In today’s tight labor market with historic levels of low unemployment throughout the U.S., it is imperative for businesses to hire the best people – and keep them! But how do you do that when so few people are looking…
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Enhancing Your Employee’s Life-Cycle Experience To Achieve Peak Performance
Posted in business, Change management, Coaching, Empowerment, Engagement, Executive Coaching, Family Business, Family Values, Leadership, Management, success Tagged with: Change management, coaching, executive coaching, HR, Leadership, organizational culture, personal growth, productivity, strategic planning, Succession planning, talent management, workplace
What To Do about Millennial Mania
Let’s be clear. This article is not about what’s wrong with Millennials, how we can get rid of them, or even how we can change them. I’ve stayed out of the Millennial fray for years now because I don’t think…
Posted in Coaching, Executive Coaching, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Managing Performance, Milennials, success, Succession Planning Tagged with: executive coaching, Leadership, Management, millenials, Organization Development, organizational culture, social networking, strategic planning, success, Succession planning, transformation, workplace
The Pros & Cons of Virtual Teaming – Part I: The Cons
Do you have a virtual team that isn’t quite clicking? Maybe you’re getting through the basics, but it seems much more mechanical and “out of sight” regularly turns into “out of mind” for your team. I remember when I first…
Posted in Best Practices, Communication, Executive Sponsorship, Face-to-Face, Follow-the-Moon, Follow-the-Sun, In-person, Management, Management Support, Project Managers, Videoconference, Virtual Leadership, Virtual Meeting Facilitators, Virtual Teaming, Virtual Teams, Virtual Teamwork, Virtual Workplace
Focusing on the How in Succession Management, Not the Who!
I support a lot of individual business leaders and owners who are quickly turning their attention to their “third acts” in life. In every one of these situations – whether it’s the third-generation business leader maintaining the family’s traditions for…
Tell Them Once and Never Have to Tell Them Again!
I am fortunate to have an uber-perfectionist named Jessica by my side. She is incredibly responsible, completely reliable, and in general just a wonderful person to work with. At times, I forget that Jessica strives for perfection in all that…
Posted in Communication, Delegation, Direction, employee engagement, Intentions, Leadership, Management, Motivation, success, Vistage
Worrying About Today’s Problems Is Not My Problem!
I was recently sitting in a Vistage Chief Executive forum when one of my best friends and professional role models shared this revolutionary idea with our group. Today’s operational issues are someone else’s problem. According to him, if as a…
Posted in CEO, Entrepreneur, Future, Job Duties, Leadership, Management, Organizational Performance, Past, Planning, Present, Problem-Solving, Visioning, Vistage
How to Ensure Out of Sight Doesn’t Become Out of Mind
Do you manage a virtual team? Are some – if not many – of your team members based in other sites around the city if not around the country or even around the world? Virtual leadership may not be hard…
3 Simple Questions and the Most Impactful Management Tool You’ll Ever See!
One of the simplest and most impactful management tools I’ve ever seen is the Stop-Start-Continue framework. It’s so powerful and easy to use that I’ve used it quite successfully in my own business as well as with all of my…
How Many Leadership Coaches does it take to Change a Light Bulb?
None of course! A good leadership coach would never actually change the light bulb for his/her client. That could be the role for your management consultant or other trusted business advisors. A good leadership coach, though, would instead offer fresh…
Even Pit Bulls Want to be Bossed Around Some of the Time
This year, I adopted two dogs from K9 PALS a fabulous “no kill” shelter in Santa Barbara, California that rescues dogs and gives them a warm and welcoming home until they find more permanent placement with a family. In many…
Posted in Bosses, Delegation, Direction, Dog, Expectation Setting, Leadership, Management, Managing Performance, Pit Bull
