Tons of research demonstrates that a healthy culture is important for high performance in a team and an organization. Following are ideas you can use to influence your team or organization culture to make it more productive. These are based on a recent article in Harvard Business Review. When we talk … Continue reading about Shape Your Workplace Culture
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The Power of Goals
Learn to increase your effectiveness by setting goals as outcomes, not activities. Discover the seven steps to higher levels of performance, fulfillment, and satisfaction. For free e-book click here.
Strategy
Strategy, SWOTs, & To Do Lists
Your organization probably does not have a Strategy. Based on my consulting experience and research, I have found that what many organizations … Continue reading about Strategy, SWOTs, & To Do Lists
Benchmark for Innovation
Landscape Analysis, Competitor Analysis, Benchmarking. Organizations of all types carry out these activities from time to time. Landscape … Continue reading about Benchmark for Innovation
Leadership
Improve Your Employee Engagement
Employee Engagement is one of the top priorities for leaders of teams these days. Research tells us that engaged employees perform at higher levels and drive organizational results. It also tells us that engaged … Continue reading about Improve Your Employee Engagement
Improve Your Listening Skills
Effective listening is a key leadership skill. My experience is that we can all improve in this area. A recent article in Harvard Business Review gives us some suggested techniques for improving how well we … Continue reading about Improve Your Listening Skills
Teamwork
Keep Your Team “Trust Loop” Strong
The importance of building trust on a team has been well documented. The integrity of the leader is vitally important to the trust-building process. Leaders need to be honest with their team members and treat … Continue reading about Keep Your Team “Trust Loop” Strong
Use Productive Failure for Team Growth
Every leader loves it when their team performance is humming along nicely. But, if this is always the case, you may be losing out on a great learning opportunity through “productive failure.” There are many … Continue reading about Use Productive Failure for Team Growth