“No one wants to work anymore!” This is a common phrase I hear from managers and business leaders who are fed up. These managers and executives are tired of trying all of the carrots and sticks that used to work in hiring, training, and motivating their employees only to see them fail. I get it. […]
People Don’t Want to Follow You, Here’s Why Read More »
No one likes to share bad news. Everyone assumes it will get better with time, and to some extent, it will. If for no other reason than you get used to doing it. Exceptional leaders aren’t willing to settle for getting used to it though. You see the challenge of having these difficult conversations that
How to Share Bad News with Employees (3 things you won’t find in ChatGPT) Read More »
Click here for the YouTube video that brings this to life! I started a 4 hour class on motivation and influence with the words; ‘If you came here to learn how to motivate your team, I’m sorry to say, you won’t. You can’t motivate people.’ After the awkward chuckles and sideways glances, that class learned what
How to Motivate Your Team to Hit the Biggest Goal of 2025 Read More »
Sometimes when I want to ask my husband a question and there is a standard ‘right’ answer for husbands in general I will preface it with, ‘this is not a trick question.’ That way he knows that even though I asked him if I look good in these jeans, I am not simply prompting him
Personal conflict is a fact of every team, you will run into it. That doesn’t mean that it has to suck all of your time and energy dealing with it. Many managers feel it is their duty to get involved in the he said, she said of team conflict and that just isn’t the case.
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I had lunch with an aspiring people leader recently and it hurt because I knew I’d have to burst her perfect little bubble. It made me smile at first. Here she was, starry eyed and full of excitement. She shared all of the changes she was going to make for the team she was interviewing
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When you send an email, you expect someone is reading it right? I mean, you wouldn’t take the time and effort to create the email and share the information, update, or question unless you expected them to review and likely, respond. It seems like common sense, and yet, if you’re a leader, I’d bet there
When You Send an Email, Does Anyone Actually Read it? Read More »
What if you could make actual progress toward your next promotion. I mean like this week. If you could start making marked progress this week to level up your career, would you do it? Picture it, you’re doing work that you love. Something that is making a positive impact on the people you work with
What is the Fastest Way to Level Up my Career? Read More »
If you want to grow in your career and as a leader you must learn to communicate your success. This is a skill and art that will move you in any direction you want to go exponentially faster than just doing good work. Bragging about all you’ve achieved will lose you friends, sure. However, strategically
Quick Tips to Communicate your Wins Read More »
I’ve never met a single person who was trying to communicate poorly and yet we make communication mistakes all the time. We communicate every single day so, with good intentions, and practice we should be good at it, right? Wrong. Studies of American’s show that each generation feels they are less effective communicators than the
3 Communication Mistakes You Didn’t Know You Were Making Read More »
