Don’t answer your emails! To be specific, don’t answer them all day long. As we navigate the hybrid work model, we need to balance responsiveness with productivity. So unless your job is simply to respond to emails, develop the discipline to protect your thinking, strategizing,...
I am getting great information from my survey on the impact of silos in organizations, thank you to all who completed it! Over 220 combined responses so far!! I don’t tell you that to impress you but instead to impress upon you the need for...
31% of employees are feeling less connected to their leaders and 39% feeling less connected to their co-workers 1. This data from Glint research is troublesome especially if silos were a challenge for you before the world went remote. What are silos? They are those...
What is the middle? This uncertain time of figuring out what normal will look like as we lead our teams into tomorrow. So how do you, as a leader, continue when you are working more hours, work-life boundaries are blurred and a feeling of disconnect...
Leading a team is hard work! Leading in VUCA environment (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) is even harder! But perhaps it is time to take some time to sit alone and just think. The term VUCA has been around since at least the 80’s. The world...
I am committed to exploring proven ways to improve the performance, engagement, and results of teams. Your teams determine the success of your organization. However, much of the leadership excellence work I see is about the individual. That limits our potential for organizational success if...
I just listened to Carly Fiorina being interviewed by SHRM president Johnny Taylor and if you are obsessed with unleashing the human potential in your organization then I think it is a good use of 18 minutes! Here is what she said: “The toughest job is...
Are you engaged at work? How about your employees? Your teams? Your executive team? Whether it is your own data or the data from Gallup…we know for a fact many of the people who lead, sell, manage or power our organizations are not engaged. Why...
As the COVID19 pandemic continues to cause some level of chaos in everyone's life, I ask you to ponder this question: Are you thinking like a CEO? Why should you think like a CEO? If you are a leader of a team…big or small….in person or...
If your team was ‘communicating better’, what would the benefits be? With the amount of work that is being piled onto every leader’s plate, it is tough to make it through your “to do” list every day, never mind being constantly interrupted to Zoom and have...