The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP
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Category: Leadership Development
If Something Feels ‘Off’ It Probably Is
I messed up – big time. I knew deep in my gut something had to be wrong, but for some reason, I didn't have a frank, direct Necessary Conversation™ with Joseph.
Are Your Dependable Employees Killing Your Business?
Here’s good ‘ole Ted. He’s worked for you for almost 10 years. He arrives at work each morning between 7:55 and 7:59 AM. He follows the same procedures he helped create years ago.
What is leadership?
That's a great question because depending upon whom you ask, the answer will vary. Yet each person's answer will swirl around common themes.
This past month has been an amazing time. We have facilitated planning sessions and have provided management training programs to several clients on topics ranging from Strategic Planning to Enhancing Communications.
When it's your turn to take over and step in to your predecessor's leadership shoes, what is your focus? Is it to lead the way that's easiest for you? Or, is it to lead the way the team or organization needs to be led?
I'm not sure what's going on lately, but I'm encountering more rude managers than ever before. Maybe it's the economy. Maybe it's the weather. Maybe it's a sign of the times.
A client recently asked me for guidance on how she should gauge her managers' understanding of their organization's strategic plan. She doesn't believe her managers fully appreciate how important their roles are in ensuring the plan succeeds.
Are you frustrated with your managers, supervisors, or project managers?
Do they blame others when budgets are blown and deadlines are missed?
Do they point fingers when their teams are deadlocked over problems?
Employee retention is a hot topic. Every employer knows it’s terribly expensive, time consuming, and disruptive to operations to repeatedly recruit, hire, train, and then lose employees.
