5 Phrases Great Leaders Use Every Day
We’re taught from a young age that actions speak louder than words—and to an extent, that might be true. Yet for leaders, words matter. They are among your greatest tools. A well-timed and well-chosen...
View Article7 Ways To Know You’re An Inspiring Leader
I’ve done a lot of blogging about the differences between bosses and leaders. I’ll let you peruse some of those posts at your leisure, but if I had to sum ‘em up I’d say this: Leaders don’t just manage...
View ArticleWhat Does Forgiveness Look Like In The Workplace?
Forgiveness is not a term that many of us associate with the workplace. There are a number of reasons for this, I think, starting with the fact that it just sounds so soft. We believe that running a...
View ArticleLead by Example: Show Employees How to Manage Stress
Stress in the workplace takes a toll—not just emotionally, but physically and even financially. Stressed-out, anxious, and fatigued employees don’t work as hard, they don’t work as creatively, and they...
View ArticleThe High Cost of Workplace Burnout
Leaders, do you have an interest in keeping workplace morale high? In protecting your employees from burnout, stress, and fatigue? In providing them with the resources they need to tackle major...
View Article6 Secrets to More Engaging Meetings
We’ve all sat through a bad meeting. You know: The kind that seems to last forever, with a lot of words being spoken but no decisions being made and no action steps taken. Meetings like that are pretty...
View ArticleHow to Avoid a Culture of Blame
Everybody makes mistakes, and everybody fails from time to time. What’s important is that we redeem those failures. What’s important is that we learn from them. So let me ask you: Do your team members...
View Article5 Tips for Identifying Your Leadership Blind Spots
It doesn’t matter how great of a leader you become—how experienced, how deliberate, how learned. You’re still going to have some areas in which you’re weak—areas in which you could stand some...
View ArticleHow to Protect Your Most Valuable Asset
Leaders and entrepreneurs, I’ve got a question for you: What’s the most valuable asset you’ve got? I’ll give you three guesses, but I suspect you won’t need but one. Most of us realize that time is the...
View Article5 Ways Physical Fitness Improves Your Professional Life
I say this to people all the time: If you’re having a hard time in the workplace—if you feel like you’re stagnant, struggling, or banging your head against a wall—the answer isn’t to hunker down for...
View Article5 Ways to Go from Being a Good Leader to a GREAT One
As a keynote speaker, focusing on the fields of leadership and engagement, I probably get one question more than any other: What’s the secret? What’s the magic bullet? How do I unlock my leadership...
View ArticleHow to Make Your Employees Feel Like Rock Stars
How do your employees see themselves? Do they see themselves as mere cogs in a machine—or do they feel empowered? Do they feel competent? Do they feel like rock stars? As a keynote speaker focusing on...
View ArticleHow To Engage Your Employees With More Effective Morning Huddles
Do you implement morning huddles in your workplace? As a leadership expert and keynote speaker, I talk to a lot of managers who use the morning huddle as a way to rally their troops at the start of...
View ArticleUse Digital Technology to Improve Employee Engagement
As a leader, you’ve probably thought about all the ways in which digital technology can enhance communication with your clients—but there’s another side of the coin to consider. Digital technology can...
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What Does Workplace Engagement Really Look Like?
As a keynote speaker, one of the topics I most love to discuss is employee engagement. What I’ve noticed is that many organizations are really hungry to discuss this topic, yet there’s often a...
View ArticleHow to Hire Well—Even on a Limited Budget
Want to know the secret to hiring the very best employees in your industry, and creating a team loaded with all-stars? It’s really pretty simple. Call up all the ace talents you know, and ask how much...
View ArticleWant to Hire Great Talents? Ask the Right Questions
Job interviews aren’t like they used to be. Once upon a time, it was possible for an interviewee to effectively feel ambushed by a strange or unexpected interview question. Today, there are countless...
View ArticleBuild Engagement Through Great Communication
As a professional conference and keynote speaker, I obviously believe in the power of communication—but leaders, let me ask you something: Do you believe in it? Do you understand communication to be...
View ArticleHow Introverts Make Great Leaders
I’m sad to say it, but we live in a culture that closely links extroversion with leadership. Now, I’m a bit of an extrovert myself, so maybe I shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth—but nevertheless,...
View ArticleIs Your Organization Engaged? Here’s How to Tell.
For all the talk about engagement—what it is, how to achieve it, why it matters—there’s one question that receives precious little attention: How do you quantify employee engagement? How do you measure...
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