All through the history of time we have been affected by charismatic leaders. They have impacted the world and they have impacted you—whether directly or indirectly. People are drawn to and want to follow charismatic leaders. Many believed for a long time that charisma was this mysterious charm that either you had or didn’t have. […] Read more
Getting your team and employees to be more loyal can be a challenge. Turnover, negativity and less productive teams are the consequences of less than loyal team members. In this video I cover three specific ways you can improve loyalty on your teams. And here’s the good news… they aren’t that difficult to start implementing. […] Read more
Several weeks ago in the Wall Street Journal there was an interesting article titled “She’s One Step Ahead.” It told the story of a factory leader, Elizabeth Kaplan, and how she decided to join her employees on a strenuous set of Los Angeles stairs during lunch. She believed that sharing a workout with her team […] Read more
I watched an interesting video the other day (see below). Spanx CEO Sara Blakely tells of how her father used to ask her and her brother at the dinner table when she was growing up what they had failed at that week. When they shared a failure, he would congratulate them and give them a […] Read more
Several years ago I wrote a popular post on this blog titled 3 Ways to Deal With Whiny and Complaining Employees. In hindsight I have should have quickly followed that up with a post on “3 Ways to Stop Being a Whiny Leader.” Because the reality is, we all have our whiny moments too. Recently I […] Read more
