We have to stop meeting like this

You may find just the tip you need or just the tip you could pass along. A tip that could help you and your team, spend less time – or less unproductive time – in meetings. In the process, you could boost morale, productivity and overall performance.

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Quote of the Week: On Meetings, Minutes & Hours

Our leadership quote of the week will not be popular with many leaders, but it’s a good one for those who are looking for ways to save time and, get to goal PLUS boost morale, productivity and overall performance.

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Reminder: It’s Bike to Work Week

Ride Your Bike to Work Week (this week) and Ride Your Bike to Work Day (Friday) is a good way to nudge more in that direction.

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10 tactics for drawing out winners

To me, one of leadership’s greatest rewards is drawing the winner out in someone, when she seemed like such a loser that no one, not even Lucy Loser, believed she had it in her. How to do it? Here are 10 common tactics…along with commentary about likely results for each.

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Quote of the Week: On leaders, losers & winners

I say, phooey on that. The leader could have done his job of leading…which includes getting out from behind the process and out from under the paper and digging deep to find the real problem that’s causing the loser to show up instead of the winner.

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Time to Dance Like a Chicken

You may feel like a fool. Your teammates may roll their eyes. But they will laugh too. And that will lighten the load, break the tension and maybe even bring people closer together. Not just today – but down the road as they think about or talk about the day that they pushed to goal and boss did the chicken dance in front of everyone!

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