The Role of Leadership in Crisis Management During Scaling
Business coaching is often viewed as a significant investment, but the transformative results it delivers make it an invaluable tool for leaders seeking growth and improvement.
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What Created A High Powered Team
What creates a high-powered working team? One word. Trust.
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Executive Productivity: Stress Management
An executive’s ability to manage stress directly impacts their productivity. Executives experience stress and burnout higher than the average worker because of the fast pace nature of their role, the frequency and impact of decision making, and the isolative nature of their top management role. A normal stress response sends cortisol into the body and…
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Reward-based Leadership vs Responsibility-based Leadership
Recently I facilitated a leadership training class where we were reviewing Patrick Lencioni’s book, The Motive. The book breaks down two fundamental types of thinking leaders have about their role. Reward-based Leadership thinking revolves around individuals thinking they have earned the right to lead and enjoy all the trappings and status benefits of their leadership…
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Accountability vs Micro-Managing
Recently I had a conversation with a leader who challenged my perception on the difference between employee accountability and micro-managing. As a leader, often we need to walk the line between delegating work and getting caught in the weeds because of our personal challenges with giving up power and control. My paradigm has been that…
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Are Your Paradigms Giving You the Results You Want?
I recently worked with an executive who struggled to feel like an included, equal member of the executive team. She had worked for the organization for over 5 years, yet her team perceived her as someone who did not exhibit the same level of engagement in the company’s purpose as the other leaders. The feedback…
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Do You Have the Right Business Partner?
Throughout my career I experienced and witnessed a few great business partnerships, often between a visionary leader and a leader who was skilled at making that vision a reality. Unfortunately, more often then not, I witnessed business partnership dissolve over time, not because of competency or skill set issues, but mostly due to character traits…
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How to Build a Culture of Accountability in 3 Steps?
One of the most common complaints CEO’s have about their company is a “lack of accountability among staff”. Leaders need to use a three-tiered approach with a specific set of tools at each level. Building a culture of accountability starts with the CEO and trickles down to all levels of leadership and staff. Here are…
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Have a 20/20 view in 2020
As we approach 2020 and begin to create a vision for the new year, we have to take a clean look at our company to see if we are really delivering what we say we’re delivering. It is every leader’s responsibility in your company to challenge the team to the greatness all of you deserve….
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How to Improve Your Employee Retention and Engagement
Companies spend thousands of dollars each year hiring new employees because of voluntary turnover (learn how to prevent employee turnover). The dollars and time it takes to hire and train a new staff person could have been better spent investing in your employee culture and company leadership activities. In psychology circles, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs…
