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Variable 'Dril' Leadership

I remember when I purchased my first home, there seemed to be an unlimited number fo trips to the local hardware store. Each job required some tool I had not yet purchased. I quickly found that an electric drill was an essential tool as a home owner. A... Read >

Motivation - Are You Rewarding Poor Performance

When we think about motivation, things like gift cards and trips come to mind. We reward team members for positive behavior by giving them things that they value. I would challenge this idea by asking leaders who they spend most of their time with, and ... Read >

Is Leadership Just A Title

Leadership is an interesting concept. So many people feel they are one, but few can really describe just what is looks like. This leads us to a question, are you a leader because you have been given a position, or are you a leader because of your behav... Read >

How To Influence Team Members As A New Leader

When we influence our team members, we are creating a desire to change the thoughts, beliefs, and actions of those we lead. Put down the baseball bat or the pink slip, and learn how true leaders influence people for the long term. The majority of lea... Read >

The 80/20 Rule For Effective Leaders

The Pareto Principle says that 20% of my activities will produce 80% of my results. So if I want to become a more productive and successful leader, all I have to do is identify what the20% is, and focus all my efforts on improving them. Sounds simple, b... Read >

Coaching Employee's As A New Supervisor

When we coach our employee's, we have the opportunity to train, motivate, and communicate all at the same time. When we coach the right way, with our focus on "future success" and using great questions, we will make a positive impact on their future per... Read >

Coaching For Leadership Success

If you have been a leader for very long, you know the power of effective coaching. But often times we spend more time "telling" than coaching, and our sessions are more like a college lecture than an effective two-way coaching session. When we sit dow... Read >

Why Coaching Is More Effective Than Training

Today, there is a major shift in the workplace as to how our team members learn. Leaders must know the difference between "training" and "coaching", and begin to learn how to effectively coach team members to provide continual performance improvement. ... Read >

Are You Being Efficient As A Leader?

Let's face it. For most of us, being a leader of a team or organization is an endless challenge. Anytime we deal with people, there is an unlimited amount of unknowns that are going to take place. We start each day by planning our activities and then p... Read >

Goal Setting As A Leader

When an artist sets out to make a sculpture, he gets a large rock and begins to chip away at it. Each day this rock becomes just a little bit more like the final product the artist has designed. If the average person sets out to create the same sculptur... Read >

Retention Leadership

Why do people go from one organization to another? More money? Closer to home? When we look at exit interview data, I would challenge you to question how honest team members are about why they are leaving. Most people would rather not "ruffle any feat... Read >

Creating Empowered Teams

Finding ways to improve team performance is a continual battle for us as leaders. One of the more difficult things to do is to move away from the power and control model and allow your team members to begin to make decisions on their own. So what does i... Read >

What's Contagious In Your Business?

Ever get frustrated because it seems that when one person in your office gets sick, everyone gets sick? The person next to you comes down with the flu, and the next thing you know you're at home calling your manager to let her know you will not be in tod... Read >

Do You Use Manipulation As A Leader?

Do you use manipulation to motivate your team? Most of us would say no, but the pure nature of our position should tell us that we do. Manipulation would be defined as causing our team members to perform in desired way, in order for them to receive com... Read >

One Size Fits All?

One of the most important lessons I've learned over the past several years is the importance of changing our leadership style to match the situation or person we are dealing with. Using a single approach may hit the middle part of your team, but may leav... Read >