Category Archive for "Leadership"

Feeling stuck in the problem-solving grind? Try a shift in perspective

The leaders I work with often arrive feeling frustrated and stuck after trying to solve the same problems over and over with little progress. The issue isn’t their problem-solving skills; they’re just focused on the wrong things. But, hey, that’s what we’ve been taught to do. Traditional leaders are...

How to make it through anything: Small, choppy steps

Progress, Not Perfection The 2020 holiday season is upon us, and it’s like nothing we have seen before. Whether or not to have the usual family gathering has become both a political discussion and question of life or death. You or someone you know is likely dealing with serious...

Leadership in the Time of COVID: 3 Best Practices

Three best practices for leading through a crisis. Even in the best of times, people need four elements to thrive at work: hope, trust, compassion and stability. During this uncertain moment when people are being asked to isolate themselves for the greater good, it is critical that business...

Three Fundamentals Your Business Can’t Live Without

Why these basics are critical to your success Part 2 of a blog series about my VIEW for Success model, where we dive deep into the elements you need to create a Vibrant Inclusive Engaged Workplace. This unique approach integrates all the important aspects of effective leadership into a...

Map a Bright Future for Your Company

Leverage the science of organizational development with a clear perspective Small business owners and entrepreneurs: You certainly have your hands full, responsible as you are for absolutely everything about your business. Ironically enough, as soon as you employ other people to help with your work, you gain another set...

Problem-Solving Leaders–What Are You Missing?

Stop solving problems. Look ahead instead, and leap into greater success Leaders who consult with me often arrive feeling frustrated and stuck. They are on well-trodden ground, trying to solve the same problems over and over, managing conflicts and trying to shore up flagging morale among employees. They think...

Engage to Retain. Engage to Succeed.

3 Key Steps to Engage and Retain your Best Employees Do you feel like your enthusiastic performers and your reliable rocks are disappearing from your organization? Are you stuck in a never-ending cycle of recruiting, onboarding, training and exit interviews? Are you spending more time refereeing conflicts than planning...

The High Cost of Workplace Toxicity

The realities of workplace conflict and how to deal with it.   “Our team is constantly fighting with each other.” “I have a conflict with X and I am totally stressed out.” “I can’t do my job because that other person/department is getting in the way.” “There is so...

It’s Organic! How to Grow a Healthy and Inclusive Workplace Community

I’m no master gardener, but I know that you can’t just toss out some seeds and sprinkle a little water to succeed at growing, say, an apple tree. First, you have to till the ground and add nutrients to the soil to give those seeds the right environment to...

Appreciate Your Millennials: Why and How

It’s time to stop complaining about younger employees and start engaging them A colleague of mine was a bit taken aback by what she described as “millennial bashing” during a lull at a professional conference she recently attended. Her table mates were complaining about how lazy millennials are, how...