When To Micromanage – When To Let Go
Knowing when to dive in and when to step back is a key skill for any leader. When should you, as the leader, dive in and maybe even micromanage on a short-term basis, and when should you step back and let your team take charge of a situation? Nobody likes it when they’re micromanaged. […]
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The Reality Of Hiring
Does your company make promises during the recruiting process that don’t resemble an employee’s actual experience in your company? You may have experienced this yourself. Remember a job you accepted that didn’t reflect the reality of what you experienced after you started the job? It could have been due to a variety of different […]
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Does Your Workplace Have Stupid Rules?
How can you get your newer employees to identify stupid rules? You could make your workplace more appealing and discover opportunities to improve things by tapping into the fresh perspectives that newer workers bring to the workplace. A new person joining your workplace is going to have a totally different experience than the employees […]
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Logic VS Gut Feeling
Is it better to listen to your gut, or should you go with what the data says? Your gut is a culmination of all the experiences you’ve had and the emotions that went along with those experiences. Your gut does tell you a lot, and your intuition is important. I have my pilot’s license, […]
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Your Greatest Leadership Successes
No doubt you’ve learned from your mistakes, but what have you learned from your successes? There is a treasure trove of learning you can get by reflecting on your past successes. You’ve heard the expression, “you learn a lot from your mistakes”, and certainly a lot of your leadership lessons have probably come from […]
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A Supervisor’s Most Valuable Tool
Front line supervisors, managers and team leaders can have a positive impact on their success if they use one simple tool as part of their daily management routine: a pocket-sized notebook. The most obvious use of this notebook will be to document issues that support progressive discipline but that’s only the beginning. Can a simple […]
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Words Leaders Should Never Say
What are the words that leaders should never say? Let’s look at some of the things that leaders say that they absolutely should not say. Leaders might say things that cause permanent relationship damage in their team or in their relationship with their colleagues or even with their boss. When we teach communication, words […]
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Build On Positives
Why should leaders focus on building on positives instead of focusing on negatives? There is a lot of power in building on positives instead of negatives. There are two questions you can ask yourself and your work group that will help unlock extra motivation and future success. Question number one is: “What is going […]
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Stop Telling, Start Asking
What is one simple tip to help increase both the motivation and accountability of your team? You should be asking questions, not making statements. One of the biggest concerns that people express in our workshops is that their employees constantly bring them questions or problems or decisions that the employee themselves could probably fix, […]
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Act With Urgency
It’s important for you as a leader to act with urgency. Not only is it important for what you need to do as a leader, you also want to set the pace for your team and challenge them to get more done in less time. Remember that safety takes a priority over production so […]
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