HIGH PERFORMANCE NEEDS THE RIGHT FOCUS Passion, Capability and Organizational Need is key. IF YOUR EMPLOYEES lack the right focus, you’re losing performance, innovation and engagement. Steven Covey in his classic book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, suggest we should focus on “important but not urgent tasks”. But I wonder: Even if we do, […]
HOW REDEFINING SUCCESS WILL CHANGE WORK AND SOCIETY Why connection, love and meaning are taking on greater importance OUR RECIPE FOR SUCCESS prior to Covid-19 was based on many things – planning, leadership, expense-control, employee engagement – but the main ingredient was effort. Ask any parent, teacher or rock star entrepreneur and you’d hear “hard work” […]
HOW CAN I GET BETTER AT DEALING WITH CONFLICT? All battles are battles with the self MANY YOUNG PEOPLE GREW UP up thinking that all conflict is injustice. That’s what you get for giving every kid a trophy for showing up for baseball and football. I see many opportunities for teamwork, leadership, innovation, collaboration, healthy cultures, […]
IT’S NOT WHAT YOU SAY BUT HOW YOU SAY IT. If your style doesn’t match the needs of your audience, don’t bother. COMMUNICATION IS THE LIFEBLOOD of any business or team. But if your style rubs others the wrong way they won’t listen to the content of your message. Communication agility is key. Here are the […]
HOW TO CHANGE A NARCISSISTIC CULTURE Change the narrative around service and engagement NARCISSISM IS NOT JUST a type of person, but it can become a part of a company’s culture. This focus on self at the expense of others is encouraged by fear over ones’ wellbeing, companies that measure and reward individual instead of team […]
HOW TO GET A SEAT AT THE TABLE Adopt a 6-part framework AS AN HR LEADER YOU are tasked with building an innovative workforce to move the company forward, supporting employees who fear speaking up to their supervisors, developing managers hesitant to lead, and building teams that stumble without cohesion. Here are a set of […]
HOW TO LEAD THROUGH FEAR AND ISOLATION 10 steps to build connection and engagement. THE CORONAVIRUS HAS CAUSED all of us to experience our greatest fears of being excluded and losing control. On top of that, the number of employees working from has shot up from 16 to over 60%. Working virtually has major […]
HOW TO PLAN IN A TURBULENT WORLD The key is applying master disciplines NEXT-GENERATION companies recognize that the planning process of developing their mission statements can be as important as the final product. First, they are aware of 5 common challenges; adjusting to the changed economic environment, maintaining worker productivity, keeping profit margins, adjusting […]