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5 Books on Doing Great Work
A few months ago, Michael Bungay Stainer asked me to list my Five Essential Books for Being a More Approachable Leader. It inspired me to list some books I’ve been reading this year. Here are 5 books on doing more great work.
5 Turnover Excuses That Signal Your Managers Are The Problem
Have you ever quit your boss? You wouldn’t be weird if you did. In fact, you’d be right in the middle of the bell curve. Because in a recent Gallup study of 7,272 U.S. adults a whopping 50 percent of employees said they left a job “to get away from their manager to improve their overall life at some point in their career.” I want to point out one phrase again: “to improve their overall life.”
5 Clever Ways to Get Turnover Under Control
Anyone looking to stop the “corporate death spiral” and get turnover under control? Here are 5 tips to turnaround your turnover issues.
Turnover Costs: 8 Hidden Costs of Employee Turnover You May Have Missed
Turnover costs a lot. But have you really considered how expensive? Voluntary turnover is projected to be 20% this year. And it will directly cost employers over $11 billion. Here’s 8 hidden costs you may have not considered.
5 Research-Backed Ways to Improve Employee Engagement
Here’s 5 Research-Backed Steps to Increase OCBs for Your Team. One: Focus On Progress, Not Engagement. Have you ever struggled with meditation? You sit and tell your brain to be calm, but instead your “monkey-mind” goes into overdrive thinking about… well, everything but being calm.
The Only True Measure of Employee Engagement
Sometimes the most unhappy employees are the most engaged. Don’t believe me? I’ve got a quick story that might change your mind. I know this may come as a surprise to many of you, but I haven’t always been the picture of health and wellness that I am today.
How to Upgrade Your Self-Control as a Leader: 3 Research-Backed Steps
How well do you exercise self-control? It’s a challenge for most leaders. This article provides 3 research-backed tips for increasing your self-control as a leader.
Here is How Leaders Can Overcome Bias: 3 Proven Tactics from Research
Everybody experiences bias. Here are 3 proven tactics from research to overcome implicit and cognitive bias that faces leaders every day.
3 Questions Your Employees Don’t Ask (But Desperately Want Answered)
We all know how it feels to want acceptance. Your employees want acceptance too. Here are 3 questions they don’t ask, but desperately want answered.
Calm Under Pressure: Leadership Lessons from a Bomb Disposal Expert
When do people need leadership the most? When they don’t know what to do. This article is about keeping calm under pressure.
Steve Harvey and When Your Open Door Policy Backfires
What’s in an open door policy? By now I’m sure you’ve all heard about the leadership controversy surrounding Steve Harvey. Let’s dive in.
Cultivate Power: 6 Tips for Giving Control Back to Your Team
Leaders all struggle with this exact same power dynamic. The only way for us to truly accomplish our goals is if our teams feel powerful too.
Leader Warmth: Warmth Eats Competence For Breakfast
“Warmth eats competence for breakfast.” A Zenger Folkman study looked at over 50,000 managers. It found that “a leader’s overall effectiveness is predicted more by warmth than competence.”
Crew Resource Management and United Flight 173
Don’t Mess With Mother Nature. Last week I continued my hike of the Ozark Highlands Trail. It was a beautiful day for a hike and my good friend Mike and I hit the trail planning on a nice 9-miler.
