A Critical Character Diagnosis

A Critical Character Diagnosis

As a leader, you know you have influence with people and are in a position on your team to accurately diagnosis key character traits that compose and affect team dynamics. Your ability to make this assessment will serve you well, and help to avoid a great deal of...
Does Your Team Prefer To Be Managed Or Led?

Does Your Team Prefer To Be Managed Or Led?

Most people would agree that accomplishing a challenging goal with success requires everyone on the team to operate at a high level of performance. The more challenging the goal, the higher the performance level must be. So this raises two helpful questions, “When do...
Three Techniques To Accelerate Learning

Three Techniques To Accelerate Learning

In my work with clients, I always want to help them explore effective ways to accomplish more and generate better results. Recently, I saw a short video by Tim Ferriss, author of the 4 Hour Work Week and other books with the 4-hour theme. The subject of the video...

Five Ways Leaders Stress Out Their Teams (And How Not To)

As leaders, we are aware of how recent research indicates the trend of employees leaving their managers, not the company. I have often wondered if the managers who have higher staff turnover lack the self-awareness to realize how their “stress-inducing” actions are...