The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP

Effective Leadership Strategies to Boost Your Business

Six Reasons You May be a Helicopter Manager

We've all heard of helicopter parents. They're those annoying parents that constantly hover and prevent their children from learning to deal with life's challenges for themselves.

How Ready Is Your Workforce?

Just so we're clear right from the start with the title of this article, I'm not talking about what many human resources professionals refer to as 'Workforce Readiness' i.e., The 'readiness' of individuals to enter or re-enter the workforce productively and the subsequent training needed to help them acquire the necessary skills to become employable.

Stop Doing One Thing!

I've been reflecting on a recent conversation with a client. The conversation was similar to two previous conversations we've had concerning inaction by his managers. However, this time, without planning to say it, I simply said, "We've discussed this same problem three times now.

Delegate Doesn’t Mean Abdicate

I am a huge proponent of delegating. I push my clients and audience members to develop their staffs by providing them with opportunities and challenges to help them learn, leverage their innate talents, and hone new skills.

Why Don’t Many Mergers Meet Expectations?

With a headline like: Most Heath System Mergers Don’t Meet Expectations – Will Lancaster General Health and U.Penn Be Different?

When You Raise The Bar, Your Team Will Trip Over It

I feel bad for a few of my clients. They're at that point in our leadership training and coaching projects where they're actually doing what they should have been doing for years. And it's not easy.
When Things Change, Change Things Intentionally

When Things Change, Change Things Intentionally

When a change occurs (i.e., new software program, new employee, new product or process, etc) it brings positives and negatives. Often an employee's fears of change (loss of control, fear of failure, fear of letting go, etc) will kick in and the employee will resist the change out of fear.

Don’t Work So Hard: Target to Grow Your Pool of Tier 1 & 2 Customers

If you want to increase your customer base, be smart and target the types of customers you really want.

Tell Me What You Want!

I don't know what to do. I'm struggling. One of my managers said to me the other day, 'I don't know what you want! Tell me what you want and I'll help you do it. We've got to stop running around like our hair's on fire.'
Quit Working So Hard

Quit Working So Hard

Are you exhausted at the end of every work day? Do you lay in bed at night worrying about how you're going to get everything done? Are you regularly trying to identify new ways to bring in more sales, increase business, or in some other way "get ahead"?