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Category Archives: Employee Motivation
Do This One Simple Thing and You Will Empower, Engage, and Energize Your Team!
One of the most important concepts I have tried to impress upon the thousands of managers, supervisors, and team leaders I have trained and coached over the years is this one: You have WAY more power and influence than you … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Caring, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Control, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Encouragement, Influence, Leadership, Management, Morale, Performance Management, Productivity, Success, Supervision, Support, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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A Unique Leader Worthy of Consideration
The emotional impact of a leader is obviously subjective—it’s up to the individual “follower” to determine the value of a leader’s work. By that token, a leader may have an immense emotional impact even in spite of loss or failure. … Continue reading
Posted in Affirmation, Authority, Caring, Change, Character, Communication, Competence, Consideration, Consistency, Credibility, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Satisfaction, Encouragement, Failure, Honesty, Humility, Influence, Integrity, Leadership, Morale, Persuasion, Purpose, Success, Team Culture, Team Leadership, Teams, Trust, Uncategorized, Values, Vision
Tagged Caring, High Performance, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Team Culture, Team Morale, Teams, Trust
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How to Express Gratitude at Work
Thanksgiving Day is an annual reminder of the importance of gratitude—both as a mindset and a practice. Is gratitude really that important???? Research enables us to answer that with a resounding yes! Many studies have shown: Gratitude is good for … Continue reading
Posted in Affirmation, Caring, Celebration, Character, Collaboration, Communication, Consideration, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Encouragement, Feedback, Gratitude, Influence, Leadership, Management, Morale, Organizational Politics, Personal Success, Recognition, Success, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Appreciation, Collaboration, Employee Engagement, Feedback, Gratitude, Leadership, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams
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Building a Confident Team
One thing I have learned (and seen up close!) is that there is a fine line between confidence and arrogance! How do you avoid the odious sham of arrogance and in its place, develop actual, genuine CONFIDENCE—for yourself, and especially, … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Change, Change Management, Collaboration, Competence, Creativity, Credibility, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Encouragement, Failure, Innovation, Integrity, Leadership, Learning, Management, Mistakes, Morale, Resilience, Risk, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Trust, Uncategorized
Tagged Accountability, Collaboration, Failure, Initiative, Leadership, learning, Management, Mistakes, Resilience, Risk, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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Mastering the Push and Pull of Effective Leadership – Part 1
Jack Zenger is one of my favorite leadership and management “thinkers.” He and his partner, Joseph Folkman, recently conducted a study on the two key approaches to leadership and management efforts they termed, “push” and “pull.” They wanted to determine … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Control, Delegation, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Satisfaction, Influence, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Productivity, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Assigning Work, Assignments, Delegation, Employee Coaching, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Supervision, Team Leadership, Teams
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The Four C’s – What Teams Need to Master in Order to Be Effective – Part 1 – Communication
Companies pay me thousands of dollars to help their teams become more effective. (That’s part of what I do as a management consultant.) In this new series, I’m going to give you some of the same information I share with … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Communication, Decision-making, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Feedback, Honesty, Influence, Leadership, Management, Morale, Organizational Politics, Problem-Solving, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Trust, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Assertiveness, Collaboration, Communication, Employee Engagement, Honesty, Leadership, Management, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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Share Credit
In his excellent book, How to Become CEO, Jeffrey Fox advises leaders to “be a credit maker, not a credit taker.” He says, “The credit taker is insecure, dishonest, and known to all. Even the cleverest credit taker is ultimately … Continue reading
Posted in Affirmation, Caring, Celebration, Collaboration, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Encouragement, Feedback, Influence, Leadership, Management, Morale, Organizational Politics, Performance Management, Personal Success, Power, Recognition, Success, Supervision, Support, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Validation, Work
Tagged Collaboration, Employee Engagement, Employee Morale, Employee Motivation, Employee Promotion, Employee Recognition, Employee Retention, Leadership, Management, Organizational Politics, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams
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Share Power
It has often been said that power corrupts. My last newsletter dealt with the way leadership power can corrupt—how it can affect our attitudes and priorities as leaders. Here’s the sad reality: POWERLESSNESS also corrupts! Studies in the workplace show … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Collaboration, Communication, Control, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Feedback, Influence, Leadership, Management, Personal Success, Power, Productivity, Success, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized
Tagged Collaboration, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Management, Power, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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Hey Leader…Don’t be a JERK!
One of the most disturbing psychological principles I have found in my research is called “emotional contagion.” It refers to the human tendency to feel and express the emotions displayed by the people around us. Research on socialization shows that … Continue reading
Posted in Affirmation, Ambition, Authority, Character, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Decision-making, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Encouragement, Feedback, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Organizational Politics, Power, Problem-Solving, Productivity, Recognition, Self-Awareness, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized
Tagged Authority, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Enthusiasm, Influence, Leadership, Management, Optimism, Power, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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