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How to Share Difficult Messages in a Brain Friendly Way

A recent Gallup study found that only 26% of the U.S. workforce strongly agreed that the feedback they get from managers or supervisors helps them to improve their work. Clearly, and as most people agree, giving or gaining feedback can be difficult. Further research indicates there are two primary reasons for the difficulty, which can […]

Performance Management: An Everyday Job

A strategically balanced performance management plan is the key to consistently effective leadership, especially when direct reports have responsibility for business development or organizational growth. The most successful approach not only enables managers to identify opportunities for execution and improvement based on analyzing past activities and outcomes, but to also identify preemptive action steps and […]

How am I Doing, Boss?

How important is it for leaders to provide regular feedback to team members? I think we all know the answer – it’s vitally important! Yet a surprising percentage of people say they don’t get enough feedback, negative or positive! Consider the following excerpt from an article published by thoughtLEADERS,LLC: “If you are a manager, the […]

The Power of Storytelling

While we have shared content on this topic in the past, we recently came across a most compelling article published by Forbes in which author Candice Georgiadis reaffirms our findings very nicely. “At its core, storytelling refers to the art of crafting narratives that capture the essence of your brand and appeal to your audience. It also […]

The Value of Team Meetings

Leaders can enjoy a range of benefits by conducting regular team meetings – if, of course, the meetings are well planned and value-added! The question is, how can we best make our meetings value-added and worthwhile so that team members look forward to them rather than dread them? Consider this perspective from Executive Coach Lolly Daskal, […]

Retaining Talent

Business leaders continue to report the difficulty they are having with employee retention, and hiring replacements has become increasingly difficult as well. In a recent Harvard Business Review article, author Erica Keswin shares some straightforward insights into how these challenges might best be met. Her article refers to Gallup data explaining the critical role front […]

Could a Past Marketing Perspective Be the Secret to Success Today?

In a recent article published on LinkedIn, Bruce Bolger, President of the Enterprise Engagement Alliance, shares some interesting data and perspective on a past marketing strategy that he suggests is primarily overlooked today. “In the late 1990s, the concept of one-to-one and permission marketing were born with great promise,” Bolger writes. “Yet, the current dominant approach […]