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In our last cast we discussed how to retain talent, in this one we continue the line of thinking of ensuring excellent employees with our take on the challenge of hiring stars. Unfortunately, there are managers who unconsciously hire people who can simply fog a mirror. This is a technical term I call #stupid. The goal is to hire the best person you can to ensure long term performance. Doing anythi...

In the Harry Bosch fictional novel series the main character lives by the phrase "everyone counts or no one counts". I coudn't agree more. How you treat your contingent workers shows a lot about your respect for employees. Make no mistake respecting all of your employees is a foundational strategy to creating an engaged workforce. This cast explores how you as a senior leader can ensure that your...

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I often encounter senior managers who make the decision to improve their organizational culture. They use slogans, exhortations, they post pretty pictures on the wall, they hand out values cards. They might even use accountability to drive out old culture adherents from the organization. News flash! All of this is a waste of effort and potentially destructive to the organization if it's all you do...

Have you ever had a manager working for you that you suspected had no idea what they were doing? Sure they said the right things, they seemed to be confident but. You just had this sneaking suspicion that there was nothing behind the words. In this cast we explore the gap between knowing and doing, or saying the right thing but not having any experience in doing the right thing. I walk you through...

In this special episode we interview my friend and colleague Jason Flejter. I explored the idea of stick in the mud managers with Jason learning his perspective on leading change. Jason's connects both the perspective of a shop floor employee and manufacturing executive. Jason shares how to help your direct report managers to increase their capacity and begin to embrace change. I invite you to joi...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it, that's not the way we do things around here. Every time i hear these two often repeated phrases I cringe. It seems to me this is lazy thinking. Okay sure there may actually be a valid reason somewhere in the distant past when the way we do things was designed that that way actually made sense. However, most of the time we hear these phrases it's just lazy thinking....

It is funny how some senior executives operate from a plug and play perspective. They hire leaders that already have the training, development, and experience needed such that they can put them in position and let them perform. There is a flaw in this perspective. If everyone did the same, where would we find the next generation of leader? No where... Perhaps you have different perspective and bel...

In Part One of Hair on Fire Managers we explored the number one reason why managers are so busy all the time. In this cast we dig a little deeper. The ability to prioritize is critical to managerial success and yet many mediocre managers act as if everything is important and they try to do everything. Newsflash folks if everything is critical, nothing is. The ability to prioritize is what enables...

My company Developing Leaders has developed a custom workshop addressing this very challenge. To learn more about how you can get your leadership team prepared to bring your employees back to the office connect with us at www.developingleadersinc.com  I invite you to join my mailing list at Developing Leaders Inc , where you will not only receive a free copy of my ebook on delegation but you will...

Covid?! We seem to be in an epidemic of busyness! Have you ever asked yourself why your managers are always so busy? It's as if being busy was a badge of success. Busy without direction is just a stupid waste of resource. In this cast we explore the primary reason many managers are stuck on the hamster wheel of busyness. They aren't solving the inevitable problems in their area to root cause. If y...