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This week, we tackled the issue of Silos at Work. The fact that different departments take shots at other departments. This leads to wasted effort and a lack of teamwork. We even see managers participate in this behavior which does not help them or the company.What is needed is to understand what other departments do, […]

In Canada it is thanksgiving and so I wanted to share some ways to be thankful at work: To employeesTo your managerTo your customersTo your suppliersTo your family and friends For an article, go to www.LeadershipWizard.com. Listen to the segment here: Copyright MMIX Unique Training & Development Inc. All rights reserved. For speaking, training or […]

Today’s Leadership Wizard segment on AM800 focused on how managers create many of the time management issues they face. Often managers do not delegate effectively. The “I’ll do it myself” type of manager often takes on more work and blames the fact that their people are not good enough to do the task. The question […]

On yesterday’s Leadership Wizard segment we discussed how to motivate next generation employees. Often mislabled as lazy, next generation employees demand much better leadership. If they don’t get it, they will find an organization that gives it to them. Managers will need to provide more positive feedback and encouragement and give out criticism in a […]

Think about taking all the quirks of most families and combine that with the challenges of running a business. Successful family companies know how to separate their discussions about family issues, business issues and ownership issues. Listen to the radio segment discussing this: Also, the Canadian Association of Family Enterprise is having National Family Business […]

One of the tips I shared on the air today was how important it is to learn how to take a compliment and how it can help reduce perfectionism. When someone compliments you do you say “Ah it was nothing.” Or do you make a self-defeating joke? That really takes away from your self-esteem. Instead, […]

A perfectionist is someone who is never satisfied with themselves or others. The bar is set so high, they drive themselves and others crazy because they are never satisfied. A moderate amount of perfectionistic tendency is okay. When we do assessments on managers, we compare them to thousands of other managers in the database. If […]

This week’s Leadership Wizard segment focused on how managers may inadvertantly punish their good performers and reward their bad performers. It can happen when the manager asks more from their good performer – like helping weaker employees, or when they reward the poor performer by offering them overtime or help to finish their job. To […]

The Monday August 28th AM800 segment focused on the need to eliminate confusion and misuderstandings from communication. Typically we use vague terms when requesting other people to do something for us. We might say, “I need this right away!” which could be misunderstood to mean ‘sometime today’ or ‘in the next 3 minutes’. It is […]

As the Leadership Wizard on AM800 in Windsor, I am offering to provide some individual management coaching a “Management Makeover” if you will. If you know someone within the Windsor/Essex area who wants to enhance his or her leadership skills, please direct them to the LeadershipWizard.com website and follow the link on the left to […]