Seek out heroic stories to unleash your Inner Hero. Share heroic stories with your employees to unleash their Inner Hero. Doing this increases everybody’s … Read more
What Executives Need to Know About Engaging Employees
I greatly enjoyed the summary of Deloitte’s Core Beliefs and Culture survey in ChiefExecutive.net. The importance of company culture and it’s foundation – … Read more
Valentine’s Day Lesson: Why Office Relationships Are Self-Destructive
Editor’s Note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles they may have missed. That’s why on Fridays we republish a Classic TLNT post some of you … Read more
The Curse of Negative Leadership (or, Does Your Rude Boss Rub Off on You?)
Senior executives have the most influence over culture. Yes, all employees contribute to the culture, but we all look to senior leaders and follow their … Read more
To Be Honest, Here’s Why I Really Hate Analytics and Big Data
Don’t kid yourself – you hate analytics. It wouldn’t be politically correct to say that you hate analytics, so you won’t. That’s why I’m here. You hate … Read more
7 More Ways to Help Your Employees Execute Your Vision and Strategy
Second of two parts Yesterday in Part I (6 Ways to Help Your Employees Execute Your Vision and Strategy), we covered the first six things you can do to … Read more
Ending Us vs.Them: How Divisions Can Eat Away Your Company
It almost doesn’t matter how a company is divided, whether it’s vertical (management vs. employees), or horizontal (department vs. department), the end … Read more
6 Ways to Help Your Employees Execute Your Vision and Strategy
Recently at Sales Architects, Lee Salz posed a challenging scenario for sales managers to weigh in on. It involved a company dramatically changing its … Read more
How Fiefdoms Destroy Company Culture (and What You Can Do about It)
Recently, I had breakfast with a friend, Martha. As friends do over coffee and pastry, we filled each other in on the latest happenings in our work and … Read more
3 Lessons About Perpetuating the Passion of the First Day on the Job
The wife and I were out running errands on Saturday morning when we happened upon an unexpected and rare energy explosion. As we approached an … Read more