We talk a lot, these days, about empowering our teams. That probably sounds like it’s a good thing — giving our people...
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How to delegate successfully to save time, money (and your sanity)
It’s no secret -- in fact, we probably all know it’s a best practice in leadership circles: spend your time on tasks...
Communication breakdown? How does it happen and how to avoid it.
Communication breakdown. It happens all the time. You know the one - when you think you’ve delegated something to...
Five things to avoid becoming an executive bully
You’re not an executive bully, right? Surely you’d know if you were. You don’t scream at people or threaten them. You...
Employee Engagement – What does that mean?!?
How many times have you heard the phrase, employee engagement? "We want our employees to be engaged." We’ve all heard...
Motivation – Throwing Away the Carrots and Sticks
I've managed people most of my career, and I've worked in teams all my life. If you had asked me early in my...
When is “good enough,” Good Enough?
I've always been a bit of a perfectionist. I beat myself up when I don't do things as well as I would like, and...
What if Your Team Members Were Volunteers?
In our last Coach's Questions blog we talked about "Changing Other People" and that changing how we react to other...
Changing Other People
Occasionally clients will tell me that some of the people in their lives frustrate them from time to time. They don't...
How to Handle Decision Making for Small Teams
Majority Rules? or Qualified Consensus? In our last issue of The Coach's Questions we talked about Decision Making....
How Do You Make Your Best Decisions?
The higher you climb up the corporate ladder, the more you will be receiving advice from other people -- in order for...