Great strategies for influence
Leaders often have an interest in how to enhance their ability to influence others. Influencing their leadership team, their peers, their clients, and their direct reports often (and likely should be)...
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Manage your time or your energy; What do you think?
Peter Drucker, in his book The Effective Executive, suggests that one skill effective executives use is time management because this is a limited resource. Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy, in a...
View ArticleFive leadership strategies to engage employees
Five tactics that will engage employees to work with you, their leader. These are written in no particular order but are equally important Be present. Presence is the experience of being with somebody...
View ArticleFour more tips to engage employees
Here are four more tips to engage employees in no particular order Help everyone develop to be better at their work. Set up developmental opportunities through which people can better themselves. Be...
View ArticleLarge impact by abrasive leaders
Abrasive leaders or managers are those whose interpersonal behavior causes emotional upset and distress in peers and direct reports. This behavior can range from occasional interpersonal problems to...
View ArticleIncivility costs are large to organizations and its people
In a previous post I discussed the impact an abrasive leader has upon the workforce. Porath and Pearson (2009) who are experts in workplace incivility defined as “the exchange of seemingly...
View ArticleAnnika Sorenstam has great tip for leaders
Annika Sorenstam was, until her recent retirement, one of professional golf’s most successful women golfers on the LPGA. She now is focusing on teaching through her golf academy. But I am writing this...
View ArticleBad Boss Story
I must admit I am tired of hearing of another story about bad bosses. Sure they exist and sure they cause big problems but let’s figure out what to do about it rather than simply complaining. Now that...
View ArticlePatrick Lencioni in Calgary April 2013
Wow! I am excited to let people know that we have secured Patrick Lencioni to speak at our Leadership Excellence event on April 18, 2013 in Calgary, Alberta. Patrick was named by the Wall Street...
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