The Leadership Blind Spot
As a leader, your responsibility isn’t just to guide your team—it’s to develop them. Yet too often, leaders hesitate to provide candid, appropriate, and timely feedback. Whether it’s out of fear of confrontation, concern about damaging relationships, or simply being...
Bridging the Leadership Gap
In today’s rapidly evolving workplace, organizations are facing a critical challenge: a leadership skills gap that hinders the ability to effectively lead, coach, and develop new hires from younger generations. With Gen Z and younger Millennials bringing different...
The Pursuit of Happiness
In 1776, the Declaration of Independence boldly stated that among our unalienable rights are "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." Nearly 300 years later, we fiercely protect our freedoms, advocate for our rights, and chase happiness in our personal lives....
Opening the Motivation and Engagement Flood Gates
If you want loyalty and excellence, it has nothing to do with snacks, paying the most, fancy benefits, or giving them everything they want! Attracting, engaging, and keeping top talent isn’t just about strategy. It’s about chemistry. In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek...
Attracting Top Performers Starts Today
If you want to become a magnet for excellence, here are three simple (but powerful) things you can start doing today to set yourself apart from the rest: Rethink Job Descriptions: Write to Inspire, Not Just Inform Although you must list the duties and responsibilities...
The Future of Work Is More Human Than You Think.
Let’s be honest. If you treated your best friend the way you treat your employees, how long would they stick around? Okay, okay… before you go chastising me about boundaries and blurring the employer/employee relationship. Let me say that I understand that, and you’re...
People don’t leave companies; they leave managers.
The leading cause of turnover isn’t pay. It’s the relationship between employees and their managers. When employees don’t feel valued, supported, or developed, they disengage and eventually leave. Employers who focus on leadership behaviors keep talent longer, boost...
Please Don’t Waste the Help You Ask For…
You already know this: your employees are the heartbeat of your success. They are the reason customers stay, projects are delivered, and your vision becomes reality. That’s why I want to plead with you gently. If you ask for outside help in areas like leadership...
Stop Outsourcing Accountability!
Hiring is not HR’s job. Yes, HR facilitates. Yes, recruiters help source. Yes, operations keep the process on track. But owning the hire? That sits squarely with the person who will lead, coach, and rely on the new employee day in and day out: the hiring manager. And...