The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP

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Category: Leadership Development

You May Not Like the Way You Have to Lead

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?

Have The Courage To Show Respect

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.

Ten Little Questions

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 Asking Enough of Your Managers?

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?

Retain Your Employees – Get to Know Them

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.

Show Up

I learned that a client started a program in which every manager is part of a team to help less-experienced staff learn basic project management techniques. Each team will identify and work on a project collaboratively.

Communicate to Motivate, Connect, or Enhance Performance

What’s Your Job?

I had the opportunity to see one of my clients make the leap from being a manager to being a leader a few days ago.

Leadership Made E.A.S.Y.™

It's our new branded name for all of our leadership training programs, services, and products. But what's it mean? Well, it means we work with leaders to make leadership E.A.S.Y.:

Gen X and Gen Y – Understand, Connect, and Thrive

Given the demographic data we’re facing, our labor force isn’t growing, it’s comprised of people from several generations, and it’s aging. The only age group “bubble” that’s growing is those employees aged 45 and over.