When it comes to getting feedback on how you’re doing as a leader, manager, or business owner, the saying, “It’s lonely at the top,” was never more true. Too many leaders have no idea what their employees think of them and their leadership until an employee leaves the organization and decides to take a few […]
While having lunch with my friend Beverly one day, she was lamenting various employee challenges- from lack of personal responsibility to downright laziness. Case in point, the simple act of changing the toilet paper roll in the restroom. She just couldn’t understand how people could be so lazy that they couldn’t take 10 seconds to […]
I was teaching a full-day workshop one time for a local municipality. Throughout the day, the Fire Chief attending kept leaving the room to take calls. When we came back from one of our breaks, he apologized for the interruptions, saying, “I don’t understand why they keep calling,” to which I replied, “Because you keep […]
When we want to communicate something to others, one of the most important decisions we have to make after deciding WHAT we want to communicate, is HOW. That’s where the communication “channel” come in. In 1719, our options were pretty much limited to face-to-face communication or sending a written letter. In 2019, we have a […]
More and more, the first round of job interviews and initial new client meetings are being conducted virtually via Skype, Google Hangouts, Zoom, and others. Regardless of the technology, the use of videoconferencing is a way to save time and travel, but still get some of the benefits of a face-to-face meeting. That being said, from […]
I’m not sure what’s going on in the business world these days, but when did it start becoming acceptable to go to work looking like a wrinkled, rumpled mess? It seems everywhere I turn, I see people at work with wrinkled shirts, blouses, pants, etc. Is it because some label on their clothing says, “wrinkle […]
I know I’m lagging behind the trend, but I’ve finally gotten around to reading Marie Kondo’s book, “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing” and the tidying wave is hitting my house. I find myself looking around at the items in my home and office and asking, “Is that necessary, […]
Many people underestimate the power of words to create their reality and to impact the reality of others. Think about it. Remember the last time you said, “This is going to be the worst day ever!” Were you right? Did you create a self-fulfilling prophecy? The odds are, you were and you did. In previous blog […]
If you’re over 30, you’ve probably made the mistake of trying to dump everyone under 30-ish into the much maligned box called MILLENNIAL. This post isn’t going to be about my beliefs that Millennials have received a bad rap by old folks (how does that feel Traditionals, Boomers, and X-ers?). It’s going to be about […]
Most people don’t like to make New Year’s Resolutions because they don’t last much past the second week of January. However, this year, I challenge you to make one of your resolutions to eliminate weak, self sabotaging, life-limiting words from your vocabulary. By eliminating these seven words from your vocabulary, you’ll increase the power of your […]
