The Best Ways To Polish Your Leadership Skills

New leaders, seasoned leaders and everyone in-between have one thing in common: they can improve their leadership skills through team building and team development strategies and additional training. Proper onboarding and training strategies probably seem obvious for new leaders, but Gallup research finds that only one in 10 managers possess the natural talent needed to […]

Empathy Training Offers a Positive Return on Investment

Disengaged employees are an avoidable workforce development mistake that has a huge impact on the bottom line. According to a Gallup poll, disengagement costs the US economy an estimated $450 to $500 billion annually. These lost earnings can be found in the cost of employee turnover, lost productivity, missed days of work and even stolen […]

Team Building Tips to Improve Your Leadership Effectiveness

Leaders play an important role in organizations, as they help set the tone for the company’s culture and encourage team building, innovation and success from their team members. With such an important role, it’s important that leaders take the time to assess their current skill levels and identify areas that require attention. Whether you’re a […]

Team Building Strategies For Strengthening Your Leadership Style

Whether you are a brand new leader fresh in the role or a seasoned and experienced veteran, there are opportunities in your management style that could use improvement. You might be an effective leader, but once you become stagnant and stop focusing on developing your skills, you run the risk of becoming complacent, which isn’t […]

Leadership Team Building Strategies That Lead To Success

As the “S” in TIGERS, success is one of the most exciting aspects of business. When you take risks as a leader, the hope is that they will work out and your business  experiences success. But success can sometimes seem elusive and hard to grasp, so leaders need to be strategic and intentional with their […]

The Importance of Respect in Employee Engagement

Employee engagement is an essential component of a successful organization.  Higher engagement levels lead to lower turnover rates and higher productivity and profitability. Engagement levels of U.S. employees reached a new high of 34.1 percent in March, according to research from Gallup. Engagement levels had been hovering around 32.5 percent in January and February before […]

Leadership Skills That Build Winning Teams

Leadership skills?  Some people are natural-born leaders.  Their teams love working with them.  They model behaviors that support and build trust, interdependence and cooperation, genuineness, empathy, risk resolution and success (TIGERS®) in their leadership behavior and in the workplace. They demonstrate performance-based leadership skills, build winning teams and  understand how to recognize and celebrate team […]

How To Improve Your Team Leadership Skills in 2016

If you could take your team leadership skills up a notch in 2016, how would this benefit you?  This is a question we began asking in 2015 and have come to some good conclusions for 2016.  Most forward thinking leaders would agree that team leadership takes being a leader to a higher level. The following […]

TIGERS® Success Series 2015 Management, Leadership, and HR Issues Blog Recap

The TIGERS® Success Series has been busy in 2015, and we’re looking forward to more success in 2016. Part one of the 2015 four-part recap series kicked off last week with all of the 2015 articles in the Polls, Research, and Surveys category. Articles in this category focused on important leadership and employee topics, such as […]

Lead With Leadership Team Building Strategies

Effective leadership does not happen overnight, and leaders must learn how to best lead their teams. Some people may seem to have been born with the ability to seamlessly lead, but in reality, leaders should constantly be learning and changing with the industry to best lead. With proper leadership team building tactics and strategies, leaders […]