Without motivation nothing productive happens, including getting out of bed in the morning. In the workplace, motivation is the leadership action that starts the productivity process that results in Individual and Team goals being achieved. In a coaching session, a Team Leader asked me how he...
It's that time of the year again. The time of the year when you are running out of time to get stuff accomplished - to reach the goals you set for this year. What to do? What to do? How about starting by taking that goal/idea...
Back in the days of black and white television, I watched Groucho Marx (comedian and film star) host a television show called “You Bet Your Life” where two contestants participated in a live game show (early reality TV?). Before the contestants were led onto the...
The results of a 360 Degree Evaluation for a successful Team Leader revealed his direct reports unanimously felt he wasn’t friendly – he didn’t present a friendly face – in essence, he simply didn’t smile enough! When he and I reviewed this information, he responded his...
There is an argument that, in the era of immediate electronically exchanged contact information, the business card no longer serves a purpose and should go the way of the rotary phone. While the ease of exchanging information electronically is undisputed, I believe exchanging business cards...
I am a Performance Coach, not a life coach. My job as a Performance Coach is to assist Team Leaders in becoming High Performance Team Leaders who can develop a High Performance Work Team. This requires Team Leaders to find, recruit, develop and retain High...
Delegation: Determining what you should really be doing with your time is about sharing responsibility and authority and holding others accountable for their performance while getting a necessary task done right by someone else. One of the toughest things for most people in positions of authority...
I just conducted a workshop on workplace violence. And my take away, after listening to employees who have experienced bullying in the workplace, is that while employers need to know what it is and what steps they should take to combat and eliminate workplace bullying/intimidation...
A difficult thing for Americans to do is take a vacation. According to a 2016 Glassdoor survey: the average U.S. employee, who receives paid vacation, has only taken about half (54%) of those days in the past 12 months. This includes Team Leaders and the...
During a recent coaching session, a company VP told me he had a meeting scheduled with a manufacturer who supplied the bulk of the products his company sells. I asked him if he would like to Pre-Brief this upcoming meeting. While he was familiar, and...