Your Morning Commute

It's not the no's you and your team say, it is the YES's that go unfinished. It's the yes you said you or your team said they were committed to that remain unfinished. That is why you and your team are getting frustrated or the feeling of being on a hamster wheel. Today's episode about workplace culture covers this very topic. If you are ready, hit play to level up your workplace culture today. Re...

You know the saying "one bad apple ruins the whole basket." Well it is true. I am always amazed how long companies hold onto toxic team members. Their 'rottenness' spread throughout your team and organization and completely damages and undermines the good in your workplace culture. Once you have defined they are in the right role, clear on expectations, given guidance, support, feedback and specif...

Our days remain full minute by minute, agree? If so, how deliberate are you about how you and your team are spending those working minute by minutes to remain priority focused and aligned on tasks getting done. How clear are you about deadlines? Before setting deadlines are your reviewing capacity in roles to achieve those said deadlines. Often capacity is but a myth - confused with poor communica...

If matching making (candidates to employers) is getting harder, it seems like more attention needs to be place on retaining those team members you already have, right! If you knew 1 out of 5 team members were going to leave over the next 6 months and they told you ahead of time why - would you do something about it? Right now that is what's happening and they are leaving due to: Inflexible work op...

I don't know about you but staying motivated, focused and not feeling like the life is being sucked out of you can at times be a daily task...but it doesn't have to be that way. When is the last time you intentionally fueled your talent (your baby) (your passion) (your skills)? Are you deliberate about fulfilling your calling? If you aren't then who is? And you probably aren't ensuring the talent...

Did you know on average a fifth of your new hires leave after their first 45 days? You may know that, but do you know why? Yesterday on the podcast I talked about becoming a salesperson to get more of your job offers accepted, so today it is about fulfilling the promises made during those selling days, those interviews days. Are you fulfilling how you described the values, the workplace culture, w...

When I was a young teenager, I recall my father telling me that everyone sells. Regardless of their title or role in a company - life is about selling. That advise planted all those years ago has remained with me and comes up often. We all do sell (influence) daily in some way shape or form. Today on the 430th episode of #YourMorningCommute I ask you if you have shifted your mindset on how you att...

Are you an empathic leader? A compassionate leader? Would you consider yourself as a flexible leader? Both empathy and flexibility are needed with high performing teams and successful workplace cultures. How you define both and set expectations on both is critical to your success as well. It isn't enough to be flexible but rather knowing when and how flexibility shows up in your culture. What are...

Most, if not all are familiar with the term Code Blue.  I don't know about you but I have worked in a couple of companies that needed their workplace culture resuscitated. The sad part is the owners didn't see it that way or didn't want to recognize it. Today on the 428th episode of #YourMorningCommute I discuss this topic. Where are you showing up to #fulfill your role as a courageous leader...

Key Questions Regarding Current ESG Efforts What is important to you? What are you tracking now? How will you know when you are there? How do your answers align with your existing workplace culture and overarching mission, vision and values? Has ESG always been important, or has something changed? What have you done so far? Where are you getting stuck?

I am serving up a kick in the pants today around recruiting. Employers hiring and candidates looking - how to make the match. This is an EVERYONE job, not just recruiters. Get out of your own way - wake up call - what you did before to fill those open positions WILL NOT WORK.  If you haven't figured that out, please listen to today's message.  If you have figured that out, but don't know...

When is the last time you celebrated something that went well? When is the last time you told your team, your direct employees about something that went well...no matter how big or small... truly celebrated the win. Today is about reflecting on the wins not the losses or mishits but WINS. What went right a few minutes ago, yesterday, last week, last quarter, this year...capitalize on the win not t...

Are you trying to figure out the right gift for your direct reports this year...look no further, instead take 3 minutes to listen to today's leadership workplace culture tip - the perfect gift that keeps on giving. When you decide to give this gift...you are continually increasing the momentum of your individual team members and therefore your team. It's a good thing #culturematters #cultureplaybo...

By now most of you heard about the  CEO that terminated 900 employees on a zoom call. Several of you asked me to weigh in... Yes, this speaks volumes about their workplace culture Yes, this will have a long lasting negative impact on their internal team Yes, this will have a long term negative impact on marketing Yes, this will have a long term negative impact on the future of recruiting My q...

We aren't just dealing with where we work physically, but how we get the 'work' done. That brings a need for more flexibility around our 'old rules.' With that being said...the need for flexibility will continue as a trend into 2022. Today's 422nd episode I discuss this very topic and give you a list of flexibility opportunities to work through individually and with those you support, direct and l...

Assumptions can get us in trouble.  Blind spots create deeper lag times in achieving goals. In 2022, one of the workplace culture trends we need to continually focus or revisit is employee engagement. Today on the 421st episode of #YourMorningCommute I tee up five behaviors - actions to observe about yourself and in others that will move you towards greater action to achieve more engagement....

Interviewing is absolutely a skill but one that can be taught and learned.  Hey...it is time to up your game. After the characteristic needs of the job are established. After the right behavioral questions are crafted to be asked. Then you must know what it is you are listening for in the response. From there, how to 'dig' in and go deeper to see if the candidate is the right fit for the role...

Have you ever helped find your top performer another job outside of your organization? Human to human impact...words into action and the long term positive ripple affects of 5-star leadership action. Today on the 419th episode of the #YourMorningCommute I discuss a post viewed on LinkedIN 6-million times.  What would you do? What have you done to date?

Are you feeling blue? Stuck? Down? In a rut? To get moving, it is time to unpack it all. Take a deep dive. What role do you want to play? Are you playing it? Why or why not? Whether you want to admit it or not, you are making an impact on those around you as well - good, bad, indifferent... So much goes inside of our heads ON THE DAILY... Today's quick podcast is around this very topic - enjoy the...

So many calls I receive are around delegation and accountability.  Why isn't my employee doing what I ask? Why aren't my team members holding themselves and others accountability? Why are deadlines beings missed? Why aren't we on the same page, you shook your head (nope, I shook my head to respond to you, that doesn't mean I understand or agree or don't have other questions or priorities that...

As a leader when is the last time you asked yourself... Do I understand what are real workplace culture is?  Do I care?  What am I modeling?  What do I and we stand for? Do I see a need for change to prepare for our future? Clarity is a great thing. Being intentional is too. Be the courageous leader that your team, you company needs today.  Today's episode wraps the series this...

Your workplace culture...your shared sense of identity. Imaginary or in living color? It doesn't take long to recognize a REAL workplace culture as a new employee. What is REAL about your culture and what is it saying? Join me and listen to part two of this weeks topic Culture by Design vs Lived.

Would you agree there are 'designed' workplace cultures (words on a wall, website, handbook) and the 'lived' actual culture that is often not described in the same manner? In this 3 part series of workplace culture by design vs. lived I discuss, call out and give you some tips to get aligned altogether or move closure to alignment. Enjoy and I can't wait to hear your thoughts and discoveries.&nbsp...

How quickly can you define and describe your workplace culture type, then values, then norms...then aligned with how others describe all of those answers? Are you recruiting to those norms? Are you training to those norms? Are you onboarding to those norms? Are you cultivating those norms? If you are unsure to any or all of those answers - start small and listen to today's podcast to get yourself...

Conflict is a four letter word in some organizations and with some leaders. Me on the other hand - love conflict, encourage conflict...healthy conflict that allows for innovation and deepening trust inside of teams and workplace culture. Most however, avoid conflict...is that you? is that your team? is that your culture? By avoiding it or ignoring it you are actually creating more walls, barriers...