Three Requirements Of The Values Aligned Leader
Are you a values aligned leader? What values are you modelling in daily interactions with team members, peers, bosses, and customers? Who are you...
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The Accountability Factor
Have you got the accountability factor? One of the issues I hear most consistently from leaders, managers, and supervisors are their daily struggle to...
People with Passion Drive Performance!
People with passion improve performance Joel was a senior executive with a major retailer when I began working with him. He knows the importance...
Proof That Culture And Values Matter
Culture and values matter I’m a culture fanatic. I’m assertive with leaders, telling them they’re leaving money on the table if their team or...
The Right Thing to Do After a Mistake
What to do after making a mistake I’ve made some really big mistakes in my career. One, in particular, was an expensive lesson. I’ve...
Indicators of Organizational Culture Health
How is your organization culture health? Are there gaps between your organization’s existing culture, and the best practices of purposeful, positive, productive work cultures?...
Is Your Work Culture Broken? Time for Culture Change
Is your work culture broken? Organizations that have successfully changed their work culture from broken (or bent) to purposeful, positive, productive cultures share five...
Team Charters Align Goals
Team charters Most teams get a goal or project and madly start working on goal accomplishment. Without clear team charter agreements, though, teams experience...
Eliminating Tolerations Invites Positive Results
Tolerations are “things that bug us, sap our energy, and could be eliminated! Tolerations are holes in your personal success cup; they drain away...
Embracing Your Team’s Servant Purpose Personally
One thing that makes great bosses effective is the fact that they are constantly engaging in dialog with team members. They reinforce their team’s...
Bad Bosses Erode Performance and Engagement
Success in business may have an obvious link to quality products and services. But what about the link between quality bosses and employees’ engagement...
Boost Productivity and Service with Trust and Respect
Leaders must be attuned to more than just team performance. Effective leaders are attuned to how customers are treated and to how employees are...
What Leaders Learn When They Shadow Their Employees
Senior leaders learn about real work lives of employees The concept behind the recent CBS television show, Undercover Boss – though the approach is...
Boosting Performance by Building Followership
Boosting performance with followership The first phase of any of my culture initiatives is one of discovery. I interview senior leaders, their direct reports,...
Go Off Script with Liberating Rules
The script in our head Do you remember the Audi commercial where everyone has a written script they carry around and refer to? The...
Showing Up is Half the Battle – Being Present
Years ago, I was a school bus driver. The safety of the students was my primary concern, and I was well trained to conduct...
Don’t Dismiss People, Reinforce Them
Humans have a deeply felt need to be appreciated and respected. In a Gallup Business Journal article, senior editor Jennifer Robison explains how brain...
Three Ways Leaders Open Doors
Think about your current job. Are you working for the best boss you have had in your career? If so, you are blessed. A...
Make It Easy to Do the Right Thing
It was after midnight, and my friend discovered that he had left his cell phone in his car. He went out to the hotel...
Don’t Tolerate Dysfunctional Teams
Two key indicators of a healthy team are that they are productive (getting tasks done to standards, on budget and on time) and effective...