Why should you focus your team on collaboration and not on competition? Some leaders believe that employees will perform better if they have rivalries with other teams. They will have things like crew of the month or employee of the month, really thinking that if they are competing against each other, it will bring […]
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Equal Opposite Reaction
One confusing aspect of leadership is that even with the best of intentions, you might end up creating the exact opposite reaction. I have experienced this many times as a husband-in-training. We’ll examine the most common leadership missteps you might not even realize you are committing. Even well intentioned leaders will create exactly […]
People or Objects?
I had some exciting news last week. The book I co-authored with my father Irwin reached number 8 on the Globe and Mail Business Books Bestseller List. The book is Employees Not Doing What You Expect and has now been published in India, Latin America and Korea. Now we return to our regularly scheduled LeaderFeeder… […]