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"Engagement is all about feelings and how you make people feel"
Engaging The Team
Engagement of team members is a critical factor to producing great bottom line results. One way to engage them is to find their "Hot Buttons", the individual motivating factors that drive them and then manage them in line with these factors. Managing them towards...
Stories Can Help You Lead
Leaders can gain trust and teach people what's important to them by telling stories, just be sure to watch the humility side of things. These days there's so much to attend to -- now! -- coming at us so fast. In this environment we often feel the need to act without...
Expectations = Outcomes
Engagement of employees is a critical factor to producing great bottom line results. One way to engage them is to find their "Hot Buttons", the individual motivating factors that drive them and then manage them in line with these factors. Managing them towards their...
Team Engagement = Results
How engaged are your leadership team……that may be only you if running a small business! With all the information on how a highly engaged team influences morale, motivation and results within a business it continues to amaze me that the worldwide surveys tell us that...
Attitude Is Essential At All Times
What will 2018 bring forward. Some economists are predicting tough times for business and if this turns out to be true some companies will be cutting back and potentially reducing the size of their teams. This is a great opportunity to reassess where you are at: - If...
R & R FOCUS = SUCCESS
If you are not getting the success you feel you deserve as a business owner or leader check the balance of your relationships and results. When these are out of balance it is very costly. In my book “The People Pill” there are many hints and tips at improving...
Mind Games Prevail in Tough Times
There's a common assumption that we humans don't like change. Really? If we don't like or accept change we would still be running around in leopard skins hunting for dinner and wondering what this whole fire thing is about......sometimes not a bad thought to be back...
The Act of Creating Confidence
Today we are going to talk about something that is equally important in parenting and leading - the act of creating confidence. Another important component of your role as a leader is the ability to lift the confidence of your people and remove fear of failure. Fear...
Connection
We are going to talk about connecting with all people, but especially with our co-workers. The feeling of connection is critical in all relationships, be they business or personal. You know that feeling you get when someone is visiting with you and you feel that, at...
Paying Attention
Today we are going to focus on the benefit of paying attention. It is one thing to obtain input and feedback, but are you paying attention to it? Many companies have extensive customer and team feedback mechanisms in place, but precious few really believe the areas...
Recruiting Dad Style
This story relates to an employee that my father recruited and gave a chance, despite being told by a number of sources that this man would let him down...big time. This man, Peter, was 25 years old, with a wife of 24 months and a new baby just 6 months old. Peter...
Explore Your Wow Factors
Let’s acknowledge some important realities of conducting business today. Marketing has become inescapable, competition in most industries is fierce, and most customers face many demands on their time and attention. The challenges here are apparent: It can be tougher...
10 Ways to Make it a Successful Week!
Are you going to create a successful week this week? Here are some things to focus your mind on what really matters: What actions on your “To Do List” can you move forward this week? What actions will you need to take to move those opportunities forward? What...
Leaders Need to Align Both Team and Individual Goals With Strategy
Once you've developed a game plan for achieving your team's goals, it is time to translate that game plan into individual goals for each team member. These goals should be set in a collaborative manner, not dictated or imposed by the team leader. When people...
How To Build Trust
It is critical in any relationship to have trust. Whether it’s among the members on a sports team, among members of a family, or between a manager and an employee in an office, trust is the glue that holds people together. In any situation, a lack of trust means there...
Seven Critical People Rules to Live By
A leader’s ultimate challenges are building a team intently focused on delivering exceptional results and delivering real, recognizable value for customers and shareholders while creating and sustaining a culture that values people and rewards results. The common...
Afraid of Getting Fired?
Yes, you could lose your job for being inept, incompetent, missing deadlines and milestones, or simply failing to do the work. But you will not be fired for taking chances, and embracing risk and then accepting the responsibility that goes along with it. And if you...
Is Military a Great Leadership Example?
The military can be a great leadership example, yet in these days of engagement we need to be extremely careful that we are not treating our team as "troops" as they will soon feel that rank is important and that "the troops" are the ones that are assigned the dirty...