Productive Leaders
Every Crisis Brings Opportunities During every crisis, there are always opportunities. Most of those opportunities can be found in one of five buckets. People. With almost 50,000,000 people currently unemployed in the United States, now is a great time to hire the...
5 ways to get your staff working as a team (and liking it!) You either love working in teams...or, you don’t. It’s the same story for your employees. For some, teamwork comes naturally. Others need a little more coercion. Because, here’s the thing...teamwork is...
7 Leadership Tips to Improve your Business 1. Have a vision Mission statements are great, but you need a vision for your business. Where do you want your business to be, and what do you want for your colleagues? Identifying your vision is not difficult, but there are...
How to lead your team through and beyond a crisis Even the most resilient leaders and capable team members are under more than the usual amount of stress right now. If you ask your team to list what is causing them to feel overwhelmed, they might say: the global...
5 Tips to Managing Stress and Teams During a Crisis The urgency of a crisis and sustained stress over time can overwhelm people to the point where their survival instincts kick in and they instinctively move to become more protective of themselves and their...
The important thing my class reunion reminded me of... Caution: There is a lot of Navy talk in this article! Last week, I joined 186 of my classmates from the Naval Academy as we celebrated the anniversary of our commissioning. Like most events happening with large...
8 ways to get people to work (productively!) from home As an experienced leader, you know that if you can’t change it, you better learn to work with it. The events of recent weeks are a perfect example of this. Regardless of how concerned you are with the...
There’s no going back: Time to PIVOT It is time to pivot. There’s no going back to the habits, routines, and the normal that we all enjoyed before the COVID-19 virus. Some leaders are hoping for a return to what life was like in 2019. There is no going back....
Do you have what it takes? The 3 Crucial Leadership Strengths Vision. Strategy. Talent. While leaders need to be strong in several key areas, there is a reason these three are at the top. VISION Right now your people need you to clearly communicate your...