What can leaders to do to get employees to share their best ideas with you? Great way to increase employee engagement, and generate innovation in your organization… Many senior leaders try to get creative ideas from employees; however, the wall between you and your employees is profoundly thick, even if you don’t think it is.Read… Read more »
If you could show a $500,000 improvement in your organization’s bottom line, would you be a hero? If you could show a 75% retention rate in your pool of valued employees, would you be content? These are real life, internally verified savings of just a couple of our clients. Of course, not everyone reports theseRead… Read more »
When was the last time you sat down and systematically looked at your strengths and weaknesses as a leader? Okay, to be honest, reviewing our weaknesses can be a painful reminder of the areas we wish we were stronger in; reviewing our strengths can be uplifting, but ultimately, the exercise is designed to make usRead… Read more »
Do your employees follow because they’re motivated to do so, or are you dragging them along in back of you? If the definition of a good leader is someone who gets results out of people in a consistent and measurable way, then we should also add in the goal of making those results replicable. InRead… Read more »
“Why not me?” Why not us?” Fabulous words uttered by the Seahawk’s quarterback, Russell Wilson, to his teammates prior to the conclusion of the 2013 season. First spoken by his late father, who encouraged Wilson to look beyond his height and find his brilliance, these words might well be used by any person or organizationRead… Read more »
With the President’s State of the Union address behind us, let’s play a little bit of “Monday morning quarterbacking”. Regardless of political affiliation (I know, easier said than done), could you feel when he was thinking his speech and when he was feeling it? Were there passages for you that felt heartfelt and passionate? WhenRead… Read more »
As we await the State of the Union speech by President Obama, I am reminded that on a periodic basis, I too, need to present state of the business updates to my employees and network of colleagues. All leaders need to update their team and key stakeholders. How often we communicate, and how consistent ourRead… Read more »
Join us for Free Webinar: Top Challenges Facing CLO’s and other learning professionals Friday, January 24: 11:00 – 11:45 AM EST During the session, I will share best practices from leading Fortune 1000 corporations and Federal agencies on how to build internal HR credibility and capacity To logon to session @ 11:00 AM EST, clickRead… Read more »
Has workplace diversity moved beyond an ideal in your organization? Remember when diversity in the workplace was something we talked about, trained our employees on and then hoped would work? Fortunately, we have moved beyond those attitudes, for the most part. Organizations can now report not only that they have created a diverse workplace, butRead… Read more »
Top Organizational Development Challenges Facing the Federal Government Thursday, January 23, 11:00 – 11:45 AM EST During the session, I will share best practices from my experience with 50 Federal agencies and leading Fortune 1000 corporations..To logon to session @ 11:00 AM EST, click on this link: https://global.gotomeeting.com/meeting/join/500327477 If you’re not able to attend Thursday’sRead… Read more »