Archive for the ‘Employee Development’ Category

• Put Your Focus on What They Do Right

  • January 25th, 2021
  • Posted in Employee Development, Feedback, Mangement, Motivation, Supervision

  Lucia is tired of complaining to me about Tom. A Director of her firm’s division, one of Lucia’s senior level managers is taking up too much time and attention. “Every few months we have the same conversation. He doesn’t delegate… Read More

• Half Full

  • May 4th, 2020
  • Posted in Communication, Employee Development, Motivation, Stress, Support

  A few years ago, while conducting a management development training program, the topic was our individual perception of the world and the impact that it has on job satisfaction and workplace culture. Tossed around was the phrase “seeing the glass… Read More

• Raising Your Profile at Work with a YOU Campaign

  • February 27th, 2020
  • Posted in Communication, Employee Development, Motivation, Planning, Skills

  A promotion opportunity recently came up in Patrick’s department. The job matched his There are few things more frustrating than thinking that you have the skills that perfectly match an opportunity at work and then finding out that you were… Read More

• Ladies – About Your Communication

  • January 28th, 2020
  • Posted in Communication, Counseling, Employee Development, Guided Execution 1:1, Skills, women

  Over the years, I’ve worked with many women on their communication challenges. I have found that they have different preferences, styles and approaches from men which creates a feeling that they are not as accepted or valued in the workplace…. Read More

• Touching Base

  • December 19th, 2019
  • Posted in Communication, Counseling, Employee Development, Feedback, Mangement, Motivation, Skills, Support

  Touching base with people you care about, work with, have worked with in the past, or miss – is something that is easy to do. So why don’t people do it more often? There are many things I do at… Read More

• Try Something Different: You Can Learn New Things

  • September 24th, 2019
  • Posted in Change, Employee Development, Motivation, Skills

    I like city living. This month, however, for a total change of pace – I went to Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Wyoming for vacation. In the 14 month run-up to the trip (yup –… Read More

• Is it Really a Wolf?

  • May 29th, 2019
  • Posted in Communication, Employee Development, Mangement, Skills, Supervision

  Do you remember the Aesop’s fable about the shepherd boy and the wolf? The boys’ job was to tend sheep and he yelled “Wolf!” signaling to the villagers that the flock was being attacked. The villagers would run to provide… Read More

• Get Messy

  • April 17th, 2019
  • Posted in Communication, Employee Development, Mangement, Skills, Stress, Supervision

  Data, materials, and resources can be managed, directed and controlled. That is because they are all things: unmoving until we choose to move them. People however, as you probably have noticed, have minds of their own. They bring their own… Read More

• Influenced Is Developed – Not Done

  • March 26th, 2019
  • Posted in Change, Communication, Employee Development, Executives, Guided Execution 1:1, Mangement, Skills, Supervision

  Influence is not the practice of getting other people to do what you want. Whether you are motivating employees to work harder or see your point of view, people do not act the way you hope they will against their… Read More

• 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