Productive Leaders
How to Lead Gratitude at Work - The Happy Thanksgiving edition What can leaders do, especially heading into the holiday season, to help our teams support each other, work cooperatively together, and practice gratitude? 1. Create incentives for people to help...
Are you a leader who can be coached? Second Lieutenant David Higgins, USMC, one of my former students, competed in the summer 2016 Olympics in Brazil. One of the key traits of the best athletes in the world that they are coachable. They have coaches...
Leading Employees to Think Like Owners Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better. - Bill Bradley Do your team members behave as though they own the company? Well, they should. You make decisions based on what you believe is good...
10 Tips for Resolving Conflict in Associations and Volunteer Organizations We believe most people want to show up and do a great job, both in the workplace and in their community organizations. Sometimes, despite our best intentions, conflict...
Are You Asking Stupid Questions? Are your leaders asking stupid questions? If they are, they will likely get stupid answers when they do get answers, and they will believe the answers. Leaders like the illusion that if they walk around and ask...
Are You Leading or Just Watching Change? Most people don’t like change. Change brings uncertainty, causes anxiety, and is frequently accompanied by fear. With all the change that may be happening in a person’s particular role or industry, some...
Why Your Leadership Instincts are Wrong I was talking with a Dad of one of the kids on my Little League team the other day about his children. He is struggling because he wants to give his children a wonderful childhood, but he wants them to be...
How Leaders Work a Room - Be a Rockstar Networker You’ve seen confident charismatic leaders who change the energy of the room when they walk through the door. The really great ones are masterful at making everyone feel noticed, appreciated, and...
Plan NOW for Emergency Situations Do you know that fewer than 50 percent of Americans have a will or trust? While I mainly speak about leadership, I'm also passionate about educating people about the importance of organizing life's important...
April Peterson