Your Morning Commute

How do you attract and retain younger generations - all generations for that matter - the answer is in your culture. Succession planning can be easy once you get focused and started. But all the efforts in the world won't help unless you focus on your culture first. Why, the answers to how you attract and retain top notch employees, resides in your work environment. It's not easy work at times, bu...

Have you received any resignations this month? Surprised? When an employee resigns, often they had already resigned emotionally a long time ago. Even more often they feel like their leader resigned on them first. All resignations can't be prevented but I would argue most can. Are you working on the offense or defense when it comes to your employees engagement and retention. Is your culture helping...

Did you know we have over 35K decisions to make in a day. Crazy right... How many 'rules' do you break during your decision making process on a daily basis?  Should your final judgement be objective or subject or it depends? How clear is all of this in your work environment, you know that little thing called your CULTURE?

Have you ever stopped and truly thought about and then processed how many communication interactions you have with your individual team members, entire team, on all platforms, on a given day, on a given year and then realized along the way that something probably didn't go the way you intended it. Misunderstood, misinterpreted, failed opportunity to further connect and or clarify something. Yikes...

We are still over complicating it all - not sure why - but we are - I see it all the time, don't you? On today's 357th episode of #YourMorningCommute - one location - one over arching leader - many teams - poor to great. The great team was FOCUSED and aligned with their purpose to serve and the others - not so much.  There are pockets of amazing teams inside of your company - do you know why?...

Are you struggling retaining and attracting talent? My head is swarming with all the reasons around the deep hole companies are going into - that black hole of open positions and talent leaving on the daily.  I recently saw a Burger King sign that said "Please tell management, we all resigned, sorry for the inconvenience." And so many other signs like it. Screaming to leadership - you have to...

Are you in middle management? Or manage those in the middle? Are you feeling the pressure? I get you...it's taking a toll and it's always been hard but getting harder. Take a couple of minutes this morning and listen to today's call out and suggestions to move forward with good intentions.

What does it mean to be a purpose driven leader? What characteristics are common with those leaders? Are you one? Take 4 minutes today and listen to the 355th episode of #YourMorningCommute to reveal the ten common core skills it takes to be a purpose driven leader and then ask yourself - how do you measure up and even deeper...how can you continue to level up?

How can I add value? I ask this question often to my clients and encourage them to ask that question of themselves to their team members. This question frequency catches people off guard and they give me a response of "good question", then they proceed with an answer or "let me think about that." Regardless of the response - it makes you and them listen in a different way, think and process in a d...

Have you ever felt 'different'? Different mindset? Taking different actions? Not necessarily fitting into the supposed norm... If you raised your hand and are shaking your head yes, "yep that's me", GOOD. I am inviting you, encouraging you to be or become courageous - it takes being different more often than not. Courage to show up, courage to talk about topics others won't, and have tough convers...

It's about your people, it's always been about people and it will ALWAYS be about your PEOPLE. To become a high-performance organization, you must address people issues before they get out of hand because when people leave...cash bleeds. Yep - I said it, cash bleeds and a ton of other things too...the list is long. And shifting your company culture the way you want, envision and desire becomes nex...

Meetings, meetings, meetings, and more meetings. You know the meeting after the meeting that leads into the next meeting. Are you guilting of too many meetings or just BAD meetings? Do you start on time, end on time, provide an agenda and stick to them? Are you adding value to the work day? Are you taking action on the input? Are you tracking who is supposed to do what after the meeting and by whe...

I don't know about you, but I loathe being in the dark and I am going to go out on a limb and say I bet you and your team members don't like it either.  One of the best ways to create and build trust is through open lines of communication and maintaining consistent transparency. That my friends equals deeper employee engagement. The more we see the bigger picture and the role we play, the mor...

If you can't define your organizational culture type, then you don't know if YOU and those you hire and retain are aligned - not to mention are your values aligned. How can you truly define what right looks like, if you can't define the core structure to create synergies around. Today on the 349th episode of #YourMorningCommute - I drill down into 4 basic organizational culture types and then ask...

Oh no...I hope you aren't 'message dancing.'  You know, not being clear about expectations. Dancing around hard conversations, tough conversations, need to be had conversations. Don't dance - be clear. It's the right thing to do. Strong workplace cultures are built on great - open - clear communication that build trust and clarity of what right looks like, feels like, sounds like. Fog is hard...

Well it's here, not just coming, but here... Depending on how intentional YOU and your company have been on the day to day basis to ensure your team members are feeling seen, valued and heard...will determine how quickly they will start to jump ship when a recruiter calls to try and entice them away from you. Retention is simply when you remain focused on what right looks like. Every team members...

When I think about what gets in the way of great results...it's the soft skills. The human element, our relationships, our attitude toward work and others. Today, I am challenging you to move beyond "I am fine" and "everything is fine." Being a courageous leader means you need to go beyond and behind mediocre to get to the other side. How will you show up today?

All businesses claim to value their employees and to be committed to a culture that recognizes and rewards employee achievements. But success in this effort may be elusive, particularly if employers only half-heartedly embrace an “employee-centric” culture. How are you recognizing, rewarding, aligning your values, your culture to that of your goals.  I provide 3 tips today - take 4 minutes an...

Are you still struggling to find your flow? Might I suggest, keeping it simple and go back to your basics, your fundamentals. Never lose sight of your foundation - be deliberate, intentional on how you get things done for the greater good - the bigger picture. Stop the madness for yourself and then your team and organization - get back into an intentional flow. What does right look like?????? Ep 3...

"Calm Down"...those words have been known to trigger me. What triggers you? Or "Don't get mad when I tell you this..." that's another one. With either of those - if I wasn't mad or upset or anxious before - well I am now. Stress is all around us and impacting our mindset, our team, and our culture ON THE DAILY...I get you. Take 4 minutes and listen to todays 343rd episode of the #YourMorningCommut...

Have you ever lost a day to lack of focus or stress or perhaps apathy has set in...when you add up a day a week for the year, you have lost a month a year.  Yikes! What are you pushing off today or yesterday that is actually further derailing you and your workplace culture?

Are you someone others want to follow? Do you drive and articulate a clear vision, sense of purpose? For the past week we have dove into six principles of leadership to self assess and then assess others on your team. Today is the final principle. Take 3 minutes and listen in...341st episode of #YourMorningCommute

Understanding the big picture and driving towards it is on my mind this morning to protect your team, your culture, and your vision. Where do you stand on this leadership principle number five?

Do you value helping others?  Do you identify ways to help others? Do you believe everyone deserves and has a desire to learn new skills? Leadership principle number four is focused on just this...take 3 minutes to listen to today 339th episode of #YourMorningCommute

Accountability training continues to be one of the most requested training workshop series.  Soooo, yep it is absolutely one of the six leadership principles. It starts with clear expectations.  Take 3 minutes and listen to todays 338th episode of #YourMorningCommute to get your head focused on results through accountability today.