by Bill Bliss | Oct 17, 2018 | Teams, Uncategorized
You have heard about the importance of employee engagement. You have also heard “People don’t leave organizations, they leave relationships,” a sentiment that reflects the important connection between an employee and their immediate boss. Gallup research indicates...
by Bill Bliss | Oct 3, 2018 | Teams, Uncategorized
You may have heard the expression “Teamwork makes the dream work.” A fully capable, high- performing, connected and healthy team can make a measurable difference in the results you achieve as a leader. Oftentimes, one is too small a number to achieve greatness or to...
by Bill Bliss | Sep 5, 2018 | Teams
Recently, I was with a client who was lamenting the condition of the manufacturing operation within his organization. He commented they had almost 60 orders which were on the backlog list. For some reason, this organization who prides themselves on fulfilling orders...
by Bill Bliss | Jul 12, 2018 | Teams
Later this week I will be meeting with my client Jim, the General Manager of a $300M business, to help ensure one of his direct reports, Mike, knows the expectations for the key role he’s been given. For the past several months, Mike has been saying all...
by Bill Bliss | Jun 20, 2018 | Communication, Teams
Think of a person who was an exceptional performer as a technician, systems analyst, accountant, sales representative or any other individual contributor role. What many well-intentioned companies do is promote this stellar performer to become a manager or leader over...
by Bill Bliss | Jun 13, 2018 | Teams, Uncategorized
Leaders become great not because of their power or results, but because of their ability to empower others. To create anything lasting, to develop a team or organization that can grow and improve, to build anything for the future, a leader’s main responsibility is to...
