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Category Archives: Competence
5 Questions Every Boss Needs Answered by Their Subordinates – #4
The first question is the most fundamental: What do you need from me in order for you to do your best work? The second question is built on the first: Do you have the opportunity every day to do what … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Creativity, Decision-making, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Feedback, Innovation, Leadership, Learning, Management, Morale, Performance Management, Problem-Solving, Productivity, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Creativity, Employee Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Morale, Performance Management, Problem-Solving, Productivity, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Team Productivity, Teams
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5 Questions Every Boss Needs Answered by Their Subordinates – #2
If you want to be an effective leader, you must be able to get clear answers to five essential questions—from EACH OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS. The first question is the most fundamental: WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM ME IN ORDER … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Delegation, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Feedback, Hiring, Interviewing, Leadership, Management, Morale, Performance Management, Personal Success, Productivity, Professional Development, Self-Awareness, Staffing, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Employee Engagement, Leadership, Management, Morale, Performance Management, Productivity, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams, Turnover
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5 Questions Every Boss Needs Answered by Their Subordinates – #1
If you want to be an effective leader, you must be able to get clear answers to five essential questions—from EACH OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS. This series is an expansion of the principle I shared in my last post: If … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Feedback, Honesty, Leadership, Management, Morale, Performance Management, Productivity, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Communication, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Management, Morale, Performance Management, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Team Morale, team performance, Teams
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5 Questions Everyone in the Workplace Wants Answered – #5
If you want to be an effective leader, you must be able to answer these questions for EACH OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS. The first question is the most important and fundamental: WHAT’S MY JOB? The second question follows the first: … Continue reading
Posted in Caring, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Delegation, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Leadership, Management, Morale, Performance Management, Productivity, Supervision, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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5 Questions Everyone in the Workplace Wants Answered – #4
The first question is the most important and fundamental: WHAT’S MY JOB? The second question follows the first: HOW WELL AM I DOING IT? The third question is more profound: WHAT AM I PART OF? The fourth question is about … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Creativity, Customer Service, Decision Making, Decision-making, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Leadership, Management, Morale, Organizations, Performance Management, Planning, Problem-Solving, Productivity, Success, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Values, Vision, Work
Tagged Decision-making, Employee Engagement, Evaluation, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Planning, Problem-Solving, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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History’s Greatest Leader
I have purposefully been taking a “holiday break” from posting–to step back; take my foot of the accelerator; and spend some “down” time relaxing and re-charging from all the CoVid non-sense. However…in view of the Christmas season, I’m coming out … Continue reading
If you stop drawing from the Well of Creativity, it will dry up!
This post is a bittersweet tribute of sorts – advice from Dr. Orval Butcher, a former boss of mine who became a friend, advisor, mentor, and spiritual touchstone. A few years ago, I had the privilege of saying goodbye to … Continue reading
Learn from the Legends
This is a secret I learned from a highly effective CEO I worked with, as a member of his executive team. Earlier in his career, he had attained the presidency of a local college while still in his thirties. All … Continue reading
Posted in Ambition, Career, Competence, Leadership, Learning, Management, Personal Growth, Personal Success, Professional Development, Promotion, Success, Vision
Tagged Knowledge, Leadership, leadership development, leadership training, learning, personal growth, professional development, professional growth
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Have a Plan
I was reminded of this sage advice while reading a recent article in Harvard Business Review about James Rogers’ experience interviewing for the job of CEO of Public Service Indiana (now Duke Energy), which had just taken a $2.7 billion … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Decision-making, Events, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Personal Success, Planning, Problem-Solving, Success, Uncategorized, Vision, Work
Tagged Decision-making, Persuasion, Planning, Problem-Solving, Strategic Thinking
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Learn From Failure
The April 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review is a theme issue on the topic of Failure and is a treasure trove of wonderful articles and keen insights. I highly recommend it! One of the gems is an article by … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Character, Competence, Decision-making, Failure, Honesty, Innovation, Leadership, Learning, Management, Mistakes, Personal Success, Problem-Solving, Professional Development, Risk, Success, Uncategorized
Tagged Failure, Innovation, Leadership, learning, Management, Mistakes, Problem-Solving, Risk, Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, Risk-Taking, success
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