Category: Business, Leadership, Personal Management, Uncategorized

A Manager’s Impact

In his recent article Stop Trying to Engage Your Employees, Guy Gage suggested 3 different strategies to equip employees to self-engage: creating individual awareness, providing a supportive environment, and performing regular check-ins. This is where managers play a...

Acknowledge Your Good Fortune

The Practice Last week I had a great call with a senior staff member of a firm. It was a follow up call to a course we presented entitled Be An ACE: Manage Your Attitude, Credibility & Excellence. The call inspired me because not only did he implement one of his...

You Have To Tell Them

In a recent call with an aspiring senior manager, I asked him how he was doing. He said he felt good about his performance the last couple of years and was looking forward to being promoted. As usual, I asked him if he had spoken to his supervisor about his interest....

Habits That Are Automatic

Auto Pilot Up to 40% of the actions we take are by conscious decision. That means that, for most of our day, we function on autopilot. Since we all have habits that need to be adjusted or changed, we would benefit from correcting the habits that are automatic. Auto...

Enjoy The Journey

A Journey As you come out of recovery from any intense period (aka busy season), you enter into a season that may be less intense, but still full of activities and responsibilities. Will you enjoy the journey? Journey Past For the next four months, you have annual or...