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The “Science” of Workplace Communication & Performance Management - Click To Read Article
When I was in school I did virtually anything I could to avoid science classes. For some reason they didn’t interest me and bored me to death. The interesting thing was as a young boy I was totally enamored with astronauts and the United States efforts to put men on the moon and return them safely to earth. I loved the Apollo space program. Yet, I couldn’t make the leap to the science and engineering to make it all happen. Somewhere there was a disconnect.

Simple Steps to Begin Transforming a Negative, Toxic Workplace - Click To Read Article
Well, the good news is that solution is simple. The bad news is, its not that easy to implement.

3 Simple Strategies to Improve Your Bottom Line by Tapping Your Most Valuable Asset, Your People - Click To Read Article
Learn the two issues that impact the bottom line of manufacturing companies today and what you can do about them.

Why 44% of Today’s Leaders Are Unhappy With Their Employees’ Performance - Click To Read Article
In a survey whose results were released this week, 70% of those struggling business leaders also believe they need a new approach to how they communicate.

3 Reasons Under-Performing Employees In Your Company Are Not At Fault - Click To Read Article
Learn the three primary mistakes business leaders make that prevent employees from being engaged in their workplace and contributing at higher levels.

Level 1 Leadership Communication - Becoming the Leader You Want/Need to Be - Click To Read Article
You'd think a 26 year old would be thrilled with an early promotion to VP/GM, right? Find out why I wasn't and what I learned from the experience and what YOU can learn from my experience!

Great Leaders Master "Level 2 Leadership Communication" - Motivating the Team as a Team - Click To Read Article
Learn the 3 T's of Leadership Motivational Communication: what to say, when to say it and how to say it!

Great Leaders Master "The 3 Levels of High-Performance Leadership Communication" - Click To Read Article
Level 3 Leadership Communication is about connecting with the individuals on a team so that the leader understands what uniquely motivates each. Discover what Level 3 entails and what the major roadblock to its successful implementation is.

Just Because You Are "Listening" Doesn't Mean Your People Feel "Heard" - Click To Read Article
Listening is not the same as hearing and paying attention. As a leader you must learn to not only listen but ensure your staff know they have been heard.

World Class Customer Service - Creating & Delivering It To Differentiate Your Company - Click To Read Article
How can a company with limited resources and with its products and services continually fighting commoditization differentiate itself with "world class" customer service?

Indirect Communication and How It Undermines Trust in Organizations - Click To Read Article
One of the most destructive communication sins when it comes to matters of trust within an organization is "indirect communication". Do you know what that is and how to deal with it?

Are You Trying To Make Pigs Fly (or Expecting Employees to Do Things They’re Not Cut Out to Do)? - Click To Read Article
Do you employees fail to live up to your expectations? Are they aware of your expectations? Or are you trying to make pigs fly?

Do You Want to Train Your People or Do You Want to Fix the Problem? - Click To Read Article
Training is not a panacea for all the ills of an organization. Often companies consider training to solve their problems but sometimes it is just a bandaid fix which only lasts as long as the bandaid!

Lack of Confidence Causes the Costly “Avoid & Tolerate” Leadership Style - Click To Read Article
Avoid and Tolerate leadership stems from a lack of confidence in one's ability to lead and communicate effectively. What do companies need to do to create stronger, more confident leaders?

Is Being a “Mind Reader” Part of Your Organization’s Job Descriptions? - Click To Read Article
Tired of second guessing and making incorrect assumptions in your organization and then being punished for it?

Leading Is Like Playing the Guitar - Click To Read Article
When you want your teams to play beautiful music, you need to teach and encourage them to fine tune themselves.

Teamwork Never Fails, Individuals Fail Teamwork - Click To Read Article
When is a team not a team? Regardless of your definition of what constitutes a team and teamwork, at the end of the day, it is all about the individual employee and the impact of their efforts on overall productivity.

40-Year Old Communication Myth Busted, Words Not Body Language, Are the Foundation of Successful Communication - Click To Read Article
Join the debate about whether words or body language are the more powerful form of communication. People can fake body language signals and they can tell verbal lies, so which of the two forms really are the most powerful and reliable?

The Secret Formula of Confident Leaders - Click To Read Article
Today's successful businesses know that it isn't micromanagement or bribes that attract and maintain a happy and productive workforce, it is the confidence and ability of their key leaders that makes the difference.

The 3 "C's" of Leading with Confidence - Click To Read Article
What are the "3 C's" of confident leaders? Do all leaders have them? Do they need them? How can you tell if you have them, and if not, if you need them.

Business Leaders: Here's a Simple Communication Strategy to Improve Employee Performance - Click To Read Article
This article identifies an important aspect of leadership communication. Many leaders continually focus on trying to change poor behavior in the workplace by telling people what they don't want them to do. They focus on the negative undesirable behavior. There is a better way that will get significantly better results, that is focusing on just the opposite and this article outlines strategies to do just that.

The #1 Leadership Communication Problem Preventing Your Employees from Doing Exactly What You Want - Click To Read Article
Communication is a catch-all phrase for things that go wrong in companies and relationships. Unfortunately, the concept is too ambiguous to do anything constructive to fix it. There are seven communication mistakes that lead to mis-understandings, and cause conflicts between co-workers, and bosses and their subordinates which lead to low morale and toxic work environments. These are the "The 7 Deadly Sins of Organizational Leadership Communication," and the least understood and most common of the sins is communicating with a lack of specificity.

Why Successful Organizational Leaders Burn Their Mission Statements - Click To Read Article
Organizational mission statements are, at best, invisible wallpaper in corporate offices and at their worst add to the incongruence between proclaimed values and actual values that creates low levels of trust in organizations. This article offers insights into the challenges of organizational mission statements and provides an alternative approach that is much more inspirational and motivational.

The 7 Deadly Sins of Organizational Leadership Communication - Click To Read Article
Effective communication is a key to effective leadership, yet there are seven common mistakes that leaders make that subconsciously sabotage their effectiveness and kill employee morale, motivation and productivity creating a negative and toxic work environment. This article provides an overview of the seven most common communication habits in which many leaders engage, along with the source and impact of each.





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