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 […]
Category: Organizational Culture
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 […]
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 […]
My Company ‘Under-Values’ Me
The feeling of being under-valued is undoubtedly one of the most sensitive topics within the realm of organizational health. And it’s also one of the most common. Most consultants prefer to side-step it because it is an area fraught with emotion, unmet expectations and vastly differing perceptions. But that’s exactly why we must address it […]
Is It A “Performance” Or “Conformance” Issue?
I worked with a client who was a dynamo in Sales. She truly could sell you a ‘pet rock’ and a month’s supply of food to feed it! Needless to say, her customers loved her. And her company loved her. Every year, she consistently received the company’s premier ‘President’s Award’ reserved for top sales performers. […]
Ignore Your Staff And Watch Employee Engagement Plummet To 2%
Yes, you read correctly – 2%! This shocking statistic was reported in a recent Gallup poll that found employee engagement drops to an astounding 2% when employees feel ignored by their managers. Even more shocking, this poll was in response to a new organizational theory called holacracy where organizations completely eliminate the role of managers. […]
Driven By Fear – Been There? Still There?
When I first started consulting, I admit there was a large part of me that was absolutely driven by fear. Being my primary source of income and the principal income earner for the family, there was “no room for error.” What if I say something that might offend the person who hired me? What if […]
Your Personal Health Depends On The Health Of Your Organization…Really
I can already feel you shaking your head “yes” as you sadly relate to the title of this blog. We’ve all been there . . . a part of corporations, teams or departments that are misaligned and unhealthy in some way. As a result, business priorities and sense of direction may be in chaos or […]