Great Job! If you tell a Hun he is doing a good job when he isn’t, he will not listen long and, worse, will not believe praise when it is justified ...
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Recently I met with a group of volunteer management coordinators to discuss volunteer engagement. We talked about using volunteering as a tool to give...
Read MoreVolunteers – ‘free labour’ or ‘unpaid staff’ … Three things revealed to get your paid staff onside!
Have you stopped Leading? Being in a leadership position or holding the title of leader is no guarantee we are leading. By definition, leading is a ve...
Read MoreHey You … Leader, have you been idle for too long?
I heard a CEO griping about Boards recently. She said that the system is broken and that Boards of Directors should be done away with. I am not sure I...
Read More11 questions that You can use to gauge if a Board is fulfilling its two primary roles?
I have been blogging for over a year now and one of the subjects that consistently receive the most readers is Boards of Directors and Board & Sta...
Read More4 things you can do to not be bored by your board experience!
I have been blogging for over a year now, and one of the subjects that consistently receive the most readers are Boards of Directors and Board & S...
Read MoreWhat Matters Most! 2 things you can do to stop sucking the life out of your Board of Directors
I thought I would share the questions that the participants had on their mind about leadership and my responses. Does the perfect leader...
Read MoreWhat questions are people asking about Leadership?
It is a big week on my side of the Internet: my new book – ‘You Can’t Lead From Behind’ – is being shipped from the publishers. What is it a...
Read MoreWere you one of the 2 leaders in high school?
‘Time is the only finite resource.’ Simon Sinek (https://www.startwithwhy.com/) ‘Many people are silently begging to be led.’ Jay Abraham (h...
Read MoreWhat is stopping your leadership development program!
General: “Where are you from son?” Soldier states with great pride: “Madison City, Missouri. Sir!” General: “Never heard of it.” The...
Read MoreHave you ever felt dismissed?
Do you assign most of the work you need doing to teams? When you examine the output from these teams is examined, there are few measurable results. ...
Read MoreDoes your organization have a culture that expects reports or results?
What is the one thing you need to turn a trusting team into a high performing team? Most people want to be part of something big! But how do you get t...
Read MoreWhat is the one thing you need to turn a trusting team to a high performing team?
I have received hundreds of performance reviews over my career. There is one that sticks in my mind. It wasn’t remarkable because of the content...
Read MoreWhy would anyone follow you if they don’t believe you have the courage?
Sabre-toothed Tigers in the Office The ability to think intellectually and rationally is driven by the frontal lobe of our brain. When things are r...
Read MoreWhy do some people behave like there are Sabre-toothed Tigers prowling around in the Office
Trust is a funny and fleeting thing. It is the cornerstone of all relationships. The shocking thing is that trust, more often than not, is based on th...
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