Leader Feeder by Unique Training & Development

How do you deal with the abrasive personalities that you interact with every day as a leader? One of our most popular and most requested topics is how to deal with abrasive people. These abrasive personalities could be your employees who report to you, or they could be your colleagues you interact with, or they […]

Can a leader be too nice? Are you trying to be so nice and friendly with your team that you are actually hurting your perceptions of leadership effectiveness with them and probably not achieving anywhere near what you could be with your team? The reality is many frontline leaders struggle with how friendly they should […]

How can you cross train your team to deepen your bench strength? You would think cross training is something most of us would embrace naturally. After all, wouldn’t it be great if so many members of your team could easily do the jobs of other team members? That is especially true when you have attendance […]

Can you push your team to do more? Now is a great time to think about how you can push your team to an even greater level of performance than they are able to achieve right now. In this current COVID-19 situation, which is when we are actually taping this segment,  it is amazing how […]

How can you, as a leader, start to lay the plans for your post crisis recovery? It’s time to think more positively about what you’re going to do as a leader to position your team and your organization for success post crisis. Eventually we’re going to get through the current situation and at that point, […]

It’s important to stay connected with your team as a leader, especially in uncertain times. Leaders have the tendency to become less supportive of their team in times of stress, when in fact they need to be even more supportive. When people are under stress, they have some interesting human behaviors and many people, instead […]

Why do you as a leader need to motivate yourself in order to motivate others? Taking care of yourself and focusing on self-care is important as a leader so you can be motivated enough to engage your team. The reality is, just like everyone else, leaders can become demotivated, frustrated, or even worried and anxious […]

How can you as the leader retain your level of confidence even in challenging times? The reality is that when you’re under stress and in uncertain times, it can test the resolve of many leaders to remain confident. Both about the short-term viability of the production environment, and the long-term success of the enterprise. Here […]

How do you as a leader set goals that maximize employee engagement? How high should you set goals so your team is the most motivated to achieve them? In the book Switch, How to Change Things when Change is Hard, written by Chip and Dan Heath, they tell the story of one of their friends […]

How can you, as a leader, focus on building your leadership habits even though you’re busy taking care of your day to day activities? Who hasn’t gone to a training session or a conference and written down a ton of ideas, only to come back and several weeks later look back and say, “Man, I […]

How can you add to your team rapidly and accelerate your hiring process, when business is booming because of the crisis or uncertainty out there? Even though a lot of businesses have had to cut back during this crisis, we’ve actually seen a number of companies having to rapidly scale up because the demand for […]

How can you as a leader lead a virtual team? There are special challenges to leading a virtual team and ways that you, as a leader can be more effective with these challenges. The first thing to realize is that trust often erodes with distance, so the fact you’re not around those people and talking […]

How should you as a leader lead during a crisis? How you lead your team through a crisis is definitely different compared with normal times. First of all, recognize that even though part of your role as a leader is to act as if nothing else has changed, that probably won’t fit in times of […]

Today, we’re going to be talking about stress-resiliency. In the video and podcast related to this week’s episode, you’ll see and hear the interview I did with stress resilience expert Brad Coulbeck. Brad is the author of the book The Resilient Mind: How to Achieve Success by Building Mental and Emotional Toughness. Here are the […]

Why should you as a leader, focus on eliminating frustrations and roadblocks for your team? Front line supervisors should be focused on making it easier for their teams to achieve results. Employees can get irritated when, despite their best efforts, the system seems to block them from being able to achieve the desired results. They […]

What do you do when people take too much time socializing when they should be working? It’s a tough situation because most people think a little bit of socializing is okay, it’s only when it gets carried away that it becomes a problem. This is all based on the concept that a steady pace of […]

How do you, as the leader, get people to do the less desirable jobs on your team? Inevitably, there are some jobs employees prefer not to do. It’s important you rotate employees through those less desirable jobs so it doesn’t create favoritism or reverse favoritism punishment. How can you reduce the resistance? Give them a […]

How can you as a front line supervisor deal with dominant personalities on your team? There are two types of defensiveness people use to protect themselves. Passive defensive, and aggressive defensive. We’re not going to focus on passive defensive, which simply means  the person protects themself by laying low and following the rules and checking […]

How can conflict increase performance? It shouldn’t be a surprise to hear that conflict is usually viewed in a negative way. After all, it can either be destructive or it could create breakthroughs in a positive way. Remember  conflict is totally natural and normal at work. There will be disagreements over methods or goals, and […]

How can you as a front line leader help teams solve problems better and unlock greater potential in your team? In our training, we use interactive survival simulations, and it’s fair to say the teams that participate in the training don’t always do as well as they would like. Let’s look at some of the […]

How can you as a supervisor become more confident during a disciplinary talk? One of the least favorite parts of being a supervisor is having a disciplinary talk with an employee who has either broken the rules or had an unacceptable performance. There are several reasons why leaders don’t look forward to these talks. First, […]

Knowing when to dive in and when to step back is a key skill for any leader. When should you, as the leader, dive in and maybe even micromanage on a short-term basis, and when should you step back and let your team take charge of a situation? Nobody likes it when they’re micromanaged. You […]

Does your company make promises during the recruiting process that don’t resemble an employee’s actual experience in your company? You may have experienced this yourself. Remember a job you accepted that didn’t reflect the reality of what you experienced after you started the job? It could have been due to a variety of different elements […]

How can you get your newer employees to identify stupid rules? You could make your workplace more appealing and discover opportunities to improve things by tapping into the fresh perspectives that newer workers bring to the workplace. A new person joining your workplace is going to have a totally different experience than the employees who’ve […]

Is it better to listen to your gut, or should you go with what the data says? Your gut is a culmination of all the experiences you’ve had and the emotions that went along with those experiences. Your gut does tell you a lot, and your intuition is important. I have my pilot’s license, even […]