and think […]
Are you an ‘Ideal’ Employee?
Finding and recruiting the ‘right’ employee is difficult, period. The bottom line is that it is NOT a ‘black and white’ process. Resumes and interviews can only do so much. No one really knows who is going to be a ‘rock star’ until you can actually see the person in action, real time. Right, wrong […]
Are You Ignoring Employee ‘Pain’? Learn the 10 Surefire Signs of Employee Restlessness!
Growing up, I spent most of my ‘play time’ outside. We played tag, climbed trees, made slingshots, and engaged in one of my more favorite things – ‘play fighting’ with my brothers and friends. No surprise, some of our ‘play fighting’ went a little too far actually injuring one another. Even as kids, we knew […]
You’ll Never Guess What Happened at My Last Executive Leadership Coaching Session!
I recently had the privilege of working with an executive leadership team in Denver, Colorado. As with most of my sessions, the task was to get everyone on the same page and moving in the same direction. While I’ve conducted hundreds of similar sessions over the course of my career, I must confess that I […]