How often have you seen organizations promote the strongest technical person into a leadership role? A better question is why? Are they promoting this person because they have the potential to be a great leader? If so, that is great. … Read More
Check out a few of my favorite HR & leadership posts from the week: September 29, 2022 First up: This article on harassment prevention. I think it gets lost in everything else we have to do and then…we need it. … Read More
Build your best team. What does that mean? It means building a team that is great: a team that works well together that can do great things. How do we get the best people on our teams? How do you … Read More
Check out some of my HR & Leadership: Favorite Posts of the Week, September 23, 2022. This weeks’ top hits for me are about Employee Monitoring (who wants or needs that?), Workplace Culture (always a heavy hitter) and finally, Leadership … Read More
Know your audience. Learn to read the room. A large component of effective communication is the ability to read a room and speak effectively to the people in the room. How do we coach our leaders to understand the importance … Read More
Check out some of my HR & Leadership: Favorite posts of the week for the week ending September 16, 2022. First, check out this article about Teamwork and that feeling of being part of a winning team. Sharing Credit Second, … Read More
I want to talk about dealing with negativity at work and the effects of negativity at work. Negativity at work. You know you have worked with this person. We have all worked with this person. Are you this person? How … Read More
Culture and Engagement Culture, engagement, Morale…Oh my! What is the meaning of culture and engagement and why is it relevant? All organizations have very different ideas about culture and engagement. None are perfect and not every person fits perfectly into … Read More
Spend more time listening. Take a moment to simply listen. I could go on for days about the importance of listening but I will start here…If there is one thing I would tell my younger self it would be “Spend … Read More
The compliment, that’s not a compliment You are great BUT….BUT WHAT? Have you guys ever had this business leader? Have you ever had the boss that give you a compliment followed by “but”? The one that tells you that you … Read More