If you could take your team leadership skills up a notch in 2016, how would this benefit you? This is a question we began asking in 2015 and have come to some good conclusions for 2016. Most forward thinking leaders would agree that team leadership takes being a...
When you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, you understand their situation, feelings, and motives. That’s empathy…and today’s corporations, leaders, and employees seem to come up short on this basic soft skill. Empathy is a skill important to building good...
Imagine for a moment two different workplace scenarios: Scenario A: Your boss or team leader sits down at your desk and starts a conversation. They ask how your day is going, what projects you are working on, or if you need additional resources to perform tasks at...
Shedding the old year and ringing in the new always brings forward predictions of better times ahead. Otherwise, who would not be compelled to pull the sheet over their heads and refuse to get out of bed? That said, what is in store for leadership development and...
Here it is – part 5…and the last…of my 2012 blog series, “Workplace Culture – What Works and What Doesn’t.” Did I save the best topic for last? Maybe…you be the judge. Workplace dynamics affects us all. Whether you work for a small business or a large organization,...
Here is part 3 of a 5 part series recapping my blogs and articles of 2012. This particular blog is packed with tons of great information on both employee engagement and disengagement in the workplace. To put it another way…these blogs represent the “best” and “worst”...