High Impact Leaders

The best team-building ideas for 2022 may surprise you. As teams come back to the office, we are experiencing never-before-seen team challenges. For instance, let’s say that you started a new career during the pandemic. It took a while to get into the swing of things since you were working from home for the first year. But now, you understand your job role. You have also gotten to know some of you...

Want to build leaders from within? If you own or run a business you have two choices. You could search for leaders in the marketplace and try to convince them to join your team. Alternatively, you can build leaders from within your organization. When you do the latter, you have the potential to create enthusiasm within your team. You are creating a culture of growth and energy. (It is actually che...

Team Cooperation-7 Valuable Ways to Build Team Collaboration at Work The fourth stage of team development is to build team cooperation and team collaboration. This is part five of a six-part series on how to develop highly effective teams. Just like previous stages of developing teamwork, this stage of leadership development is progressive. So, you will get the best results if you have already spe...

Conflict resolution in the workplace can be challenging if the trust level is low or your team is under stress. In this episode, we cover seven turnkey strategies that you can use for conflict resolution in your workplace. This is part four of a six-part series Characteristics of Highly Effective Teams. Last week we covered how to build trust and a team culture within your group. The focus of this...

Team Trust is the most important step in building a highly effective team. In this episode, we cover 7 expert ways to build trust in your team. This is part three of a six-part series on the Five Characteristics of High-Performing Teams. In each of the sessions, we will cover one of the component steps to creating a team culture. In the first part, we gave an overview of each of the five steps to...

This week is part two of a six-part series on how to Create Highly Effective Teams . On this episode, we will go into more detail on the value of vision statements , value statements, and mission statements. Between you and I, this is one of those exercises that when I first started my company, I thought was a complete waste of time. It seem like an academic chore that really had no value. Then, ...

This week We are starting a six-part series on how to create highly effective teams. This week, I give an overview of the entire process and show, step-by-step how to create the system in your own organization. Then, over the next five weeks, I'll go into each component in a little more detail. The Five steps to creating a Highly Effective Team Highly Effective Teams are Mission-Oriented. Hig...

This week I interview another High Impact Leader. Karen Zaderej who is the CEO and Chair of the Board for Axogen. Her company specializes in helping surgeons complete very advanced high-tech and microscopic surgery. In the interview, she gives us some fascinating creative solutions to how they tackled challenges during the Covid crisis. For instance, part of what they do is train surgeons to be ab...

Looking for a great way to build the holiday spirit and morale in your workplace? These Christmas team building activities can help. I’ve broken these fun team-building activities into three main categories to make it easy to find the perfect team event for your group. First, we’ll talk about Christmas team building events for small groups. Next, I’ll share some of my favorite activities for large...

This is the third of three episodes about how to build wealth. This time, we cover how to create multiple streams of income and get your money to work for you. (Even if you don't have any money right now.) Here are a few excerpts from the episode... Broke people work for money. Wealthy people get their money to work for them. The old adage is “You need to have money to make money.” That is mi...

In the last episode, I mentioned that employers pay most people exactly what they are worth. When I say this, sometimes people will argue with me. “My boss doesn’t pay me enough!” or “I deserve way more salary than what I’m being paid.” My answer is always the same. If your services were worth more to the marketplace, you’d automatically be making more money. The good news is that you can immediat...

Most get rich quick schemes will eventually just make you poorer. However, if you want to know how to build wealth, there are a few simple strategies that are time-tested. Building wealth is not complicated. It is actually very simple. In fact, most wealthy people use these (or similar) strategies to get rich slowly. Although, with a little sacrifice and risk-taking, you can shorten the time frame...

Generations in the Workplace. A client recently asked me to do some research on the differences between the generations in the workplace. Specifically, she wanted to know about the different styles of communication between different ages. I like to think of myself as a communication expert. Granted, those who work around me will likely argue with that diagnosis. However, I have to admit, some of t...

These Are Our Best Zoom Games for Remote Teams. (No Cheesy Games Allowed!) Just as a reminder, even great games to play on Zoom that aren’t tied into the purpose of the meeting can fall flat. So, the most important thing to keep in mind when you play a virtual game is to make sure the game has a purpose in the regular meeting. If you just play a fun game, the group may appreciate that you are doin...

We had a slight pause in podcast episodes over the last couple of weeks because your healthy and athletic host (sarcasm) ended up getting Covid-19. So, I start this session by telling you my story and about some of the interesting things that I learned about the virus by going through quarantine. etc. The topic of the episode, though, is fun games to play on Zoom with your coworkers. So, if becaus...

This week, I'm interviewing another High Impact Leader, Sara Warren (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarawarrensphr/) who is VP of HR for Norwex (https://norwex.biz/) which is a direct sales organization. So, her organization's culture is based on high-touch both for her hundreds of employees and the thousands of independent contractors within her team as well. In this episode, she takes us...

This week, I'm interviewing another High Impact Leader, Chris Carr is the CEO of FaroTech. I asked Chris on as a guest because of a couple of really cool things that he has done. First, over the last decade or so, he and his team have created a really well-designed system for marketing. In addition, though, he and his team went through the ramp-up that a lot of us are experiencing now with pe...

This week, I'm interviewing another High Impact Leader, Candice Kingston. She is an expert on a topic that, I have to admit, I had never even heard of a year or so ago but comes up very frequently in conversations now -- she specializes in helping people move through imposture syndrome. Basically, this is that situation where you have a success, but then you minimize the success in your mind....

This week, I'm interviewing another High Impact Leader, Paige Mejia. I don't want to give away too much, but Paige has one of the most fun jobs that I can think of. In the interview, she gives us a lot of great tips on how to network for success and build a family atmosphere within your team environment. We had a blast recording the interview, and I think you guys are going to absolutely...

My guest today is Kevin Urrutia with Voy Media and he specializes in helping companies scale by using social media. He also is the host of Digital Marketing Fastlane. podcast.  His company Voy has been able to scale during the Covid Pandemic, while moving from an office setting to 100% remote teams. The reason that I have invited Kevin on the show is that Voy has created a really fun and family-st...

In this session, I interview Rebecca Rausch with Neon Lizard Creative (https://www.neonlizardcreative.com/) who is an expert on helping organizations create effective branding based on the core values of the company. In the episode, she gives us a few case studies of some of her clients who have used marketing to increase income during the Covid Pandemic. In fact, one of them started his company i...

Looking for the best way to deliver an effective impromptu speech? You will want to master two components. First, you want to reduce your nervousness so your audience sees your response as credible. Then, you want to deliver a credible response so your audience sees you as the expert. If you are new to public speaking, an impromptu speech is one where you have to speak on short notice. So you won’...

Now that you have your hiring criteria, what questions need to be asked at the interview? Well, in addition to determining the skills needed and the personality needed, you also want to discover one additional thing. Does the candidate mesh well with your company culture? Here are a few tips to help you start off on the right track. Ask the same questions to every candidate. This will let you comp...

Job Interview Tips to Help You Make the Best Hiring Decision Over the years, I’ve made some stellar hiring decisions. On the other hand, I’ve also made some catastrophic blunders as well. Eventually, I figured out a system that has allowed me to hire excellent candidates with lower turnover. I had to learn these job interview tips through the school of hard knocks. Hopefully, you will be able to l...

Small Businesses are always looking for new lead generation ideas , but many of the things that entrepreneurs do before they even make their first cold call or before they attend their first business card exchange practically ensure that they actually fail in the Lead Generation department.  Folks say that “Experience is the best teacher,” but that is really only about half right. In fact, “Someon...