The Real Value of Empathetic Leaders in the Workplace
As a soft skill, empathy isn’t always easy to assess. During the hiring process, it often goes overlooked as a necessary attribute for success. This is a mistake for hiring managers. Empathetic leaders are valuable and important for a strong workplace culture. Empathy in the workplace is a universal team principle. It is the desire […]
TIGERS® Leadership Strategies Combat Short-Term Business Planning
Workforce Development is not served by short-term leadership strategies. Neither is talent retention, breaking down silos and employee engagement. Consider employee engagement, for example. Organizational change that demonstrates a solid return on investment because employees are more caring and engaged takes on average three-to-five years to successfully implement. The bottom line is that growth and […]
Leadership Training Strategies to Improve a Broken Workplace
Employee disengagement is still high in the US. The talent retention of Millennials still looks like popcorn exploding out of a hot uncovered skillet. Is the workplace broken? Is leadership broken? If so, what are leadership training strategies to improve a broken workplace? Here’s some facts. The global workplace is in dire need of assistance. […]
The Secret to High Performance Executive Teams
According to recent McKinsey research, companies with diverse executive leadership exhibit better short and long term financial performance. Women in revenue-producing positions also correlate to higher revenue scores on high performance executive teams. Let’s get to the bottom line. There is a secret to high performance executive teams. It’s not because everyone is a […]
Successful Leadership: The Four C’s
It takes skill for successful leadership. Unfortunately, not everyone is innately born with the qualities that make a great leader. Fortunately, many great leaders do develop their skill set over time. It requires training, experience and time. While there are many team building strategies that leaders can implement, the four C’s impact successful leadership. They […]
Develop Strong Leaders by Ditching Your Manager Habit
You have a star employee who always comes to work on time and produces quality work. You quickly advance them into a leadership position. You’d expect your star to keep shining, right? Sometimes, the exact opposite happens. Once a stellar team member is unable to handle the new position and is at risk for leaving, […]
Four Strategies To Become A Stronger Leader Today
You’re brand new to a management role. It doesn’t feel comfortable yet so you’re trying to fake it until you make it. Or, you’ve been in a leadership role for decades, but you’ve become complacent and are no longer striving to be better. On the other hand, perhaps you feel satisfied in your current role […]
How To Strengthen Your Leadership Communication Skills
Business would come to a complete halt if it weren’t for communication. It comes in many forms including verbal communication, body language, digital communication, written communication and video. All are ways humans communicate and how we communicate with one another is how we get things done. But without effective communication strategies that strengthen your leadership […]
Growing Yourself to Grow Your Business
Can you imagine what it would be like to wake up in the morning with the thought, “I know everything. I have nothing new to learn.”? What if a new skill learned neutralizes the stress you feel in your leadership position? What if you could measure the positive impact of growing yourself to grow your […]
Overcoming Bad Management
Sam said, “I can’t take this place anymore,” and he sent out his resume and nailed a great job. Sam, like many workers in the US are changing companies now. With the economic turnaround and leaders raising salaries, why are people changing jobs? The reason Sam provided was that he had no way of overcoming […]