Encourage Your Team to ‘Speak Up’

Encourage Your Team to ‘Speak Up’

  • April 13, 2022

Encouraging your team to speak up helps strengthen relationships, allows the exchange of ideas, and supports the organisation in overcoming barriers.   A shocking study from VitalSmarts showed that only 1% of employees felt confident enough to voice their concerns at critical moments. One third of the employees said they felt their organisation didn’t promote […]

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Newsflash! It is Not About You

Newsflash! It is Not About You

  • April 11, 2022

Every day, start your day by looking in the mirror and repeating these words, “it’s not about me”. Do this multiple times a day!   Why?   Leadership is honestly not about you. You will not get promoted or praised because you’re in charge or right about everything.   Leaders are made an example of when […]

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3 Employee Retention Strategies That Will Not Break The Bank

3 Employee Retention Strategies That Will Not Break The Bank

  • April 6, 2022

Businesses understand the importance of customer retention better than anyone. So why do the majority of them have a blind spot when it comes to retaining their employees?   Decreasing employee turnover rate can be difficult. If you want to excel at it, you have to be familiar with all the little details that make […]

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How well do you know your people?⁣

How well do you know your people?⁣

  • March 30, 2022

You can know all of the coaching models in the world, you can know all of the communication techniques out there, BUT…if you don’t know or understand your people…it won’t matter!⁣   Start viewing your team as individuals. Understand what their individual needs are, know what their preferred learning methods are, what motivates them and […]

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I Know it All!

I Know it All!

  • March 28, 2022

One of the scariest things to admit to yourself as a leader is the fact that you don’t know everything about everything.   There’s this common misconception that because of your role, you have the answer to it all. If not, you’re surely a bad leader, right?   Wrong!   You’ve not been hired/promoted because […]

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Firing Underperformers

Firing Underperformers

  • March 25, 2022

There are so many guidelines as to how we can terminate the employment of an underperformer “the right way”. Meaning, we protect ourselves and the company.   Often these guides tell us to clearly communicate the expectations with the individual, write everything down and record it, initiate a performance improvement plan and so on…   […]

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