Helping your team to move from hurt to inspiration to action is an extremely difficult task. And as leaders, it’s our job to face these delicate situations and lead our team to the other side. In today’s episode, I’m giving you specific strategies to help do this more easily and more successfully. Check it out

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We get a lot of questions about dealing with negative attitudes and how to handle negative employees. And there is one key element that all leaders need to focus on in order to be successful in these situations. Check out today’s episode to learn more. Tweet it out: Attitude isn’t a behavior. Address negative attitude

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As a new leader, how much time do you spend each day building, nurturing and maintaining professional relationships with upper management? Your coworkers? What about your employees? Too many people reach a leadership position and decide to focus only on building relationships with those people up the ladder or on the same rung as them. They seem

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At some point or time, you’ll likely work with someone who is older than you or manage others who are or will have to deal with this situation. In today’s video, I’ll give some tips to help lead through this situation with less stress and more success. Tweet it out: We can lead those older

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On Tuesday, we shared advice for managing productivity-draining and creativity-killing complacency in the workplace. Today, we are going to talk about another productivity destroyer that is wreaking havoc on workplaces right now: summer. In most places across the U.S., the weather is hot, the sun is shining, and people are zoning out, dreaming of being on

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Today’s question is about a behavior that most all leaders can relate to. Whether it’s someone on the team currently or a previous team member – at some point or another we find ourselves in the presence of the “Know It All”. Here are some tips for managing these behaviors. There are two types of

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This is a guest post from Jackie Dryden, co-author with Bethany Andell of Get Your Head Out of Your Bottom Line. Millennials – those people born in the early 1980s to the late 1990s – have something of a mixed reputation when it comes to work. Studies show that they aren’t loyal to employers so much

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Over the last two months I have had the opportunity to spend a significant amount of time with my two-year old granddaughter, Lillian. From those interactions, I have been reminded of a number of key leadership points that are easy to forget in the rush of business and life. What I’m about to share with

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“Perfect song on the radio Sing along ’cause it’s one we know It’s a smile, it’s a kiss It’s a sip of wine, it’s summertime Sweet summertime” That’s the chorus of Kenny Chesney’s hit song “Summertime.” And while those might not be the words you’d use, and while the calendar says it isn’t summer quite

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Memorial Day is an important day for all Americans to remember and honor those who fought and died for our freedom. In cities and towns across the country this weekend, a variety of traditions will celebrate and honor this fact. As a resident of Indianapolis, home of the Indianapolis 500, I love the rich history

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