Surprising Employees with Your Personal Standards Doesn’t Work
Surprising Employees with your Personal Standards? Human beings love clarity. When we know what is expected, we have no problem providing that. But have you ever had a boss reprimand you for something you had no idea was a problem? When you are the boss, holding others accountable to our personal standards is a mistake. […]
Great Leaders are Also Great Motivators
Will you be great leaders and great motivators? Do you believe that each employee must provide their own motivation on the job? If so, you’re only half correct. Leaders play a pivotal role in the motivation of their team. Without this nurturing, even highly motivated team members can become disengaged and leave for other employment. […]
Appreciation and Listening Matters!
The Power of Appreciation and Listening Contrary to popular opinion, “Show me the money!” isn’t the primary desire of most employees. Listening, showing appreciation and letting your staff know that you value them can mean so much more. The frenetic pace of the workplace has gotten out of hand, and it’s up to each one […]
Perfection is the Enemy of a Great Leader
Perfection and the Desire for making Zero Mistakes is the Enemy of Creativity Every one of us wants to do our best. We don’t come to work to make mistakes and get ridiculed. However, many managers are competitive people and it drives a need for perfection. Wanting to do things correctly is admirable, yet when […]
How Entrepreneurship & Hustle Create Good Ideas
How Entrepreneurship & Hustle Create Good Ideas Does anyone believe that entrepreneurship and good old fashioned hustle will not create good ideas? Probably not, but the challenge of businesses of all size is to remain nimble, creative and finding unique ways to market and sell products and services. An entrepreneurial spirit is needed that celebrates […]
Do As I Say, Not As I Do!
You Know Demanding Different Standards Doesn’t Work, But You Do It Anyway Remember when you were a child and heard, “Do as I say, not as I do”? Even as children we knew something was wrong with that thinking, didn’t we? Well, we still know, and just because you’ve been promoted to a management position doesn’t […]
Why Leaders Choose the People Business over Mission Statements
Great Leaders Choose to be in the People Business! Business today is driven by weekly, monthly and quarterly results. What will ‘The Street’ say? But living by those standards isn’t creating an environment of profitable business or productive employees. It’s just the opposite. When we commit to a culture that supports people and helps them […]
Success Comes to Those Who are Prepared
Success Comes to Those Who are Prepared Do you wish you could be an ‘overnight success’? How do people get that lucky, right? Well, let me assure you, there is no such thing as an overnight success. Sure, there are stories of actresses or models being discovered in a drugstore or restaurant and becoming ‘overnight […]
When You’ve Tried Everything, Try ASKING
Have you Really tried Everything? Every manager at one point or another believes they have a problem in which we have tried everything. When we try to explain information and ideas in business, what has worked for you in the past will be your basis for communication. However, others on your team don’t share the […]
6 Tips for Holding Meaningful Meetings
Tips for Meaningful Meetings It has become a past-time in business – meetings. Excessive meetings. The problem is that most of them are not productive, and it wastes the valuable time of team members. Because meetings are so rampant it is easy for the leader to lose sight of their role in being sure they […]