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.
How do you motivate others to do more? #followership
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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.
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?
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.
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.
Developing People = Crockpot Cooking, not a microwave
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.
The 5 Levels of Followership
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.”
Rotten Apple or Rotten Barrel?
So is the person failing because they are a rotten apple or are they in a rotten barrel? A question worth asking and some perspective on how it can be a powerful question for both leaders and followers.
Lessons in Leadership: Chris Ilitch
So what has made Little Ceasars successful? Here from the words of Chris Ilitch.
Don’t Be Mean – Part Two . . the 5 step solution for leaders
In part one I labelled an unsupported leadership transition as MEAN. This is the second post where I outline some simple things a leader can do to lower the chance of failure for a new leader to their team. This is a guest post on Mary Jo Asmus’ site, an excellent coach and a friend.
Resilience – What we can learn from the military
Resiliency is a relevant topic for this business environment. It is even more relevant for our soldiers. Here is a quick summary of what the HBR article it was from says and how we might use the information today. Notice the awareness of self piece. It is always there . . . .