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Depressed Over Losing a Star Player? Consider These 5 Benefits
A few years back my team underwent a tremendous amount of change as several of our long-term, star players moved on to other opportunities both in and outside the organization. For several years the...
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10 Questions Great Bosses Regularly Ask Their People
Great leaders ask great questions. Too often leaders think they are the smartest person in the room, so they are quick to offer advice, give direction, and share their perspectives on how things should...
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The 3 Ingredients of Great Performance Management
My wife is a big fan of TV cooking shows. You name it, she likes to watch it: IronChef, TopChef, Great American Food Truck, and MasterChef, just to name a few. While recently watching an episode of...
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6 Strategies for Dealing With Those Who Resist Your Leadership
Leadership can be a pretty enjoyable gig when your team is 100% behind you. It seems like every decision you make turns out to the be the right one, morale is high, people are engaged and productive,...
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9 Warning Signs of a Failing Employee
“I’m sorry, we need to let you go.” Oomph! Those words feel like a punch to the gut of the employee on the receiving end, and for the leader delivering the bad news, those words create anxiety and many...
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Confronting Poor Performance is a “Moment of Trust”– 5 Steps for Success
Addressing poor performance with an employee presents a leader with a “moment of trust” – an opportunity to either build or erode trust in the relationship. If you handle the situation with competence...
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Strong Winds Make Strong Trees – 3 Ways to Develop Resilient Team Members
My little tree growing strong without the help of a stake. A few years ago, my father-in-law passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer. My wife decided that she wanted to plant a tree in our...
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8 Steps for Dealing with An Underperforming Employee
Talking with team members about their performance challenges typically falls in the category of “least favorite” managerial tasks, along with things such as budgeting, attending all-day meetings, and...
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4 Ways to Deal with Quiet Quitters
Quiet Quitting—for a phenomenon that is titled as something that doesn’t make much noise, it sure has caused a commotion lately, hasn’t it? In case you’ve been cloistered in a monastery and cut off...
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The Choice is Yours: 6 Principles for Leveraging the Power of Choice to Build...
“People don’t resist change; they resist being controlled.” That’s simple truth #46 in my book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust, co-written with Ken...
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