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View ArticleLeadership Out of Balance
Leadership is often described as the act of leading a group of people or an organization. Leading well requires knowledge, skill, and an ability to balance the immediate gratification of the near term...
View ArticleThe Value of a Mentor
In my work as a leadership coach I often request that my clients recruit colleagues to assist them in achieving their goals. That’s because leadership is a team effort and every leader needs others to...
View ArticleEffective Leadership: The Theory & Practice
Are leaders born or made? That appears to be an on-going question, but if you simply search for “leadership” on Amazon, you’ll find 124,676 titles currently available. There are, obviously, things to...
View ArticleProfiling Leaders: Tall, White & Male
When you think of a leader, how often do you conjure up the image of a woman or person of color? Today there are a number of famous women and minorities in positions of power: Mary Barra of General...
View ArticleEffective Teams Begin with Trust
Dysfunctional teams can produce results, but not consistently and not over the long term. An effective team that produces results consistently requires many attributes, but they all must begin with...
View ArticleWork Friends & Social Recognition
All of us want to feel valued for our contribution in the workplace. But there may be a disconnect between what employers think drive this feeling of being valued and what employees actually want and...
View ArticleYour Side of Successful Communication
It’s back to school time and a reminder that we should all stop working so hard and start working smarter. Stop sawing and sharpen the saw. When it comes to challenges in the workplace, communication...
View ArticleAppreciation for a Job Well Done
Employee engagement is by far the single most important HR challenge for organizations because it impacts recruitment, retention, absenteeism and productivity. In fact, according to a 2011 Gallup poll,...
View ArticleHigher Engagement by Meeting Employee Needs
Employee engagement is a vital component of successful organizations. Nothing helps spur innovation and raise productivity like a highly engaged group of people who are passionately involved in what...
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United We Stand . . . And Kneel
There is a lot dividing us these days. Whether it’s on the national political stage or in our own local workplace, we should be wary of the wedge that seeks to separate us. On the national level are...
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Humility in Leadership
In my work as a leadership coach, I find that clients who make the most progress reaching their full potential are those who are able to acknowledge their weaknesses, and are secure in accepting the...
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Positive Morning Routine: Why it Matters
How do you start your day? It may very well determine whether you reach your goals. Maybe because it’s back to school time, but I’m seeing a lot of articles, blog posts and podcasts related to “what...
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Personal Integrity in Leadership
Now that the President’s manufacturing council has disbanded following a wave of defections, it’s worth exploring how personal integrity fits into leadership. At what point should a leader remove him-...
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Workplace Loyalty: A New Paradigm
Once there was a time when companies provided their employees with the security of lifetime employment. There was also a time when employees remained on the job despite opportunities to go...
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Working Smarter in the Age of Distraction
We live in a world of constant distraction. The internet, text messaging and social media all play a part in this distraction and yet we willingly choose to let these interruptions keep us from fully...
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The Value of Organizational Values
In personal relationships we tend to choose others who share our values—regardless of whether they are friends or romantic interests. This is because values help define who we are and what we stand...
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Leader as Listener
Boilerplate copy on resumes typically include the phrase “excellent communication skills.” But how many people really have them? Communication is so often thought of as speaking and writing well. While...
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Magnetic Leadership
For companies to thrive they need great leadership. So how do we define great leadership and what are the behavioral traits of a great leader? In his best-selling book Good to Great, author Jim Collins...
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STEM Alone Won’t Be Enough
In education today there is a focus to deliver qualified graduates to take on careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Not only is this where the opportunities are today and likely...
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