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Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Unfortunately, global statistics show that most organizations don’t have effective leaders. The truth is that the vast majority of people in "leadership positions" aren’t trained to be leaders! Even those who may have pursued advanced bus...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Effective leaders are frequently characterized as "passionate." They are deeply committed to their cause, their leadership style, and their positive influence on others. However, patience is not a trait commonly linked to business owners,...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! In our continuing series on culture trends for 2024, we discuss some current organizational culture trends outlined in this article from OC Tanner . We are passionate about culture, and how it impacts the most important part of any organization, th...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Let's face it, the Pandemic changed the way we look at work. Since 2020, there have been several new areas of focus in our work environments that in many ways, have contributed to a growing divide between organizations and their employees. Con...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! The red lights are flashing on the business leadership dashboard. The reason? A notable drop in trust in leadership. Only 21% of employees strongly agree that they trust their organizations' leadership. Since the pandemic, there has been a dow...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Effective leadership hinges on strong communication skills. Successful leaders must excel in communication, as it is essential for conveying tasks and inspiring and instilling confidence in their teams. This, in turn, drives the organization toward...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Despite companies spending $15 billion annually on managerial and leadership development, bad bosses remain prevalent in the workforce. Staying in a bad work situation with a toxic boss may seem more secure than leaving, it comes with many risks. A...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! AI is now the fix for well, just about everything. Have a problem at work, AI has a solution. There are several things that AI can help improve; however, leadership is not one of them, especially when it comes to one-on-one communication with your...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Developing leadership competencies is crucial, but they can become underutilized or lost without a structured system to support and reinforce these skills. A leadership system serves as a framework that aligns the organization’s vision, goals, and...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Reflection is the well-kept secret of effective leadership. Although some people are naturally more introspective than others, everyone can improve his or her ability to reflect, and therefore to grow and learn. Effective leaders step back, reflect...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! In this ongoing series, we explore case studies that examine the impact of personal character on leadership. We delve into how perseverance and resolve can steer you through crises, and conversely, how avarice and deceit can foster a harmful work e...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Diversity in both work and life encourages the exploration of different viewpoints, stimulates innovation and creativity, and enhances problem-solving and decision-making processes. Through diversity, our preferences, lifestyles, upbringings, and b...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Great leaders are often celebrated for their achievements. However, it’s the challenges and setbacks they face that truly distinguish the good from the great. It is through dealing with fear, uncertainty, frustration, and failure that leaders gain...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! You've read every book on the subject, attended every seminar, listened to every podcast, and have the mug and t-shirt to prove it. You consider yourself well-read and wise beyond your years, but do you know how to apply that learning and wisd...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! How often in our conversations do we hold up just short of telling the other person, or persons, everything they need to hear? It may be a painful part of the conversation we hesitate to approach for fear of offending people even though it is exact...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Being an Achiever is not easy, especially these days. That is to say, striving to be truly excellent and exceptional at something is difficult for a number of reasons. It is challenging, demanding, high-energy, self-disciplined, consistent, and pas...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! How often do we find ourselves putting off the things that should matter the most to us? Those things that will have the greatest impact on not only our own lives but the lives of those around us. What if putting off those things means the differen...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! How often are we guilty of just reading the headline and immediately coming to our conclusions without ever reading the article? Digging deeper to find out exactly what the story was all about? How about in the workplace when you see a person'...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! The answers to the question would be:  A – Boss, B – Greedy Boss, C – Good Boss, D – Leader. How would you answer?  A boss is someone who simply gives orders, expects them to be followed, and focuses primarily on achieving goals at any cost. A lead...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Leadership is characterized by the complex and diverse nature of human values, which can be fluid, contradictory, and at times, difficult to define. This is why human elements such as common sense, continuous learning, adapting on the fly, understa...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! As the labor market cools, companies are increasing their efforts to bring workers back to the office, though not necessarily requiring them to come in five days a week. The trend towards remote work is still ongoing, with some employers enforcing...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! As job coaches, Maikel and I have seen a disturbing trend in the practice of HR ghosting candidates after multiple interviews.  This is starting to become an expected trend for several of our job seekers that we work with. Ghosting candidates after...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! We live in a society where instant gratification has become the norm. For some reason, leadership has become something that is now a fast-track exercise. Global surveys on leadership, as well as employee feedback, show that the fast track isn'...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! How many times have you felt as a leader that people just aren't listening to what you have to say? You start to feel as if nothing you say has any importance at all to the people you are talking to, regardless of who they are in the organizat...

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! In part 2 of this series, we go even further down the rabbit hole of narcissistic behavior in leadership. These are the folks who could give a toxic culture an even worse name. These are the relationship manipulators, rumor starters, dirt gatherers...