When you think about organizations focused on higher purpose, you may think about those that explicitly work for the benefit of future generations, create a more just society on a mass scale, and develop sustainable solutions, such as United Nations, The Elders, or The Mother Theresa Foundation to name a few. The positive impact these [...]
How do you attract, motivate and retain top millennial talent? By helping your managers become leaders who coach. Join me on Friday, August 19 from 11:30am to 12:00pm (EST) for a free webinar! Traditional command and control management is the surest way to turn off a talented millennial. Unfortunately, it is the only way most [...]
There are two critical numbers you need to understand if you employ Millennials: Only 29% of employed Millennials are engaged at work. A full 87% of Millennials say professional development or career growth opportunities are very important to them in a job. These two critical findings come from the wide-ranging Gallup 2016 research report: “How Millennials Want [...]
Change Your Conversations to Change your Culture Consider this simple model that explains how our daily conversations are the ultimate driver of desired outcomes: If you want to build a workplace culture of high trust, it begins by changing the quality of your workplace conversations. Let’s look at two examples of how this [...]
In Part 1, I reviewed common culture gap challenges and how it affects trust in the workplace. In part 2, I'll focus on how to build up your team's trust. Behaving Your Way into a New Mindset Jerry Sternin, author of The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World's Toughest Problems wisely [...]
Organizations of all types must navigate the complexities of today’s economic environment and the shifting priorities of their workforce, customers and communities. At the surface, dealing with the volatility, uncertainty and ambiguity can feel overwhelming and confusing. But when you look below the surface you can sense an erosion of trust at all levels: between [...]
Being mindful is a complex activity. A mindful existence requires us to be actively and consciously aware of our surroundings, perceptions, feelings, state of mind, physical body and relationships. Mindfulness further requires an understanding and mastery of our ultimate responsibility to choose in each and every moment. When interacting with others, there is a special [...]
Luminaries as varied as Sam Walton, Oprah, Lao Tzu and Steve Jobs have sung the praises of following your intuition. Albert Einstein went so far as to say: “The only real, valuable thing is intuition.” Recent scientific research supports the idea that we have more ways of knowing than the logic we associate with our [...]
Career conversations are more challenging than the typical coaching conversations managers are asked to have with their employees. There are three inter-related challenges to overcome: Higher stakes Broader issues Mixing coaching with other types of feedback Let’s examine each of these challenges and how to overcome them. Higher Stakes: Employee Engagement and Retention Career coaching [...]
Time and again I see leaders who want to coach get off on the wrong foot. The result is longer time spent coaching only to reach sub-optimal results. Perhaps you have seen it too, or perhaps you have been guilty of this all-too-common error. It looks like this: An employee brings you a problem they [...]
