Be a Better Listener – Squint With Your Ears

by | Sep 24, 2019 | Leadership

Listening is an art.  Some are good at it.  A few are great at it.  Most are not.  Almost all wives will say their husbands don’t listen well.  And survey after survey of employees say that their leadership does not listen to them.  Listening is one of the keys...

Quality of a Leader – Be real, not right

by | Jul 16, 2019 | Coaching, Leadership

Early in my career, I thought that the smartest, brightest people were always in charge.  I was fortunate to work for some real solid leaders who “knew their stuff”.  And in that era, in the Information Services industry (as it was called then), technical...

Nine Behaviors of Servant Leaders

by | Apr 9, 2019 | Leadership, Success

According to the Servant Leader Institute (https://www.servantleadershipinstitute.com), there are nine behaviors of servant leaders.  Are you putting them to work in your leadership role?  I recently was exposed to this list and thought it was rather thorough. ...

Invert Your Org Chart to Make Great Teamwork

by | Feb 26, 2019 | Leadership, Success

While we all say we work on high-performing teams, statistics prove that this is simply not the case.  According to numerous studies, fewer than 20% of teams are considered “high performing”.  And as many as half of all teams are...