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Category Archives: Employee Retention
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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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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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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Say the Right Thing
John Adair said it well: Communication is the sister of leadership. Nitin Nohria, underscored that with the following observation: Communication is the real work of leadership. Up Close and Personal During an executive team meeting I attended, our insightful … Continue reading
Posted in Affirmation, Character, Collaboration, Communication, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Encouragement, Honesty, Influence, Integrity, Leadership, Management, Morale, Personal Success, Success, Supervision, Support, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Validation, Values
Tagged Affirmation, Communication, Employee Engagement, Encouragement, Leadership, Management, Supervision, Support, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams, Understanding, Validation
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Promote Your People – Part 2
Help your people get promotions in the organization. Of course, not every subordinate may be management material (or may even want to be considered for a management role), but if they are, they will appreciate any help you can give … Continue reading
Posted in Ambition, Career, Caring, Coaching, Collaboration, Delegation, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Feedback, Honesty, Leadership, Learning, Management, Morale, Organizations, Promotion, Supervision, Team Leadership, Uncategorized
Tagged Employee Coaching, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Employee Mentoring, Employee Promotion, Employee Retention, Employee Sponsoring, Management, Supervision, Team Leadership
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Promote Your People – Part 1
This special two-part series of posts was prompted by the last series – Questions Every Boss Needs Answered by Their People. (BTW…if you didn’t read this series, I highly recommend it. It was crammed with practical tips to help any … Continue reading
Posted in Ambition, Career, Caring, Celebration, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Delegation, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Leadership, Management, Morale, Organizations, Professional Development, Recognition, Staffing, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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