At some point in your leadership career, someone you lead will say or do something that seems crazy, illogical, or irrational to you. Maybe you have already had this experience. When it happens, you might be at a loss for what to do next. If their actions aren’t interfering with or limiting team performance in
PTFE or polytetrafluoroethylene was discovered on April 6, 1938 by Dr. Roy Plunkett at the DuPont research laboratories, and it was patented in February of 1941. You know PTFE as Teflon, the non-stick coating used on pans, griddles, grills and the like. The chemical has a growing list of uses, and it has made DuPont a
Do any of your team members have frustrating and annoying behaviors? Do they do things (or not do things) that really get under your skin? If they do, you are not alone. One of the most common questions we get in our Bud to Boss workshops is related to handling frustrating and annoying employee behaviors.
As a leader, building rapport and trust with a new team is absolutely essential to your success. Here are four steps to help speed this process along and build the relationships as quickly as possible. Tweet it out: We build rapport by putting our focus on the other person, not ourselves. @KevinEikenberry
As leaders, we will eventually have to earn the respect and credibility of people whose shoes we’ve never been in and whose jobs we’ve never held. Check out today’s video for tips to smoothly handle this leadership challenge. https://youtu.be/puI9pau7Q3g?rel=0&showinfo=0 Tweet it out: As a coach, bring the expertise you do have, and worry less on
I was recently asked, How do I influence others to want to be better and recognize where growth needs to occur? It’s an important question and one that I know many others have. The shortest answer is two-fold: Influence them by improving yourself everyday Spur their recognition through solid, ongoing coaching. Let me say
Making the transition from co-worker to supervisor is challenging. And whether it’s you making the transition or you have new supervisors who are making the transition, I have 4 tips to help anyone navigate this situation more successfully and less stressfully. Check it out in the video below. Tweet it out: One of the best
How important is earning the trust of your employees? Very important. Leaders who gain the trust of their employees experience increased morale, loyalty, innovation and retention. Meanwhile, untrustworthy leaders breed resentment, doubt, frustration, low productivity and turnover. Unfortunately, there is quite the leadership trust gap. According to a Global Leadership Pulse Survey, more than 90%
At some point in your leadership experience, you will probably be the new person on the team. You will join an existing team where you need to assume the leadership position. As the leader, you will probably be expected to make changes and improvements to increase team performance. And as the “newbie” on the team,
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