Tag: leader
What To Do When Your Business Mistake Leads To Financial Hardship
One of the best things that ever happened to Scott Oldford was slipping into $725,000 of debt.
This may sound strange, but after interviewing him...
Your Five Tips To Better Team Reflection
Your team is a reflection of you.
Taking on this statement, you may feel pride, or you may feel horror.
To avoid grotesque reflections of distorted...
A Simple Exercise To Increase Retention And Camaraderie
All of my culture work and guidance falls under three pillars: having your team feel that they are known, they matter and they are...
Do You Get Compliance or Alliance?
What do you do when team members are not doing what you need (or ask) them to do?
Your job, as a team leader, is...
“Treat Us Like Adults, Not Children”
If this is a common refrain in your organization, consider its roots – why would your team suggest they’re treated like children?
Micromanagement
Lack...
Four Backbones To Leading In Uncertain Times
Uncertainty is scary. The unknown is scary. While there’s always uncertainty and the future is always unknown, a team I worked with recently has...
Be Attached, Be Disappointed
We’re told not to be emotionally attached to the outcome. I couldn’t disagree more. I want you and your team to care about results.
The easy...
3 Insights To Support Low-Income Employees
I used to run a moving company and many of my crew members came from a low-income background.
Back in 2003 I read Ruby Payne’s...
How to Get Clarity, Accountability and Results in Five Minutes
FRUSTRATION!
The team and I had just invested three hours wrestling with significant issues.
We defined the criteria that would make for a good decision…we had...
