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
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
The 4 P’s Of Executive Gold
Eight years ago, I wrote a blog post entitled “The 4 P’s of Olympic Gold”. The article was inspired by Shaun White’s amazing Gold medal performance at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Anybody who watched the Men’s Halfpipe competition…
Posted in Accomplishment, Accountability, Achievement, Action, Action Planning, business, Coaching, Executive Coaching, Innovation, success Tagged with: coaching, executive coaching, Leadership, Management, Motivation, productivity
Eight Strategies To Create Your Always, Ongoing Performance Management Process
Did you just complete your annual performance reviews at the end of the year? If so, congratulations! No? Then, that probably means you’re still dreading it’s that time of the year! How often have you heard a business leader grimace…
Posted in Accelerated workplace, Accomplishment, Accountability, Achievement, Action Planning, business, Change management, Coaching, Collaboration, Commitment, Communication, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Performance Management Process, Performance Review, success, Uncategorized Tagged with: executive coaching, Leadership, Organization Development, personal growth, productivity
The Pros & Cons of Virtual Teaming – Part II: The Pros
Creating a high-performing team that can achieve its strategic objectives can be quite challenging. Creating a high-performing virtual team that can achieve its strategic objectives is, unfortunately, still proving to be nearly impossible for many business leaders! I recently led…
Posted in Business Benefits, Corporate Objectives, Cost Savings, Face-to-Face, Face-to-Face Meetings, Follow-the-Sun, High Performing Team, Operating Expenses, Performance Incentives, productivity, recognition, Recognition Programs, Rewards, Team, Team Performance, Telecommute, Telecommuting, Virtual Team Members, Virtual Teaming, Virtual Teams, Virtual Teamwork, Virtual Workplace, Vision Tagged with: best practices, high performance, Organization Development, productivity, remote workers, Virtual teams
The Myth of Multi-Tasking: Learning to Reprioritize and Just Say “No”
Remember when you were young and it was a challenge to pat your head and rub your belly at the same time? Remember how after some practice you’d be able to clumsily perform this feat for a minute or two? …
Posted in productivity, self development, Self-Awareness Tagged with: Behavior Change, Focus, Individual Performance, Mult-tasking, productivity
Taking a Break to Recharge: An Organizational Imperative for a Sustainable Future
Summer has quickly come and gone again, so it must be time to dig in and get back to work, right? Wrong! In today’s fast-paced, ever-changing business environment, business leaders must continually make “getting away” an organizational imperative to ensure…
Posted in Employee Benefits, Leadership, Management Practice, organizational culture, productivity Tagged with: Employee Benefits, Leadership, Management, organizational culture, productivity
