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Category: Leadership

Reset Your Employer Employee Relationship Before You Lose Employees
HR/Human Resources & Operations, Leadership, Management/supervision

Reset Your Employer Employee Relationship Before You Lose Employees

You want your employees to work harder. They seem to expect a medal for what they’re already doing. You want … Continue reading Reset Your Employer Employee Relationship Before You Lose Employees

Partner With Your Employees on Issues that Matter to Make a Workplace One Your Employees Will Celebrate
Business, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Leadership

Partner With Your Employees on Issues that Matter to Make a Workplace One Your Employees Will Celebrate

Thank you for telling employers to partner with their employees. My employer reads your blog articles on LinkedIn, bought your … Continue reading Partner With Your Employees on Issues that Matter to Make a Workplace One Your Employees Will Celebrate

Employees Fight Return to Work Mandates
Business, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Leadership, Remote work/Virtual

Employees Fight Return to Work Mandates

Employees Fight Return to Work Mandates Question: I don’t want to quit, but Friday’s email from our CEO may force … Continue reading Employees Fight Return to Work Mandates

Why Leaders Fail: A Cautionary Tale
Business, Coaching, Leadership, Management/supervision, Professional growth

Why Leaders Fail: A Cautionary Tale

Question: When the board promoted me into the chief executive officer position a year ago, it seemed the culmination to … Continue reading Why Leaders Fail: A Cautionary Tale

What You Can Learn from a SWAT  Team Member Who Had a Heart
HR/Human Resources & Operations, Leadership, Management/supervision, Professional growth

What You Can Learn from a SWAT Team Member Who Had a Heart

The SWAT team The SWAT team pulled up to the building on Wabash Avenue. Dressed in black from head to … Continue reading What You Can Learn from a SWAT Team Member Who Had a Heart

Firing an Alpha Employee
Business, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Leadership, Management/supervision

Firing an Alpha Employee

Question:             I’ve known for a long time I needed to fire our company’s operations manager. I hired her because … Continue reading Firing an Alpha Employee

Inflation’s Impact on Employees and the Workplace
Accountability, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Leadership, Management/supervision, National events & politics

Inflation’s Impact on Employees and the Workplace

What keeps your employees and coworkers up at night, and what does it mean to you as their employer or … Continue reading Inflation’s Impact on Employees and the Workplace

Elon Musk’s Twitter Crises: 5 Key Take-aways for Employers
Accountability, Business, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Leadership, Management/supervision

Elon Musk’s Twitter Crises: 5 Key Take-aways for Employers

When multi-billionaire and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk acquired Twitter on October 27th, he assumed leadership of a company that … Continue reading Elon Musk’s Twitter Crises: 5 Key Take-aways for Employers

Digital Presenteeism: Faking You Care, Faking You’re Even There
Accountability, Business, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Leadership, Management/supervision, Remote work/Virtual

Digital Presenteeism: Faking You Care, Faking You’re Even There

A surprising number of employees, determined to hold on to their “work from home” status and aware that managers and … Continue reading Digital Presenteeism: Faking You Care, Faking You’re Even There

The Predatory Customer
Business, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Leadership, Management/supervision

The Predatory Customer

You’ve met the predatory customer. He makes life difficult for employees, particularly front-line employees, because his status as a customer … Continue reading The Predatory Customer

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