It’s Time to Change the Relationship

Jul 30, 2009 | Leadership Development

I provided a leadership training program recently to a client as part of their year-long Leadership Development Program for Women. My program was entitled, "Effectively Leading By Managing Difficult Situations and People." At the start of the program, I asked the participants in addition to what I had planned to cover with them, what other leadership issues they would want me to address. One woman raised her hand and said, "I'd like to learn how to provide corrective feedback to my staff...

When the Going Gets Tough…

Jul 24, 2009 | Leadership Development

“Tough” leaders and organizations don’t use the “excuse” of tough times to “finally get rid of some poor performers.”
“Tough” leaders and organizations don’t wait for tough times to focus on doing what they do more efficiently.
And “tough” leaders and organizations don’t wait until tough times to finally pay attention to what their customers
have been requesting for months if not years. “Tough” leaders and organizations have been doing the tough stuff all along. That’s why they’re tough and so many others are not.

Develop Your Next Generation of Leaders: Share Lessons Learned

Jul 24, 2009 | Leadership Development

We've been working with several clients lately on developing their next generation of leaders. Without fail, every client grouping of senior managers talks of the weak or under-developed personnel management, delegation, strategic thinking, and personal accountability skills in their direct-report managers. The really interesting thing is: Almost all of these senior managers are individuals who themselves had these same weak skills just a few short years ago. Huh. I wonder how they gained...

Managing Layoffs With Dignity

Jul 3, 2009 | Leadership Development

With the potential for layoffs facing so many companies, the realities of laying off great workers is confronting many business owners and managers: owners and managers who have never before faced this hard act. To help ease the pain for the employees being laid off, the owners and managers making the hard decisions, as well as those employees staying behind, I thought I'd share a 5 Step approach that may help you, your employees, and your business. It will not work for many of your businesses...