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It’s summer vacation season and there are still managers and key employees who find it a challenge to take time off – and in many cases can’t take more than one week at a time.Some managers and employees love their work so much that vacation time is more of a chore than a benefit. It’s […]

Managers say that they want employees to be more accountable – what does accountability mean? Accountability is where you are given responsibility for a particular area and you are expected to generate results. It also means that you are prepared to suffer the consequences – good or bad – based on your area or department. […]

We revisit communication from a slightly different perspective. In almost every organization people will complain about communication. The challenge is that communication is such a broad term that it rarely results in a good solution to a problem. 1. More communication doesn’t always mean better communication – when managers and executives hear that they have […]

I am writing from Houston Texas where I just finished facilitating a team building program called the Pit Crew Challenge. This is an awesome program that uses a real Nascar racing car to teach some valuable lessons and I thought I could share a couple of those lessons. Coaching – In the Pit Crew Challenge […]

In celebration of 100 episodes of the Leadership Wizard segment I thought we could look at the top tips that leaders should focus on to be effective: 1. Challenge and Encourage – The leader needs to be focused on helping their team members to grow and stay motivated and that means presenting them with challenges […]

One of the struggles when you are promoted to being a work leader or a supervisor is the likelihood that you will have to balance being a leader and being a friend. Q: Can you give us an example? Where this really can show up is when one of your buddies wants you to give […]

An effective workplace can create a long term competitive advantage, helping you to satisfy customers, retain talented employees and maximize profits. How your employees answer the questions below will reveal areas of opportunity to improve your organization. Question 1: How well do you understand what is expected of you at work? It might seem embarrassing […]

Introverts are people who are more inwardly focused – it has been said that introverts find that other people take away their energy, while extroverts, who are more outwardly focused tend to get their energy from other people. Introverts will find that they need to spend time alone after being with people so that they […]

Just got back from Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was the Canadian Association of Family Enterprise, bi-annual symposium. I spoke at the conference on the topic of “How I Nearly Ruined My Family Business and Lived to Tell About It”. Q: What is it that makes family business so unique? A: It’s the fact that we […]

Topic is celebrating success – since we are celebrating Victoria Day in Canada and our American friends will have Memorial Day next weekend. Organizations do not take enough time to celebrate their successes. Build a Base Camp – When you are climbing Mount Everest, you don’t go straight to the top – you take an […]