Archive for the ‘Employee Development’ Category

• Take it Personally

  • February 19th, 2019
  • Posted in Communication, Consulting, Employee Development, Feedback, Motivation, Stress

  “It’s not personal – it’s just business.” Have you gotten that advice from someone? When receiving improvement feedback, involved in friction or conflict, when an organization undergoes a reorganization, a proposal is rejected, a valued employee leaves – lots of… Read More

• What if the Talent You Want to Hire Doesn’t Come with the Skills Needed?

  • November 6th, 2018
  • Posted in Communication, Employee Development, Employment, Executives, Mangement, Skills, Supervision

  Have you heard about the war for talent? With less applicants to choose from attracting and keeping talent has become a critical issue for organizations nationwide. This is not a situation that will be going way in the near future… Read More

• Engaged!!!

  • October 1st, 2018
  • Posted in Communication, Employee Development, Employment, Feedback, Mangement, Motivation, Supervision

  Congratulations!  People who get engaged usually receive lots of congratulatory support. You have made a commitment to get married. You start to plan your life together and plan the official public ceremony to kick off the legal bond of matrimony…. Read More

• What If My Boss is Incompetent?

  • July 17th, 2018
  • Posted in Communication, Employee Development, Employment, Executives, Mangement, Planning, Skills, Stress, Supervision, Support

  You may have a boss who is inept. Not a horrible person – but someone who doesn’t have the knowledge, experience, skills, or judgement to do their job. They are out there in every industry and at every level. They… Read More

• What New Leaders Need

  • April 5th, 2018
  • Posted in Change, Employee Development, Executives, Mangement, Skills, Support

  Maybe no one says it out loud but when an organization hires a New Leader, expectations are high. Sadly, studies indicate that 60% of new leaders fail within 18 months of taking their jobs. I’ve observed that New Leaders respond… Read More

• Showing Up is Not Enough

  • October 24th, 2017
  • Posted in Change, Communication, Employee Development, Feedback, Mangement, Motivation, Skills, Supervision

  High self-confidence and self-esteem can prevent people from improving: if you are not aware of what needs improving, how can you get better?

• Not WHAT – HOW

  • October 5th, 2017
  • Posted in Communication, Employee Development, Feedback, Mangement, Skills, Supervision

  When managers are not happy with employee performance, they often provide improvement feedback, advising the employee what they want to see. Sometimes it’s general: I want to see an improvement in your communication You need to improve your relationships with… Read More

• Stop Being So Binary

  • August 14th, 2017
  • Posted in Change, Communication, Employee Development, Feedback, Mangement, Skills, Supervision

  When you ask ‘yes/no’ questions, you are often only looking for two possible answers. Sure – that’s more efficient. And everyone these days wants to be getting things done more quickly. But it limits the information you get before you even get it! And information is incredibly useful.

• Home Work Home Work Home Work Home – ME

  • July 17th, 2017
  • Posted in Employee Development, Guided Execution 1:1, Skills, Stress, Support, women, Work Life Balance

  If you are constantly seeking parity between work and home you may feel like you are on a quest in search of an elusive ‘holy grail’; it must exist out there somewhere!

• Engaged: Near or Far

  • June 21st, 2017
  • Posted in Communication, Employee Development, Executives, Feedback, Mangement, Motivation, Supervision

  Employee engagement is what organizations are focused on today and the success or failure to create an engaged workforce lies squarely between the manager and the employee. It’s been said that people join organizations but stay because of management.