What’s Happening? The Importance of Knowing What Influences Your Organization
Despite the desire to avoid change, in a fast-paced world, there are constant influences outside your organization that can affect its direction.
23 Leadership Habits of Successful Government Employees
These habits can easily be translated into leadership qualities that help propel government employees to success.
Two Unexpected Ways to Earn the Attention of Your Distracted Team
Teammates get distracted constantly by the barrage of noise around them – and that means they do not pay as much attention to YOUR emails, conversations, texts, or smoke signals. So, if you want to get and keep their attention you NEED to take note of these 2 unexpected suggestions to improve your impact.
Clarity
In the majority of the personal development material I’ve studied, the emphasis on clarity comes back again and again.
How To Help Your Employees Overcome Fear and Share More Ideas
When people spend their courage reserves just getting past the bad stuff, there’s no energy left for the courage your business needs most—creative problem solving and micro-innovation.
Leading with Humanity
I am writing this because I want to encourage other leaders to allow these moments of vulnerability in their organizations and hope that other teams will be open to sharing their truth as our team did.
How to Get the Best out of Your Imperfect Co-Workers
If you are taking responsibility for team results, you have to begin by taking the initiative to look further down the path your team is on.
13 Components of an Effective Leadership Philosophy
As a leader (and most people are leaders in one way or another) you lead by a set of principles that you may not have thought through intentionally.
Effective Change Engages, Informs, and Involves Everyone
What’s the most effective change initiative you’ve experienced in your career? What did leaders do to engage, inform, and involve you?
Life In Isolation
I know isolation. I know change and uncertainty. What it means to have your world toppled upside down.
Why Senior Leaders Have the Ultimate Responsibility
Creating a compelling team vision is a terrific activity for engaging team members in the core work of the team.
Leaders, What Do Your People Need Right Now?
Taking a moment to identify individual and group needs and then deliberately making the effort to address those needs will greatly enhance your leadership and the effectiveness of your team.
How Generation Z Could Solve the Water Workforce’s Talent Problem
These digital natives are already disrupting several other industries and modernizing how companies conduct business. The water industry is perfectly suited for this disruption.
How to Spot the Sunk Cost Fallacy
When it comes to your career, sunk costs are everywhere. To help you spot and avoid them, Coupon Chief created an infographic with helpful advice to keep you out of the sunk cost trap. Whether you’re hunting for the next great job opportunity or figuring out how to change careers, it’s important to recognize sunk costs and avoid the fallacy.
Coronavirus and Confinement
One thing is certain, more change is sure to come as the Coronavirus continues to consume lives and we all learn to deal with confinement.
Celebrating Public Service and Public Servants
We often hear leaders say that employees are their organization’s most important resource. Unfortunately, too often this is just a slogan.
Crisis Leadership
Perhaps the biggest challenge the Covid-19 Pandemic brings is how to lead in a crisis, in which the ground appears to change by the hour and in some instances by the minute.
How to Make Big Decisions More Effectively
When it’s time to make a big decision, do you ask for advice? Many of us do, and our default behavior is to go to our most trusted friends or colleagues. These are the people you already talk to often, and who know you well. There is a reason you are inclined to talk with them. It is easier and less energy-intensive for your brain and theirs because they are familiar.