The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP

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Category: Leadership Development

Develop from Within / Lead the Business at Hand

There's a great statement Bill George, the former CEO of Medtronic made about CEO's and successors. He said:

Creating Procedures – Keep It Simple

I was recently asked to provide some insights into how an organization can easily, yet effectively, create documented procedures (i.e., systems). If you've followed any of my writings over the years, you know I'm a huge proponent of checklists, procedures, and simple documentation to ease a leader's and the team's working lives.

Dealing with Difficult People

We've all come across difficult people in our workplace and typically, we've found that the “safest” way to deal with them is to ignore them. However, by ignoring the difficult behaviors of our team members, we are by default condoning their poor behaviors.

It Doesn’t Take Much to Say Thanks

I again heard a group of managers raise a common problem during a training program this past week, "How are we supposed to keep our employees motivated? We don't have any money for bonuses, raises, or gifts, and we can't afford to buy them stuff out of our own pockets.

Are Your Employees Held Hostage or Held Accountable?

A client called me recently to say he'd just finished reading a paragraph from Jack Welch’s book “Jack – Straight from the Gut” to his staff. The section he’d read outlined Mr. Welch’s thoughts on the importance of “Informality” as a key leadership skill.

Are You Doing What You’re Paid To Do?

At work, how often do you feel like a chicken with your head cut off? You run around all day handling one crisis after another. You run from one meeting to the next. You take one phone call after another.

Procrastination Leadership

Take a look around your office. Look at your desk. Look at your email In-Box. As you look at the various piles of papers and streams of emails, ask yourself, "What am I dodging? What am I trying to delay?

Leadership – Do You Have What It Takes?

Jack Welch indicated some of his keys to Leadership success in his book “Jack – Straight from the Gut”. As the CEO of General Electric, he realized tremendous success.

Work-Life or Life-Work Balance?

The Herman Group issued a great report that indicates more and more employees are seeking employment with organizations that value their corporate values.

Don’t Be a Wimpy Manager

What's a wimpy manager? It's a manager who isn't honest, fair, and clear with her employees on her expectations. It's a manager who believes she's being nice by not telling her employees when they're under-performing, veering off-track, or flat-out behaving in unacceptable ways.