People, People, People

People Are a Finite Resource

In real estate the driving force is location, location, location. In business it is people, people, people. Your employees can make or break you. They are the largest part of the success equation. They are precious resources that should be … Read more

Stop Trying To Become A Better Slave

Stop Trying to Becoming a Better Slave

When you find yourself in a difficult situation, what is the first thing you try to do? Make it better. More often than not, I would say “making it better” means improving the situation, not removing yourself from it. So … Read more

7 Ways to do That Leadership Thing

7 Ways to do That Leadership Thing

Leadership isn’t changing the mindset of individuals or groups. That leadership thing is about cultivating an environment that brings out the best in others. It demands that you inspire the individuals and the group to have a better tomorrow than … Read more

The 10 Worst Mistakes Made in Leadership

10 Worst Mistakes in Leadership

Leaders are people too right? They are just as fallible as anyone else. Why is it that when leaders make mistakes people are so often unforgiving? This advice isn’t about those mistakes it is about the mistakes that leaders need … Read more

Common Complaints About the Boss

Common Boss Complaints and How to Handle Them

Just like there will always be change, employees will always complain about their boss. Unfortunately, employees won’t always tell their manager about things that bother them. By framing these complaints as questions when soliciting feedback you can begin to uncover … Read more

Follow the Leader for Grown-Ups

Leadership and My Why

Reflecting on the children’s game; the intent of the “Leader” was to make it as challenging as possible to be a follower.  Remember (as the leader) weaving in and out; over and under as many obstacles as possible?  The simplest … Read more

6 Traits of Fierce Leadership

6 Traits That Identify Fierce Leadership

Fierce leadership is bringing great energy or enthusiasm to pursuing a cause or objective. Business is full of fluff and BS, which means fierce leaders need to ask crucial questions others are afraid to ask. They have to say what … Read more

Letter of Resignation

Letter of Resignation | Knowing When to Quit Something

Who grew up hearing quitters never win and winners never quit? If you grew up hearing that, how frequently did you really win and what was the average time to realize that win? Persistence and tenacity are strong qualities to … Read more

Leadership – A Weird Shade of Grey

Leadership is Grey

Leadership is creating the rules, breaking the rules and enforcing the rules. Leadership isnnovative. Take risks but fail early and often. You shouldn’t have all the answers. Your style can be black, white or adaptive.  One person’s grey could be … Read more

The Importance of Work-Life Balance

4 Reasons Why Managers Need to Demonstrate Work-Life-Balance

When you look around the office you will often see those in senior management roles being first in and last out. You rarely will get an OOO email from them. These are the people who lead critical departments and teams … Read more

Helping Contributors Become Super Achievers

From Contributor to Super Achiever

The Five Things That Set the Performance Pace to “Super-Achiever” A Contributor does just that…contributes.  The minimum contribution expectation is what must be defined.  Once defined, and if the minimums are achieved then there are no justifiable grounds for termination.  Why?  Because, Barely … Read more

5 Signs You Have Already Quit Your Job

5 signs to quit your job

No one wakes up in the morning to be a quitter. But sometimes you have quit without even knowing that you have done so. This isn’t another article about moving on, stagnating or moving up. It is an article about … Read more