The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP
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Why Do You Attack Instead of Talk?
Why is it so hard for so many managers to simply talk with their employees about less-than-expected performance?
Why do so many managers become mean when they simply need to make employees aware their behaviors are taking them down the path towards disciplinary actions or possibly -- termination?
If Zoop® is Valuable, Why Aren’t You?
I attended a conference yesterday and had the opportunity to hear Mark Sanborn give the closing keynote. Mark is an internationally acclaimed business speaker on leadership.
Performance Reviews – They’re Not Just A Once A Year Thing
A client was experiencing some employee performance issues and asked us to present training to their managers on their new employee performance evaluation form. Terrific. However, they weren't thrilled when I told them that the training should focus
The Power of a Leader’s Respect
It’s a really neat experience to watch management and team-building theories prove themselves true. It’s incredible to see the power a leader has just in his or her subtle behaviors to either develop a team or to crush one.
The Value of Developing Systems
It happened again. As I was talking with Don, a business owner, I mentioned the importance of creating systems and documentation for his business.
See Your Business From the Other Side
Do the unthinkable -- be your own customer. Take a critical look at your organization one afternoon and walk through the front door as a first-time customer would.
The Middle Management Mess
I started focusing on what I call the Middle Management mess after I read an article in the March 2006 issue of the Harvard Business Review by Robert Morison, Tamara Erickson, and Ken Dychtwald entitled “Managing Middlescence.”
Increase Your Power; Give It Away
I originally wrote this article in 2003, but it's theme is exactly what I discussed with a leadership group last week as we discussed my book, Something Needs to Change Around Here: The Five Stages to Leveraging Your Leadership and in particular Stage 2 Leadership.