Productive Leaders
The Leadership Lessons From Failures I get knocked down. But I get up again. You are never gonna keep me down. – Chumbawamba Many leaders fail. It is what you do after a failure that matters. There are many examples of failed leadership, failed projects, and failed...
Do You Have These Aspects of Great Leadership? Not every leader hits a homerun every time they start a venture or a project. Even great leaders have bad days, months, and even years. While none of us intend to fail, knowing that other successful people experience...
Leading to Attract and Retain Millennial Talent The millennial generation reached a significant milestone in 2016 when it surpassed the baby boomers to become the largest generation in today’s labor force. Born between 1982 and 2000, some millennials have already been...
6 Tips on How to Coach an Executive Who Doesn’t Want Help (Guest post by Peter Stark) We were asked to coach a leader by a CEO who said to us, “If this executive does not improve her leadership skills and her ability to build strong relationships with a diverse group...
Effective Leadership for Work-from-Home Employees and Virtual Teams On the days they worked in 2015, 24 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at home. The share of workers doing some or all of their work at home grew from 19 percent in 2003 to 24...
Are You Focusing on the A or the F? Make the Most of Your Team’s Strengths If your 5th grader’s report card shows A grades for all classes except one, and that one is a F, what do you focus on? The F, of course. You chide the child for not applying themselves, for not...
5 Questions Leaders Need to Ask to Increase Morale at Work Keeping employees motivated is crucial to maintaining a productive workplace. The American Management Association points out that increasing morale doesn’t come from gimmicky management fads, it comes from...
When Generation Z Hits the Workplace We all know a Baby Boomer refers to people born between about 1946 to 1964. Millennials were born between 1981 and 1997. Get ready for Generation Z. Generation Z? Generation Z'ers were born between 1997 and 2010. A...
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...