As an effective leader, a key pillar of leadership is a dedicated focus on employee engagement. An employee’s engagement to their job, their manager, and to their organization are directly related to the success of both the employee and the company as a whole. So, what is employee engagement and why is it important to […]
Communication Planning
Communication planning is a structured approach to deliver a message embodying what you seek to accomplish in order to reach a target objective. A good communication plan clearly describes what the leader wants to accomplish. An effective leader will provide enough structured and well-organized information to deliver a clear, structured message to his/her listeners. Achieving […]
Ethical Leadership
Roots Are Important A large and strong oak tree towered over the front of my neighbor’s house. As a great wind storm came over our town, with a large crack, the tree fell into the street. Upon inspection, we were told the tree had no taproot. Without a taproot, this majestic tree was weakened and […]
The Power of Positive Recognition
Offering praise or positive recognition is a simple but transforming act. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for employees to feel that their best efforts are routinely ignored. Only one in three workers in the U.S. strongly agree that they received positive recognition or praise for doing good work in the past seven days (The Toolkit for […]
Strategic Thinking
What is it? I interviewed a number of senior leaders in fast-growing organizations to see how they engaged in strategic thinking. Before I share some outcomes of those interviews, let’s define strategic thinking. Richard Hughes and Katherine Beatty in their book, Becoming a Strategic Leader, define strategic thinking as “the collection, interpretation, generation, and evaluation […]