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Don’t start the new year before you do this…
4 things most leaders don’t consider ✅ While I am definitely a southern girl at heart and LOVE the warm weather, there are two things I really appreciate and enjoy about this time of year: (1) celebrating the holidays...
3 ways you might be breaking trust with your team
(and what to do differently) When I coach leaders and leadership teams, I observe three things that break trust. And usually, people do these things without even realizing how harmful it is to their teams, their...
10 Spiritual Principles That Apply to Leadership and Business
My faith inspires my leadership every day. I’ve discovered many connections between spiritual principles and leadership principles. There is a wealth of wisdom about leading in business that we can glean from the...
An underutilized leadership strategy (one you may not have heard of)…
In manufacturing, there’s an approach called “Kaizen.” “Kaizen” is a Japanese word that means “change for better.” It combines the collective talents in a company to analyze and improve manufacturing processes....
The WORST thing you can do with EMOTIONS in the workplace…
The WORST thing you can do with EMOTIONS in the workplace... I had a leader tell me that the way he teaches his managers to deal with conflict is to “IGNORE THE EMOTION.” While I appreciate the motive behind not...
Leaders…stop focusing on the GAP between the generations…
It’s time to CHANGE the focus and SHIFT the conversation. Let me explain… Yes, it is true that many leaders are currently responsible for as many as 5 generations in their workplace. Yes, leading such a diverse group...
Money isn’t enough to make employees (even senior leaders) feel appreciated…
In a coaching session with a senior leader recently, he shared how his corporate boss sent him an email ACKNOWLEDGING and APPRECIATING him for his and his team’s effort on the turnaround of their facility—and for a job...
10 things to pay attention to—if you want to advance your career as a leader
(most people ignore these) A great book I recommend when coaching senior leaders is Marshall Goldsmith's "What Got You Here Won't Get You There." It focuses on leadership and personal development, offering insights and...
It’s not just HR’s job to deal with “people-problems.” It’s the leader’s.
HR leaders often deal with seemingly never-ending “people-problems” that arise among employees, leaders, and teams. Why is that? People who become leaders and managers in their companies are typically promoted to those...