As labor shortages continue to impact companies across industries, businesses are shifting their focus to employee retention. According to Bank of America’s recent Workplace Benefits Report, 46% of employers have seen an increase in resignations over the past year while one…
As a business owner, you must be willing to invest in yourself. But beyond willingness, you need to take the time and be intentional about doing so. As an entrepreneur or leader, you likely wear many hats and have a…
When done correctly, investing in real estate can be a wise decision. It offers the potential for steady cash flow, tax advantages, diversification, a hedge against inflation, and the opportunity to generate passive income. But real estate investing also comes…
To quote Erma Bombeck, “Worry is like a rocking chair: It gives you something to do but it never gets you anywhere.” None of us could have predicted that we’d be facing a pandemic followed by war and unprecedented inflation.…
How do you engage yourself as a leader? As an executive, aspiring leader, or manager — you can reflect on your progress, record your success, and stay on track in order to reach your personal and professional goals — then,…
Great companies are built on the same characteristics, with the addition of common purpose: to serve clients.
Those who find happiness have matched their life activities to the currency they value most. When this happens you reduce internal conflict and nearly eliminate stress. For millions across the globe, this ‘currency awareness’ can be the silver lining to a world-wide pandemic.
With the focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts over the past 15 months, it's important that company holiday celebrations be inclusive, for remote and in-person workers. Here are three tips to make this holiday season a joyous one.
One of the most effective ways to create safe space between two people communicating is to practice this simple process: Listen, Think, then Communicate.
Strategies depend on the team you’re working with. But the only thing you need to remember to make sure you’re successful is to keep a firm, but understanding hand. Your team is made up of humans that have their own feelings and lives. Make sure you don’t forget that in the process of reaching your goals.
Helpful understanding and communication tips for leaders.
A balanced life opens the curtain to high achievement. Well-rounded people perform better and longer. Ancient, recent and pandemic history show the resilience and grit of being a person with equilibrium in life. Single focused people burn out, flame out or just check out.
The goal of this work is to help build and hone leadership skills to help individuals grow and organizations to thrive. It helps foster increased peer relationships and engagement, improves culture and helps build confident leaders who can navigate the increasing complexity of leading, especially in today’s environment.
If there is one place where rapid change can happen, where diversity, equity, and inclusion can be real more quickly, it's in the American workplace. We know that most companies are quite agile when they need to be, and business leaders are at the helm. Here are five ways to start supporting black employees.
We don’t know enough to make the perfect decision. We don’t have any experience dealing with these types of issues. We’re just going to have to take it one step at a time, doing our best and hoping for the best.
Most of the talented executives I’ve coached had to make some noise and get in good trouble sometime in their career. Some even got fired. If you routinely run from the good fight, you end up being a shallow leader.
The more authority (really, power) you have, the more people want to please you. Even good-intentioned people. They’ll avoid upsetting you (in part because you control their paycheck), and they’ll tell you what they think you want to hear
