Maybe you find yourself in a new team environment and leading a team for the first time, or maybe you have been working with and leading teams forever. Either way, the keys in this article – whether as new information or a fresh reminder – can make a world of difference in morale, productivity, and

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Recently, while facilitating a leadership discussion with a group of managers and owners at a conference for the Lumbermens Merchandising Corporation, the topic of engaging the front line employees came up. In effect, the question was asked, ” How do I get a truck driver to engage with the business and think about their work

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The Conventions are over. The election of a new President is less than two months away. This post isn’t about politics or who you should vote for.  This post is for you as a leader. For while you will likely never have your every move reported on TV, never have your tax returns a matter

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Have you ever given a presentation and when it was over you said to yourself . . .  “I should have been better prepared.”? Have you vowed in that moment of stress, frustration and with the sense of lost opportunity that “I’ll be better prepared next time.”? Then, as the next presentation came up like

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It doesn’t matter where I go, or what I do, whether coaching, consulting, or training, the topic of communication always plays a part.  It makes sense – we are all dealing with other people and communication is not only critical, but unavoidable. So when I came across this quotation from George Bernard Shaw, I thought it would be worth

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During last night’s Republican National Convention, New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, gave the keynote address.  During his speech, he made a point worthy of our consideration as leaders. Relatively early in the speech, Governor Christie said: The greatest lesson Mom ever taught me, though, was this one: she told me there would be times in your life

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Yesterday I was facilitating  a working session for a leadership team at the Red Rock Casino and Resort outside of Las Vegas. I took the picture from the balcony outside of our meeting room at lunch.  As is often the case, the photo doesn’t do justice to reality, yet I hope you can see that

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