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.
What does great followership / great leadership look like? Here is a visual example thanks to TED.
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.
Laughter is good medicine for any workplace. Here is one idea that helps teams have a little fun together. Any to add?
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Helping people define a future place/role they aspire to is challenging because the outcome takes time. Tyranny of the urgent makes these conversations hare, even though the questions to answer are simple. It takes great leadership and great followership to make these conversations and the outcomes happen.
Is it wrong to talk about great followership? We talk about great leadership. Here are five levels of followership that make people think and will drive the question to leaders “So what do you think.”
The Ford Rouge facility is a great example of how history should be used when talking about the present and future, but it should not control it. Great tour – but there are greater leadership lessons to be learned there beyond how to make a car.