On Leadership and Knowing the Importance of Importance
Who is the most important person in your organization? Is it the Chairman of the Board, the CEO, a Senior Vice President, or someone else? But more importantly, why is […]
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How to Be a Legendary Leader in 3 Steps
It’s no secret that employee recognition is an important factor in worker morale. After all, management may make the big bucks and get stuck with the tough decisions, but it’s […]
Leadership 2013: Resolve to Increase Employee Engagement
Hey Leaders: Imagine a brand new team providing excellent results for your initiatives. Imagine high productivity, increased production, and sky-high loyalty. Is this something that you would like to work […]
On Leadership and The Force of Connection
“If knowledge traps are the cholesterol of organizations, then the force of connection that fosters relationship excellence is the statin drug that breaks up knowledge traps, restores knowledge flow, and […]
Hearts and Minds: The Key to Employee Engagement
When I was Director of Publications & Marketing at Cornell, my staff and I would focus on developing stories that would trigger an emotional reaction before diving into any subject […]
6 Reasons Leaders Don’t Fire Employees and Should!
So leader, are you a scaredy cat when it comes to firing employees? Or do you suffer from potential fear, regret, anxiety, or “analysis paralysis” when you have to let someone […]
Leaders: Who’s Managing Your Social Media?
Companies invest millions of dollars a year on their brand, whether they realize it or not. Everything a company does – from how they engage their customers, to how they […]
6 Steps to Sustainable Leadership: Maintaining Harmony
We all play a role in conflict development. And supervisors need to help all team members understand how conflict develops and what we can do to manage it. This is […]
Leading Change When it Bursts Through the Doors
Whether it is a planned or unplanned change, the disruption through a transition is often underestimated. Are you ready for change? 4 Key Drivers Common to businesses are four key drivers and the organizational […]
Slacker Talent: Your Recipe for Disaster
The number of employees that are highly disengaged has doubled since the beginning of 2008. It’s tough enough to make it out of an economic downturn, but companies and leaders […]
How To Be a Successful HR Leader
Being an HR leader in today’s business environment takes courage, conviction and fortitude. ~ Courage to stand up for initiatives that organizations need to survive in these tough economic times […]
Rules of Engagement
If you’re like most managers, the current recession is forcing you to trim resources wherever possible. At least in the immediate future, that could mean making some gut-wrenching decisions regarding […]
“Thing” or a Person?
I may be dating myself with this question, but remember the TV show, “The Addams Family?” One of the “characters” on the show was “Thing.” It was portrayed as a […]
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