Leadership is often talked about as a noun – a position, a role, and a responsibility. Because of this, we know that once people have been promoted to leadership roles, they need new skills to be successful. But leadership isn’t only a noun, it is also a verb (those skills you think of are behaviors
Last week, I wrote about how to assess the effectiveness of your organizational communication, but I didn’t talk about how to improve it. This week, I take that next step. If you would like to improve organizational communication (and I’m guessing, you do) – here are five places to start. Have a clearer message No
Having worked with and interacted with leaders and team members from over fifty countries, there are certain issues and conversations that are predictable because they are so prevalent. For all the differences in culture, industry, size, and situation, most everyone says they wish organizational communication was … better. That is understandable because it is hard.
One of the most important things a leader can do is set clear expectations for the team and individual team members. Most will agree with this statement, even though not everyone is very good at doing it. But there is another level of expectations that is equally important and even more often overlooked – organizational
It has been three years since the world and the world of work were changed by a virus. COVID-19 was spreading and people were staying at or were sent home. For many, because of the lockdowns, work changed forever. Even for organizations where most (or all) employees stayed in the workplace, the context of work
Talk about employee engagement has never been louder than it is today. But much like the distortion you get in your music when you turn your speakers up to the max, more talk hasn’t made this topic clearer. Let’s take a few minutes to dispel the myth of employee engagement, turn down the volume, and
Admittedly, it is a bold statement – that two tickets to a virtual event could change your organization’s future. Bold, but true. If your organization is struggling with Return to Office, trying to figure out what the future of work needs to look like, wondering how to design your team for this future, wanting greater
If you are alive, you experience stress. And while not all stress is harmful, excessive stress can lead to burnout, reduced productivity, and reduced mental and physical health. Since we spend so many of our waking hours working, it is common for people to experience stress at work. In fact, many people list work near
There is plenty of conversation (and quite a bit of confusion) around the topic of organizational culture these days. I’m glad there is conversation because culture is a critical lever in the results you get. When your culture is good, it buoys results. The opposite is also true. Part of the confusion stems from how
It is part of being human – how we see the world informs our mindsets, our approaches, and our decisions. We call that our point of view (POV). For organizations to make better decisions and get better results, they need to regularly ask this question: What’s your POV? The Importance of Asking Leaders often have
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