Approachable Leadership Blog
Approachability Minute – What Would Make Work Better?
In this episode of the "Approachability Minute," Phil Wilson shares a critical insight from our Approachable Leadership workshop, focusing on the second of three critical questions: "What would make work better?" Phil emphasizes the importance of identifying and...
Approachability Minute – What’s Next?
In this "Approachability Minute," Phil explores a powerful question that can transform your leadership style and deepen connections with your team: "What's next?" This question, central to our approachable leadership workshops, taps into the progress principle,...
Approachability Minute: Become A “Yes and…” Manager
In this Approachability Minute, Phil Wilson highlights critical insights from Erin Diehl's book, "I See You." Phil explains how being a "Yes And" manager can boost teamwork and creativity by saying yes to ideas and building on them. Tune in for some practical advice...
Who was it…? | Approachability Minute with Phil Wilson
Welcome to another Approachability Minute with Phil Wilson. In this quick segment, Phil asks who first put the idea in your head that you would be successful at your job or as a leader. That's the kind of leader you should aspire to be for your staff—positive and...
Emergency Confetti | Approachability Minute with Phil Wilson
Welcome to another Approachability Minute with Phil Wilson. In this quick segment, Phil explains how a little burst of celebration can transform your team's morale, enhance engagement, and create a culture of appreciation and positivity. Get ready to add a sprinkle of...
Pronoia | Approachability Minute with Phil Wilson
Have you heard of “pronoia”? It’s the opposite of paranoia!
Yum or Yuck?
Most leaders don’t want to be glass-half-empty types whose approach reinforces a terrible “race to the bottom” culture. They want something more. They want to reap the benefits of their hard work and see their teammates thrive. They want to feel like they matter. And they do.
Conversation Skills that Connect? Here’s the Secret
Years ago, I had a consulting assignment in New Jersey where my office was directly across from a tool crib. Every morning when I walked by, I would greet the guy working the crib and he and I would put our conversation skills to the test with the following...
Burnout: How Approachable Leaders Reduce Burnout
“A drowning lifeguard isn’t much help.” Seth Godin Burnout was a frequently cited reason for turnover before the pandemic, but it’s clearly much worse now. In a recent survey, nearly everyone (95% of those surveyed) said they are thinking about quitting their job....
Business Outcomes of Approachability: New Study
Leader approachability has a big positive impact on the critical business outcomes of turnover, organizational citizenship and organizational satisfaction.
4 Simple Steps to Solve Workplace Negativity
Workplace negativity can quickly drag a team down. But it doesn’t have to. Lead a teammate with a bad attitude? 4 simple steps can turn things around.
Nurse Innovation Up 74% When Led By Approachable Leaders
A new study finds tranformational (approachable) nurse managers are 74% more likely to see nurse innovation behavior from their teams.
New Research On Leader Approachability
We are constantly looking for new research on leadership, especially studies relating behaviors we teach in our Workshops. Here are 5 recent studies.
Fred Rogers Makes $20 Million in 10 Minutes by Being Approachable
I never really thought about Rogers as a leader until I saw this video a few years ago. In less than 7 minutes Rogers turns around a skeptical and dismissive audience of Senators and earns the PBS network $20M of funding.
Phil Chimes In On Retention Strategies
HR Certification Institute blog contributor Clair Chiappetta reached out to Phil to discuss some retention tips in the Sept. 4, 2019 post titled, "Did You Set Someone Up For Failure?" Agreeing with the author about the significance of retention, Phil noted, “When you...
10X Your Results Using the Progress Principle
Some coaches are masters of the halftime adjustment. Love him or hate him, when Bill Belichick's Patriots are losing or tied at halftime they come back to win those games 47% of the time. The rest of the NFL? Only 26% of the time. Future Hall of Fame NBA coach Gregg...
A Day in the Life of an Approachable Leadership Workshop
We teach leaders how to be more approachable. But I have been wondering recently…do our readers actually know what it would look like for us to come into your office and teach your leaders to be more approachable?
In all of my evangelizing on Approachable Leadership, I don’t think I’ve ever given you all a blue print of a day in the life of an Approachable Leadership Workshop. So today, I’d like to remedy that.
3 Concepts to Step Up Your Active Listening Game
You cannot do two things at once. It’s been proven over and over again. We must accept this truth when it comes to our listening game too. Either pay attention or don’t. Here’s 3 practical tips to stop playing the middle ground and up your active listening game.
