Your Morning Commute

Did you do the challenge yesterday, laid out in episode 236? If you did, I would love to hear from you. Take if further and ensure you are journaling on  your daily - intentional - workplace culture impacts. What is coming up for you? At the end of the week - look back and celebrate your work and see if there are any trends yet - then keep going. Listen for more in the 237th episode of #YourM...

If you want to get results you have to put in the work - period! New Year, New You - have you heard it, or said it? Well - did it work? It did if you put the work in but fail short if you didn't. Changing habits takes focus, effort and daily actions. What impact are you making in YOUR workplace culture TODAY? Listen in for more on today's 236th episode of #YourMorningCommute

How are you intentionally renovating your workplace culture for the future? Your employees are the future that powers ideas, innovation, and success in your teams and your company every day.  A strong culture can provide the right fuel to nurture and empower your teams. Are you reinforcing leader to leader, how you can learn from one another and create an environment that enables each other t...

I have to admit it, DISRUPTION is one of my favorite words. To me it brings in so many opportunities to level up, to innovate - when you do it intentionally and publicly call out those intentions. Often, especially in 2020 we found all the disruptions caused fear, created chaos and an overall great unsettling. Today on the 234th episode of #YourMorningCommute I encourage you to flip the coin - get...

What doesn't derail you makes you stronger...leadership derailers include impulse control, problem solving, independence and stress tolerance. Admittedly, 2020 has been challenging to say the least but as we look ahead into 2021 what have you learned that can further strengthen your leadership and your workplace culture? Take 3 minutes today and listen to the 233rd episode of #YourMorningCommute t...

A leader who embodies competencies around authenticity, coaching, insight, and innovation is likely to increase employee engagement, create trust, and foster organizational commitment and loyalty. Today on the 232nd episode of #YourMorningCommute, I focus on Self-Actualization - one element inside of each of those leadership competency spheres. Listen in for more.

One of the best ways to reinforce your workplace culture is to recognize those aligned behaviors. Meaning reward and recognize your team members for doing the 'right' things - those actions that align to your values - to your workplace culture boundaries of what right looks like, sounds like, feels like, what is said, and what is done. Make it a habit moving forward to reward more aligned behavior...

I am always amazed when I hear someone say they don't know what their boss expects of them. I simply say "have you asked", they usually respond no, then "if you don't know, I recommend you ask." There are a ton of ways you can get on the same page but going right to the source and asking that simple question to seek clarity is the shortest line and way to get there. Listen in for more on today's 2...

As a leader are you delegating effectively, communicating effectively and building a stronger team? Are you helping them or hindering them? Reverse your role when delegating and allow your team member to help you unpack your ask. Today on the 229th episode of #YourMorningCommute I challenge you to do just that...let me know how it goes.

I found a wonderful little sign on one of my clients desks recently "Some days the best thing about my job is my chair spins."  Of course I laughed, took a picture and then my head started spinning (in a good way) about #workplace #culture and how spinning chaos motivates us or pulls us down. Today on the 228th episode of #YourMorningCommute I unpack 'spinning' a little and challenge you for...

When is the last time you reflected on your role in employee engagement? Are you driving engagement or perhaps hindering it a bit. Listen to today's quick 3 minute #YourMorningCommute for a bit of a challenge to get you going.

Are you assessing your teams trust? The one thing you should never do is assume trust is already established or that is will remain without continuous care. Yes or No on some seemingly simple questions from you and your immediate team? Remember trust is a 3-legged stool. You and your team, your team and you, team member to team member. I feel like my ideas are heard. I feel that my opinion matters...

How would you go about measuring and improving your self-awareness? Increasing self-awareness is also a matter of professional development. You can view it on the same priority tier as attending workshops, reading books by industry leaders, or other forms of leveling-up.

Are you proud of your PIMP? Do I have your attention yet, yes I typed PIMP but not in the way you are thinking. Personal Increased Momentum Plan (PIMP) The sum of PIMPs = TIMP Take 5 minutes today to listen to the 224th episode of #YourMorningCommute and take the PIMP challenge.

Have you ever been let down? Have you ever been frustrated? Have you ever been heartbroken and felt deep disappointment? I certainly have all of those, even this week but it's time to get outside of my head and your head and rewrite the script. Listen to today's 4 minute #YourMorningCommute for how I do just that, get outside of my head and help my clients and their team members flip the script to...

When employees are unhappy, it creates a lot more work for leadership. Setting the direction and inspiring follow-ship all while you’re experiencing the same COVID challenges isn’t easy. But it’s your job to make sure your teams perform despite these obstacles. So you put on your game face — and you put out fires as they arise. Lots of times it feels like you’re in constant problem solving mode. B...

What are some traits leaders commonly misunderstand? It’s rare that we understand our actions or bother to wonder why we acted the way that we did. Taking the time to stop and think about how we really feel about any given situation is something that most of us are unaccustomed to doing. Leaders may find that they become frustrated when attempting to solve problems or get angry when a team member...

What drives team cohesion? What is a cohesive team? What actions can you take towards cohesiveness? If team cohesion is as simple as having one unified goal, then why do so many teams struggle with this? One key factor is self-awareness. A lack of self-awareness can cause even a team with clear goals to fumble. If individuals don’t understand themselves, it will be difficult to interpret how to in...

Culture is conveyed through communication and a common language. All businesses develop their own ways of communicating. This refers not only to "what" is communicated, but also "how," "by whom" and through which formal and informal information channels. Understanding your culture, therefore, requires studying the modes of communication that are used to convey business guidance and procedural prot...

Sooooo many process changes have taken place in 2020 but where are you now - are those processes working (meaning removed all obstacles)? Did you adjust with intent to completely remove the problem or are you still dealing with elements not working in your processes. Delegate, take back, delegate, take back, repeat issues???? Listen in to today's #YourMorningCommute for more. 

Communication either helps or hurts your workplace culture. Today's challenge is ask your team to track for a week or so - from a communication standpoint - what you need to stop, start, continue doing. Listen to today's 217th episode of #YourMorningCommute for examples to get you started. 

Your habits create your final outcomes...so ask yourself today - what are the habits you have created yourself and for your team? Are they helping further define and protect your workplace culture and causing your train to go off the tracks?

Today on the #YourMorningCommute - let's take a check in on your personal Impulse Control and the impact it makes with your team and overall workplace culture. Give yourself the gift of 5 minutes to listen to the questions and exercises, then rate yourself and dial in on what triggers you into a positive or negative of reaction.

How clear are your leadership roles? The last time you diagnosed an individual or a team that is lacking in leadership - did you go back and look at the pipeline and ask if there is needed work to be done there as well? It is easy to point out the person - but what about the cause - the support you gave them each time they were promoted with new roles and responsibilities. Your financials are defi...

November is a month we generally give more thanks - even in 2020 there are things we need and can celebrate. Are you intentionally aligning how you reward and recognize your team straight back to aligned behaviors and workplace culture values? If not, here's your opportunity to rethink, redesign, and realign.