How Great Change Leaders use Stakeholder Agility

In today’s business environment, leading change has become an integral part of a manager’s job. It’s also become more challenging. One of the biggest challenges is gaining sustained commitment from those whose support we need to be successful. This post is about a particular kind of leadership agility we need to lead change effectively: “stakeholder […]

Overlooked Practices Which Improve Team Decision-Making

Here’s a practice you can use when you make decisions with your team. It can significantly increase your team’s commitment to decisions made and as well as their trust in the decision-making process. The practice has two steps, both frequently overlooked. The first is the easiest: For each topic you introduce for discussion as team […]

8 Steps To A Corporate Culture Of Excellence

Professional pride and ambition drive the best professionals to achieve. Most employees want to be a part of a compelling future, want to know what is most important at work and what excellence looks like in the eyes of management. For targets to be meaningful and effective in motivating employees, they should be connected to […]

Setting Up an Effective Corrective Action System

Corrective action is not just a matter of documenting performance problems. An effective corrective action system is also a way to help employees improve. The right approach starts with laying the groundwork with a clear policy, training of managers and follow through on the system you have set up. The End Goal is Not Termination […]

30 Awesome Coaching Questions for Leaders

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“I don’t have time to coach!” or “I don’t have the skills to coach!” are phrases we commonly hear from leaders we work with. As you can probably attest to, many leaders are now required to incorporate coaching into their daily work, and it is a responsibility that many understandably shy away from due to […]

Developing Internal Candidates

Promoting internal candidates to fill open positions has big advantages. Internal candidates are already familiar with how your company works, and having a regular practice of promoting employees means you increase the chance that your best employees will stick around. In order to ensure that your current employees are qualified to fill your openings, it […]

Being an Organizational Evangelist

All of us have heard that we must “speak for” or have “elevator speeches” armed at the ready so that we can share the great things about the companies for which we work. Most of us can speak to the brands, services and products offered by our organizations. Some of us can also provide stories […]