The skills necessary for leadership in a start-up phase versus a growth phase differs significantly. If you’re in the growth stage and wonder why you have more turnover than you did in the start up phase, you may be primarily apply a visionary entrepreneur leadership style that is no longer working.
In the start-up phase, the primary goal is to establish a strong foundation and create a viable business model. This often looks like lofty goals, long hours, and the go-to person for decision
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How Do You Manage Others The Way They Need to Be Managed to Increase Productivity?
Managing people is the process of training and motivating others. If you searched on how to effectively manage others, you would see a lot of generic information that is helpful, such as set clear expectations, give feedback regularly, and provide training and development opportunities. Rarely, however, does this generic information get to the root of how to effectively manage others to increase productivity.
With over 30 years coaching leaders, I’ve seen how effectiveness can increase
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Leadership, Goals and 3 Essential Steps to Turn Around Your Company
When the pressure is high and things may not be going well, getting your team on track can be tricky. Being silent, assigning blame, or barking out orders never works. It makes a bad situation worse.
Early in my career, I was hired into a position where the division was last in employee engagement, everyone complained about the HR Department, and the organization was failing in a number of metrics.
How did we turn around our reputation despite persistent complaints, increase employee
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The Art and System of Goal Achievement
As we start 2023...
• Have you thought about the impact you want your company to have in the next three years?
• Have you clearly articulated the monthly and quarterly benchmarks to your team?
• Do you have a way to hold your team accountable?
• Do you know what you want to achieve by the end of today?
If you answered no to one or more of these questions, you’re not alone. Studies suggest that over 80 percent of people never set goals. Further, most professionals also don’t have a system
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The Hard Fact About Soft Skills
According to LinkedIn’s Global Talent Trends report, 89 percent of recruiters say when a hire doesn’t work out, it usually comes down to a lack of soft skills. These soft skills include communication, teamwork/collaboration, dependability, flexibility, and problem solving.
While many people are hired for their technical abilities, their soft skills give them sustainable effectiveness. Skills like strong communication skills can be applied to any job. But how can companies tell which soft
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