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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…
The Art and Craft of Change Management
A recent survey of business executives found that despite the best intentions, change management efforts often fail to achieve desired business objectives. The PricewaterhouseCoopers report shows the challenges organizations face in driving change in their organizations. The art and craft of change management requires a disciplined, committed and sustained approach to be successful. The survey…
Does Your Organization Have a People Strategy?
Does your organization have a people strategy? People are critical for any business to effectively execute on its business strategy. Ensuring that you have the right people to drive your business strategy is what will differentiate you from your competitors and make sure you retain existing customers. Why is this? Because people buy from other…
Your Company Culture is Affecting Your Employee Engagement
What Is Company Culture? Simply put, company culture is the personality of a company. It defines the working environment for employees and includes a variety of elements like company mission, value, ethics, expectations, and goals. Culture matters for employees because workers are more likely to enjoy their time at work and thrive when they fit…
