How do leaders crush employee engagement? Oh, let us count the ways. . . Over at SmartBlog on Leadership, I describe a newly hired vice president whose intense move to action panicked people, rather than inspiring them. Within a week of starting his new job, he had completely shut down employee engagement. I was…
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3 Signs You’re Ready to Step Up and Lead
Are you ready to take your leadership game to a higher level? If your answer is, “Yes! I’m in!” congratulations. Taking ownership of your desire for improved leadership skills is an important first step. Next up: you must convince others that you’ve got what it takes play on a bigger field. Be it through a…
Teams and Teamwork – A Frontline Festival
This month’s Frontline Festival for Leaders, hosted by Karin Hurt of Let’s Grow Leaders focuses on teams and teamwork. Check out the great round up of writing on this important leadership topic, including: – 3 ways anyone can boost performance – The honest truth about teams – How to destroy teams and become losers –…
5 Ways Leaders Build a Culture of Trust
Is your organization built on a culture of trust? Look around you; there are plenty of clues as to whether trust abounds. How quickly are decisions made? How many people do you copy (or worse, bcc) on e-mails? Do executives check in on the “troops” even when on vacation? Given that 82% of workers don’t…
Lessons in Project Failure from Brad Pitt
It takes courage to admit that a project is tanking. Even for big-shot movie stars. When Brad Pitt saw the first cut of his newly released film World War Z, the final third act of the movie was, in his words, “just atrocious” according a USA Today interview. What Pitt said next in the interview…