Your Best Day Yet
Transformational Leadership Podcasts for Every Professional
Are You Pursuing Your Passion?
It’s been said many times, “if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.” While the saying itself could be argued (just because you love your job doesn’t mean you’re not working hard), the sentiment behind it is worth pursuing. To love what you do, you have to start pursuing…
Is it Really Bad Managers Causing Employees to Quit?
We’ve said it many times, employees quit because of bad bosses. And while that is true, to an extent, recent research shows the most common reason people quit is the organization itself. Of the top 10 engagement drivers, 9 have to do with the organization itself. And we know that if employees are not engaged,…
The Importance of On-Going Development of Employees
Regardless of the industry, for businesses to thrive and compete successfully in today’s ever-changing business environment, it is imperative to invest in employee training and development. Not only do training programs help employees avoid making mistakes that result from their lack of information and knowledge but they also help the company increase employee retention, gain…
Leadership Lessons From The Founding Fathers
243 years ago, the United States was in it’s very beginning stages. But, the creation of the United States of America was far from a sure thing, never mind surviving and then thriving to become one of the foremost nations on the planet. In June of 1776, the Americans were at war with their mother…
Do Your Employees Understand Your Expectations?
Managers and supervisors spend the bulk of their time communicating. The Center for Management and Organization Effectiveness reports that leaders surveyed say they spend about 80 percent of their time communicating. This time expenditure includes asking employees to complete specific tasks or solve issues, writing emails to delegate work assignments and training employees in new…
How Psychometrics Can Give You A Winning Sales Team
Talk to most sales managers and they’ll agree that there are certain personality traits that are typically associated with successful salespeople. Granted these traits do vary among different sales roles and industries (i.e. outsides sales vs. inside sales, industries with short sales cycles vs. long sales cycles, etc.) However, understanding what traits typically lead to…
Why Every CEO Should Have a Coach
It’s true what they say. It’s lonely at the top. As a CEO, you have less people you can go to, to help solve your problems. Below are eight reasons every CEO should have a coach. 1. You make it significantly more difficult to win without a coach. Look around you – professional athletes, public…
Why Does Having an Engagement Strategy Matter?
Employee engagement is more than just employee perks, ping pong tables, and communal workspaces. True engagement is the emotional commitment to the company and its goals. You’ve probably heard about employee engagement a lot recently. That’s because the problem is real. Only 55% of companies have a strategy to fix engagement problems, and some studies…
Resiliency is a Critical Component of Leadership
In many organizations, you may hear “failure is not an option.” However, failure is not only an option, failure is required to develop resilience. Being resilient means you don’t avoid mistakes, you learn from them. Unfortunately, many people think of resiliency from a personal perspective. They don’t think of it as a critical component of…
Shift Your Mindset to Increase Your Success
We all want to know the secret to success, but the reality is that there are so many factors that go into what makes one truly successful. Hard work and dedication are obviously important to achieving success. But there’s more to success than just keeping your head down. Maintaining a solid mindset can go a…
