For all the talk about engagement—what it is, how to achieve it, why it matters—there’s one question that receives precious little attention: How do you quantify employee engagement? How do you measure it? How do you know when you’re on the right track?… Read more...
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As a professional conference and keynote speaker, I obviously believe in the power of communication—but leaders, let me ask you something: Do you believe in it? Do you understand communication to be one of the keys to engagement and productivity on your team?… Read more...
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Do you implement morning huddles in your workplace?
As a leadership expert and keynote speaker, I talk to a lot of managers who use the morning huddle as a way to rally their troops at the start of each new day.… Read more...
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How do your employees see themselves?
Do they see themselves as mere cogs in a machine—or do they feel empowered? Do they feel competent? Do they feel like rock stars?
As a keynote speaker focusing on the fields of leadership and engagement, I’ve always been amazed at the numbers of teams I see that seem to have no sense of pride, no confidence in their own ability.… Read more...
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As a keynote speaker, focusing on the fields of leadership and engagement, I probably get one question more than any other: What’s the secret? What’s the magic bullet? How do I unlock my leadership greatness?
Of course, the question is usually offered a bit tongue-in-cheek.… Read more...
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Leaders and entrepreneurs, I’ve got a question for you: What’s the most valuable asset you’ve got? I’ll give you three guesses, but I suspect you won’t need but one. Most of us realize that time is the most precious commodity we have—the only thing we can never get more of.… Read more...
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It doesn’t matter how great of a leader you become—how experienced, how deliberate, how learned. You’re still going to have some areas in which you’re weak—areas in which you could stand some improvement.
Many great leaders don’t actually recognize these areas in themselves, which means they don’t improve, and don’t seek assistance when they really need it.… Read more...
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Everybody makes mistakes, and everybody fails from time to time. What’s important is that we redeem those failures. What’s important is that we learn from them.
So let me ask you: Do your team members learn from their failures? Do you learn from yours?… Read more...
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We’ve all sat through a bad meeting. You know: The kind that seems to last forever, with a lot of words being spoken but no decisions being made and no action steps taken. Meetings like that are pretty obviously a waste of time—and that’s equally frustrating for leaders and employees, all of whom have things they’d rather be doing.… Read more...
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Leaders, do you have an interest in keeping workplace morale high? In protecting your employees from burnout, stress, and fatigue? In providing them with the resources they need to tackle major anxieties or seasons of struggle? Of encouraging all employees—yourself included—to take vacation time in order to recharge those batteries and stave off exhaustion?… Read more...
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