Coaching Points

Here are 8 red flags that could lead to groupthink...

Here are 7 ways to coach constructive conflict... 

You may remember Blackberry, but do you remember one of the key reasons for its downfall?  

Groupthink is like cooking the same meal over and over and never taste testing... 

Conflict is like a sculptor's chisel. It can create something of value, OR break things apart... 

When it comes to meetings, LESS is more... 

1 minute... that's all the time you'll have when delivering important leadership messages. 

Groupthink happens when consensus becomes more important than correctness...

“Grit” is a personality trait that can be nurtured. It's the gravitational force that pulls you through tough times. Grit requires resilience and focus so you can bounce back and stay the course. It's a vital life skill and a vital professional skill. But it takes practice. Here are 4 things that gritty people have in common...

Performance reviews are some of the most stressful conversations of the year. No one likes being judged (and no one likes passing judgment)! So everyone gets uncomfortable! Even your more positive reviews can be a challenge, and here’s why...  

A good pep-talk isn’t what you might think. Movies depict pep talks that are passionate, emotional, and eloquent. That may work in Hollywood, but it rarely works in business! 

All your good employees are flight risks because other companies want them, too. Even low performers get job offers, because they interview way better than they work. In fact, that may be why you hired them in the first place!

A “quiet quitter” isn't a flight risk, and they're going to stick around for as long as you let them! 

When people feel uncertain, their stress “increases” and their productivity “decreases”... 

Now’s the time to raise expectations across the board. Remember, the best way to increase your “team's productivity” is to improve everyone's productivity. 

Did you know, that the highest rate of burnout occurs with middle-managers? In fact just last year, a record 43% of middle managers surveyed said they were burned out... 

If you manage for long enough, you'll lead through a recession. And one's likely coming! But a recession is not the end of the world. 

High achievers hold themselves accountable to higher “personal standards”.  But here's the problem - A lot of people confuse 'standards' with 'desire'...

The World Health Organization is worried about burnout, and you should be, too. They define burnout, as “chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.” And research shows that 59% of American workers are experiencing at least moderate levels of burnout... 

In a recession, things are going to change. And change always meets resistance... 

Some employees can be very demanding, and when they're high performers, you might feel like you have to put up with their aggressive behavior...

A “servant leader” operates in a way that makes people “less dependent” on their leadership, while a “hero leader” operates in a way that makes people “more dependent” on their leadership.

You can’t just dismiss a negative thought. If something’s bothering you, it will keep gnawing away at you until you replace it with another thought. This is a psychological principle known as the “Law of Substitution”.  

“Leadership” is the process of influencing behavior, but an employee’s “behavior” is a choice that they get to make. Not you! 

Charles Darwin said that it's not the “strongest of species” that survives, nor the “most intelligent”. It's the one that is “most adaptable to change"...