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Business Culture

You Really Just Have to Give a Sh#$

If you want employees to be engaged, to quit complaining, if you want them to stop unionizing efforts… You just need to give a SH%#.

Management

A Powerful Way to Improve Your Teams with Continuous Development

As leaders, we want our teams to be tip-top with skill sets and mindsets. That requires an investment, at least of time. In some cases, money. ...

Leadership

Communication – Is It a Soft Skill or a Competitive Advantage

“The coolest thing about an iPod is you can take your entire music collection with you in your pocket.” This caused the stock to rise almost 7%. This was because Jobs was able to create a meaningful picture in the markets eyes.

Leadership

Think your organization is on board with you? Think again.

Your ability as a leader to stand in front of the room and articulate with confidence, and transparency you message can determine buy in from the organization.

Communication

How to use familiarity to improve organizational performance

If a tree falls in the Forest… Most managers I know are seeking ways to get just a little more productivity and performance from their teams. ...

Business Culture / Communication

The Role of Communication and Culture

In my corporate career I was with a firm that acquired 22 brands and tried to consolidate them into one. Think about that 22 distinct companies, ...

Leadership

Change Fatigue:

Change is a challenge in many organizations. One phrase I often hear from clients is, “we are experiencing change fatigue.” I get it… and yet there ...

Leadership

Five Signs You Might Be a Bad Boss

You can’t control your emotions As a leader, your emotional tone sets the tone for your team. If you are frustrated, your team is in all ...

Leadership

Three Reasons Employees Don’t Trust Their Leaders

I recently came across a study that reports that 55% of employees do not trust their leaders! That hurts. A leader who learns that 55% of ...

Business Culture

Are you threatening the lives of your team: Why disrespect is seen as a threat to life.

I recently reconnected with an old friend and colleague who I worked with early in my career. Jack Hoban is an author, a combat instructor and a corporate transformation executive. His new book The Warrior Ethic presents an interesting premise:

When you disrespect someone, (in their mind back in the reptilian brain) you are threatening their life. Is it any wonder that practice isn’t working so well?

In an environment where over half of us are not engaged in our jobs and ...

Communication / Leadership

Telling the Truth

I caught the Daily Show the other day as Jon Stewart was interviewing Bill Moyers and they were speaking about the quality and depth of Moyer’s interviews over the years. Moyers said something that has been niggling at the back of my mind.

He was telling us why he no longer likes to interview politicians. And I paraphrase here “it’s because they want to conceal their thoughts not expose them.” He then offered a great example from our current run up to the GOP Primary. As Newt Gingrich was interviewed and asked about ...