Maybe you wouldn’t state it this way, but chances are, if you are reading this, you want to become great at something. Â Maybe you’d use different words. Â Maybe “being great” doesn’t resonate with you. It doesn’t matter what words you put to it; if you want to become more effective and move closer to your
Leaders everywhere these days are talking about how to create more engaged employees.  Consultants, authors, and speakers are consulting, writing, and speaking  about the importance of increased employee engagement. It is a trend that makes good sense. In Gallup’s most recent survey, they found only 28% of employees actively engaged, which they define as: Engaged
It is everywhere. . . . . . Political leaders promoting changing policies. . . . Organizational leadership touting new products or strategies. . . . Team leaders outlining a process improvement. Leaders everywhere think their job is to create change across their team, organization or industry. And they are wrong. You can create broad
Today’s Resource Recommendation is The Synergist: How to Lead Your Team to Predictable Success by Les McKeown. This book proposes that there are four types of people on teams and in organizations; three of them are more naturally occurring and one, the synergist, brings greater success for all of them. From this high level perspective, the book
I believe you can have mentors that don’t even know you – people whom you watch, observe, and model for your own growth and development. The ultimate extension of that is that you can have mentors that aren’t even living! Today’s Powerquote comes from one of my mentors. “Self-respect is the root of discipline; the
Do you want to get more done, reach more of your goals, and make a bigger difference? If so, the morning is when that can all begin! However you came to read these words, I’m confident you are interested in greater productivity, achievement and success. Perhaps you want that for yourself, or perhaps you want
For the past couple of years, we have been offering public workshops on two important professional skill sets. I share them with you today, because they are changing significantly in the New Year. More about the changes in a minute, but first, about the workshops themselves! The Bud to Boss Workshop Guy Harris and I
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