What if you could dramatically change your company culture in just one week? In a way that would foster deep leadership buy-in, sharpened leadership focus, and surging employee morale? It may sound like pixie dust, but I have seen it happen over and over. This is not...
How do you build employee morale, and turn it into a competitive advantage, where your employees fight for your company and brag about working for you? Sometimes it’s the pay, and sometimes it's the perks you offer. But sometimes it’s the love you show. The following...
Have you shared a vision that is so compelling that your team jumps out of bed every morning and runs into work? Do you even know what a compelling vision looks like? Last week, I was Zooming with a coaching client, Almora Hudson, the owner of a second-generation...
The world (or at least this country) is wrapped up in multiple crises happening at once. The pandemic/health crisis; the economic crisis; the political crisis; and the social injustice crisis. These crises are impacting everyone in some way. It can feel overwhelming....
A recurring question that you face—and one that I am asked occasionally—is it okay to poach employees? And/or what should I do when someone is poaching my employees? First off, when someone offers one of your better employees $10k more and they leave, either they were...
Remember a while back when finding an employee was more like fishing in a full pond? You had the opportunity to pick and choose, however for the employee it meant 'really selling yourself' and working hard to land a good job. These days the tables are turned. And many...
Change is affecting every aspect of our lives and business: Economics, people, technologies and business methods are rapidly impacted. We have a new Webinar series: Contractor Conversations 2018. With amazing insights from experts with proven records of success, we...
In case you missed the most amazing conference last week, "Effective CEO/COO Partnerships," here are 10 takeaway’s from the event, as told to me by the participants. I need to plan more “us” time for my COO and myself, in order to do real planning and for me to...
Here is a new approach to employee reviews. Now is the time to hold them, don’t wait till year-end. Watch this short video for a new and better way to think about and hold employee reviews. Share it with other managers and develop a more productive approach to...
At some point in the life of your company, you will lose a key team member or manager––or two or three. Possibly someone you thought was your best person ever, or someone you were counting on for a successful year. After the initial feeling of disappointment, and...
