Managing a complex merger integration and keeping your sponsors and key stakeholders engaged is hard enough. So what are you supposed to do when your sponsors don’t get along with each other? How do you keep the multiple workstreams on…
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DEI & Vulnerability: How Leaders Can Drive Belonging in the Workplace
In the past five years, we have witnessed a shift as business leaders directly address societal issues, recognizing their employees and consumers are conscientious of business and brand stances on societal events. As we approach the one-year mark since George…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: awareness, belonging, bias, coach, curiosity, DEI, DEI-B, dialogue, difficult conversations, diversity, engagement, equity, George Floyd, George Floyd’s murder, growth, inclusion, leaders, mentor, mindset, mosaic mindset, openness, organizational values, power sharing mindset, societal change, societal issues, unconscious bias, understanding, values, vulnerability, workplace
Why Our Human Capital Matters So Much in 2021
In 2020, many business leaders recognized that it wasn’t our unique products or market niches that sustained us. It was our people. It was those leaders and team members who, despite incredible obstacles, stepped up and delivered great value for…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: business leaders, compensation, DEI training, diversity, employee engagement, employees, health and wellness, HR, Human capital, human capital measures, human capital strategy, leaders, recruitment, SEC, Securities & Exchange Commission, talent management, team members, training, training and development, turnover, workforce, workforce diversity
Recalibrating & Managing Performance During a Crisis
Several of our clients are quickly realizing they can’t expect that same level of “Superstar” performance from their employees right now. Parents might be working from home with their younger children who regularly require their attention. Other team members who…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: 1:1 meetings, 1:1s, appreciation, constructive feedback, employee performance, feedback, Five Languages of Appreciation, group feedback, lagging indicators, leading indicators, performance, performance management, performance objectives, positive feedback, positive reinforcement, recalibrate, reset, scoreboard, SMART goals, strategic goals, strategic objectives, Team Huddles, team performance
Seven Strategies for Success with Family Businesses
I support a lot of family businesses and regularly hear from my clients how they pride themselves on creating positive work environments for their employees where they treat everyone like family. That’s quite admirable, and I’m sure those employees very…
Posted in Baby Boomers, Family, Family Business, Family Counseling, family relationships, Legacy, Succession Planning, Uncategorized Tagged with: Baby Boomers, corporate culture, Family, family business, family business charter, family council, governance, Leadership, leadership succession, legacy, multi-generation family
Building High-Performing Teams to Deliver Superior Business Results
In today’s Information Age and increasingly complex work environment, very few people work alone. Nearly all of us work in teams of some form and rely on others to deliver our intended results. How many of us have the pleasure…
Vacation: The True Sign of a Great Leader
As summer quickly comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on the many different leaders I have the privilege of coaching these days. One of whom actually took an extended 4-week vacation this summer, and another who worked her…
Posted in business, Coaching, Executive Coaching, Leadership, people, Performance Improvement, success, Uncategorized, Vacation, Value Tagged with: coaching, executive coaching, Leadership, Management, Motivation, personal growth, productivity, workplace
Leading Organizational Change Instead of Trying To Manage It!
For more than 20 years now, I’ve been leading all kinds of change efforts in all kinds of organizations. New CEOs and business leaders with new visions or strategic objectives. Merger integration between two previously separate companies. Technology implementation to…
Posted in Change management, Coaching, Excellence, Executive Coaching, Innovation, Leadership, Leadership Skills, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Values, success, Uncategorized, Vision Tagged with: Change management, coaching, executive coaching, Leadership, management consulting, Organization Development, organizational culture, productivity, workplace
Understanding Why We Hire So Fast & Fire So Slow
I participated in a leadership workshop for other CEOs and business owners several years ago, and the speaker shared one poignant remark that has stuck with me ever since! In many organizations, we have a tendency to hire very fast…
Posted in Accelerated workplace, Accountability, Achievement, Action, Action Planning, Advice, business, Change management, Coaching, Employee Communications, Executive Coaching, Firing, Hiring, HR, Leadership, success, Uncategorized Tagged with: Change management, coaching, executive coaching, Plus Delta, productivity, strategic planning, workplace
Achieving Excellence with Email Communication
When I wrote my doctoral dissertation 20 years ago, I researched a variety of different tools to enhance virtual teaming and communications within and across companies. Email was already the most prevalent form of communication and information sharing back then,…
Posted in Accelerated workplace, business, Coaching, E-mail, Executive Coaching, Innovation, Leadership, success, Uncategorized Tagged with: coaching, e-mail, high-potential leaders, Leadership, productivity, strategic planning, success, workplace
