What’s Going to Happen to You in 2016
If only you had a crystal ball. The planning, the decisions, the choices would be so much easier. But you don’t. And those decisions and tradeoffs aren’t easy. Should you stay? Should you go? Is that project realistic? What if they reorganize… again?...
5 Reasons Your Team Doesn’t Buy Your Game Plan
Trust me, I’ve seen that look. The #areyouinsane? look. The #whatplanetareyoufrom? grimace. The #thischickisclearlyfromHR lament. The #anddoesnthaveaclue freak out. A few months later, they were all in. Not because of some clever incentive program. Not because...
Leaders Stand in the Gap of Uncertainty to Help Others Across
Far too many of us can also relate to working for managers who wielded their title and position authority as their only levers for leading. These managers caused me to question the likelihood of my contributing anything of value to the corporate mission. To hear their...
How to Stop Drama Queens and Chronic Complainers From Destroying Your Team
I often start my speeches on employee engagement sharing prototypes of various kinds of disengagement. The favorite is always Barbara Boatrocker– “her life feels like a sad country song, every little thing is wrong”– for the appropriate...
