How to Motivate Your Team – Stop Treating Them Like Family
Thinking they’re a family doesn’t motivate your team. You’ve probably heard leaders say it and you might have even said it yourself when you were hoping to motivate your team. “I treat my team like family” or “We’re one big family here at XYZ Corp.” It feels like a...
Massive Failures? What Great Leaders Do Next
What do you do when you’ve screwed up and everyone knows it? Your failures weren’t just mistakes in judgment…you let yourself down. You didn’t keep your commitment. You hurt people you are supposed to help. Your team looks at you with disappointment....
How to Motivate Your Team When You Don’t Set the Goals
Wondering How to Motivate Your Team When You Don’t Set the Goals? Hint: Don’t Motivate, Cultivate Have you ever been given a goal by your supervisors and thought, “Ugh! What are they thinking? My team’s gonna hate this!” If so, you’re not...
6 Ways to Get the Information You Need to Make the Best Decisions
Mark stared at the floor, his jaw clenched in frustration. He wanted to make the best decisions, but… I was sitting with a leader who had just crashed and burned. He’d made a decision that had cost him his reputation and maybe his job. He looked up at me and...
