7 Ways To Prevent False Urgency
Even if you’re the most human-centered leader your team has ever worked for, it’s possible you could be creating false urgency from time to time. After all, you’re a great boss and your employees trust you. If you think something is important so do...
The Input Paradox
When you take your leadership seriously, you are on a constant search for input. “How am I doing?” “What do you think” “How did that go?” “Am I on your short list?” Before I go any further, let me stop and warn you. This is one of those “do what I say not as a I do”...
The Problem With Opportunities
When I first read Karen Martin’s book, The Outstanding Organization, her definition of a problem versus opportunity stuck with me. “In recent years, it has become popular to avoid the word problem in organizations, recasting it instead as an opportunity...5 Ways to Surface Team Conflict and Live to Tell About It
We all know deep in our hearts that teams need conflict. Conflict is “healthy.” Leaders and teams have been talking about Tuckman’s forming, storming, norming, performing model since the mid 1960s. Teams were storming long before that. We get it...Children's Advice For President Obama
What advice do you have for President Obama? We’ve been asking kids for their advice for Obama since the election results came in. We asked them to consider… What would you say to the President to help him with his next term? If you were President what...Why Isn't This Incentive Program Working?
Incentive programs continue to be one of the most debated topics in management. Sometimes incentive programs work well. Sometimes they do not. Leadership can make a difference. Have you ever experienced any of these scenarios? You’ve implemented a new incentive...
How To Build A Community of Collaboration
What is a community? Can you have one at work? Should you? If you want more of a community feel, how do you create it? Whose job is it? Senior management? Frontline leaders? The employees? HR? Do programs produce community or do people? Today, I raise more questions...Your Mentor May Not Be Helping Your Career: Find a Sponsor
Great mentors prepare you for the next level by challenging, teaching, sharing stories, and offering perceptions. However, many people assume that their mentor is also their sponsor. This is not necessarily the case. Mentors prepare. Sponsors promote. Your mentor can...
