The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP
Effective Leadership Strategies to Boost Your Business
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Your Real Competitive Advantage
“The one thing competitors can't quickly access is the brains of your work force.”
Bingo! That's exactly what I've been telling my clients for years.
Support your Stars
I had lunch recently with a woman who is starting to hate her job. She drives to work dreading the day and by 10 AM she's plotting her escape. By Wednesday noon, she looks forward to Friday and every Sunday evening her anxiety level bubbles up because Monday's coming all too soon.
Doing More of the Same
I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store the other day when I overheard two women behind me reconnect. They had worked together years ago but had gone different ways when their former employer laid them both off.
Share Your Lessons Learned: Develop New Leaders
My client's goal was to develop their next generation of leaders. At a recent meeting I wasn't surprised to hear every group of senior managers complain about the weak or under-developed personnel management, delegation, strategic thinking and personal accountability skills in their direct-report managers.
Who Is The Project Manager?
A brilliant and gutsy move for leaders is to continually develop his or her managers' project management skills. When this happens, the leader is ensuring the organization's future.
Do YOUR Job
A manager approached me this week after a work session to seek my advice on how she should address one of her employees. This employee is increasingly becoming Trouble (with a tall T).
It’s Time to Sync Your Team
When was the last time you sat your entire team down and simply compared To Do lists? That may sound like a waste of time, but I'd encourage you to make it a priority if you can't remember the last time you did this or you've never done it.
Kissing Leadership Communication
It happened again. As I started a work session with a client group recently, I asked them to bring me up to speed on what's been happening with their company since our last session.