Productive Leaders
Are You Intentional About Leading and Supporting Your Organization's Culture? When was the last time you and your team had a comprehensive discussion on what you are doing to build your corporate culture? If you are like most busy leaders, it was not recently. Can you...
Is Your Leadership Where It Needs To Be? (This is the Part 2 of the article, "Leading Remote Teams: Talent is Everywhere – Is Your Leadership Everywhere, Too?") Here are more tips for leaders to keep their employees focused, productivity, and connected while the...
Leading Remote Teams: Talent is Everywhere - Is Your Leadership Everywhere, Too? Last week I met a Human Resource Director who commutes to Colorado, once a month, for five days. The rest of the time she works from her home. In London. Yes, London, England. The...
Do Your Leaders Take People for Granted? Carrie was an experience project manager, with a staff who adored working for her and a boss who bragged about what she was able to accomplish. And one day, Carrie showed up to work and turned in her resignation. Why? “I...
Are You Avoiding Dangerous Assumptions? Our brains are formatted to detect patterns, and we often make assumptions to fulfill our desire to make sense of what find them everywhere. Still, assumptions can be dangerous. They can severely damage our relationships with...
Why Your Customers, Even Your Loyal Ones, Break Up With You A friend of mine just experienced a bad breakup. After 8 years, she ended it. With her dogs’ groomer. She had been going to the same dog grooming shop for 8 years. Yesterday she vowed to never return. Why?...
Are You Leading a Responsive and Flexible Workforce? Many of our people can work anytime, anywhere, and from a multitude of electronic devices. Our phone is more powerful and capable than desktop computers from just a few years ago. This is the age of being a digital...
When Leadership Demotivates Employees (This is a part 2 of this series) I was part of an organization that loved conducting employee surveys. As an economist and leadership author, I love data that yields results. However, surveys need to be properly conducted, or...
Are You Building Authentic Trust at Work? “Fake it until you make it” is often used to build confidence or to change behaviors in the moment, such as “smile until you feel like smiling.” But this is poor advice for leaders who are trying to build trust with their...