Managing To The Bottom

Managing To The Bottom

Managing To The Bottom Every leader has undoubtedly encountered that one aggravating team member who is always pushing the limits. Perhaps they’ve turned leaving early into a habit, or they over surf the internet on the company clock, or spend hours talking to their...
I Understand Is Miscommunication

I Understand Is Miscommunication

I Understand Is Miscommunication In the process of communication, we frequently hear a term that on the surface appears to suggest good communication is in play and is spot on, but in reality, this phrase causes enormous miscommunication on a rather significant level....
What Causes Leaders To Fail

What Causes Leaders To Fail

What Causes Leaders To Fail Over the past twenty-five years, The Employers Edge, our organizational development and talent management company, has been tracking the character and skill competencies that are most frequently causing leaders to fail or fall short of...
Good Training Is Driven By Outcomes

Good Training Is Driven By Outcomes

Good Training Is Driven By Outcomes The lesson to take note of here in professional sports is that every action they take, every thought they have leads to an outcome.  The process is never the focus. Yet at the basis of so many leadership and team training programs...
Work Should Be A Beautiful Place

Work Should Be A Beautiful Place

Work Should Be A Beautiful Place If you want to get the absolute best an employee has to give to the organization, start by putting that employee in a beautiful place.  Start by thinking that the job the organization relies on them to do is not just a job. It is the...
Effectively Empowering People

Effectively Empowering People

Effectively Empowering People Have you ever found yourself in the situation as a leader where your people have asked to be more empowered, so you empower them as asked, but they don’t pick up the ball on the task they were empowered to do.  So naturally, you take the...