Communication is a critical aspect of leadership. You have to clearly communicate multiple things to those you lead. Some of the pieces you have to communicate may be:

• The vision of the organization
• Your team’s mission
• How to effectively complete a task
• The love you have for your team
• A business presentation to the board of trustees
• Sharing why your products cost what they do

As you can see, there are multiple things you have to communicate. If you can’t communicate, you’re going to stumble and fall. You may even be demoted or removed from the organization.

Okay, okay… enough with the scary stuff. I want to help you become a better communicator.

I wasn’t always a good communicator. I have stumbled over my words while speaking in front of audiences, failed to clearly communicate messages in writing, and more.  Read more...

When you’re in leadership, there are curveballs thrown your way every day. You’ll also face uncertainty, difficulties, and challenges you never could anticipate.

So, how can I tell you how to prepare for anything?

You don’t have to be prepared for anything. You only have to be prepared for the things leadership will require of you.

This may sound a bit woo-woo or wrong. But being prepared for the general leadership difficulties will serve you well in times of change.

How To Prepare For Anything

1. Focus on today:

Yesterday had its own unique challenges. Tomorrow will bring challenges of its own.

When you focus on today’s challenges, you can be prepared for what is to come.

Work on what is right in front of you. This is laying the groundwork for tomorrow. Tomorrow’s challenges typically come from yesterday.  Read more...

With my love for movies, you may think I’m going to discuss the character Data from the Star Trek series today. You’d be wrong. That’s okay. Sometimes curveballs are thrown our way.

Instead, I want to talk about the actual data you’re collecting from your organization. This data can come from frontline employees, your ERP system, or customers.

We tend to collect a lot of data. We think the more data we have, the better off we’ll be.

To an extent, this is true. Data is good to have.

But what is the point of data?

What’s The Point Of Data?

For there to be a point to the data, we must have a reasoning behind collecting the data. Here are three things to consider when collecting data. These things will also make data more valuable to your organization.  Read more...

If you click on any business or leadership-related blog recently, you’ve probably bumped into the new leadership boogeyman: QUIET QUITTING.

Quiet Quitting isn’t ghosting an employer by not showing up and quitting that way. Instead, Quiet Quitting is a movement by employees to leave work on time, ignore unimportant emails or calls after hours, and set personal boundaries.

Big business websites have begun to say this is a pandemic. Something needs to change. They’ve even roped in leaders of large organizations to decry the movement of boundaries and distance between work and home—the same ones who have the freedom to mix their work and personal life with abandon.

It’s easy to say, “Pick up your cell phone at 7 PM” when you’re off to the gym during business hours. Or to say that employees are entitled when they feel they’ve put in their agreed-upon 40-hour work.  Read more...