Leaders need to know others and be known by others. Here is a tool to help start those conversations – it is great leadership and great followership.
Knowing Someone Changes How We Treat Them
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How do you motivate others to do more? #followership
What to do with people that are not performing on a team? This is a question asked in my leadership / followership class and I committed to blog on the answer.
Breaking a team impasse #followership
A question from my Leadership / Followership class at the Holland Chamber of Commmerce. Question was around the facilitation of a group that was stuck in the decision making process.
4 Habits to Build, 1 Initiative to Avoid (#Retention)
Refocusing on Employee Engagement is an important topic right now as the economy turns, but stop and think of what too many organizations/leaders stopped doing that got us here. Here are four habits that will make at least part of this initiative go away.
Level 5 Followership – #TED style
What does great followership / great leadership look like? Here is a visual example thanks to TED.
Stay Interviews
Keeping key people that are dissatisfied is critical for your business. It is also free. Here is one idea that was shared with me that is not new, but it is well timed by a small organization that wants to win the talent war.
Friday Fun on Monday – Any other ideas?
Laughter is good medicine for any workplace. Here is one idea that helps teams have a little fun together. Any to add?
Engagement – The One Question to Ask
The Birkman Method defines it and many leadership programs talk about it. Asking directly What do you Need is a cornerstone question to great leadership. In this question people are invited to the trUPerformance conversation.
Leadership Assistance Program
Leadership is challenging. One challenge is creating a safe place for conversations and still have boundaries when problems come to you that are beyond what you can help solve. The formal name is Employee Assistance Program, but another good name is Leadership Assistance Program.
People are not like plants – how to treat them like people
Performance. Accountability. Terms used often in organizations and yet our actions as leaders send a message that our job is to fix people. A leaders job is to care for people and give them an opportunity to join the discussion.
Stress and Leadership – Measuring the impact on self, what about others?
Leaders can handle lots of stress. Can their marriages? How about their teams? This post offers a perspective on leadership and stress that you might not have thought about.
Managing Others – Help them Find, Then they will Finish
As leaders, are we really in charge of what our people finish. Does the accountability discussion start with a question or a statement? Help people find a few key things, and they will finish.