Your Morning Commute

The law of attraction and then retention is today's topic on the 411th episode of #YourMorningCommute. A magnetic culture is one that draws in your workforce, empowers them and creates a majority of engaged team members vs a majority of ambivalent ones. Where does your majority reside? Are you attracting and retaining who you intend? Is your culture working for you or against you? Either way it do...

We are an instant society - we want what we want right now...awe, if it were that easy. Today on the 410th episode of your quick #YourMorningCommute podcast I use our holiday season or potential weight gain to talk about workplace culture. As always, can't wait to hear your thoughts.

Wisdom guides our thinking and overall mindset - would you agree?  If you agree, are you enriching your mind with meaningful knowledge each day to help you grow stronger? Putting your thoughts to the test, allowing you to also grown wiser. Secondly, are you pushing and guiding your team to not just follow others but be guided by their wisdom as well. Everyone sees the world and their workplac...

We all have habits, but are they working for or against us is the question. Some of mine are good and some not so good, what about you?  I am often asked how I do what I do in a given day. Today on the quick workplace culture podcast I answer that question and more. In addition to what I recorded today, is a deeper comment that your habits must align to your total person, your total values, y...

Leadership isn't easy but most of us have some good examples of GREAT leaders and how we would describe them. Those elements that make them great. On today's 5-minute episode of all things workplace culture driven, I list ten elements all leaders should know and do with a focus on TEACH. Enjoy and let me know what you are teaching today or taught yesterday.

Who doesn't want to be on a winning team...said no one. So how do you get there? It doesn't matter if you are the designated leader or functional member of team, we all want to be on a well oiled machine that has each others backs.  I kept it simple this morning with 4 stages to creating highly effective teams. Take 5 minutes and listen to the 406th episode of #YourMorningCommute to hear all...

As a people manager, when is the last time you asked your team how YOU can best support them?  I mean, directly used those words and ready to take notes and then take action. I will caution you, don't ask if you aren't ready to listen and take action. We go through life with lots of assumptions, or at least I will certainly admit to that. Often my assumptions are not 100% on target - what abo...

I don't know about you but I hate that web error that pops up at times saying "Error 404". It reminds me at times we need to stop, slowdown, refocus and ask what we just did. With that in mind...today on the 404th episode of #YourMorningCommute I am asking you to share your successes and where you are getting stuck or error 404 with your workplace culture. Message me, video respond, comment, let m...

We make 35K decision as day...WOWZA.  Whether you are a risk taker, risk adverse, or a calculated risk taker you do have a vetting process. But what about the consistent way you and your team make decisions, is it clear in your culture? Today's quick podcast goes over six core steps in the decision making process to help you and your team define what right looks like in your workplace culture...

Are you fatigued, maybe burnout or heading that way or still see it in your team? Often the root cause comes down to trust. This creates uncertainty, which chips away at trust. Trust, Trust, Trust...how do you define it at work? How are you inspiring yourself and others to deepen trust. Trust is a broad word with lots of meaning and interpretations. Make sure you are clear about how you define it,...

Giving feedback is hard...I get it, but when you don't, you are doing a disservice to your colleague. Is that what you want? In order to improve we have to put on another lens and that is hard to do on yourself. That's why we count on others to give us feedback - forward feedback - something we can use to bring forward and continually level up. When we see something, we need to say something...aft...

I don't know about you but sometimes I get stuck on getting to yes. When I do, I often fall back to my go to unlocking mechanisms that work for goals, strategies, closing deals, time management and so much more. Soooo, I thought I would share them with you. What about you, how do you get unstuck? What is being underestimated? What needs to go? Where or what is stopping movement or driving a loss?...

Do you know your internal customers?  No, I mean really know them!!!! Who are they, what do they need from you, how are you showing up now and so much more. We all have internal customers - great leadership is built on rapport...rapport is built on real interaction. Soooooo, how are you measuring up today with your internal customers. Take 4 minutes and get your workplace culture fuel on with...

I love technology (tools) just like the next person but technology can't and shouldn't replace the human (people) touch. Don't be fooled and think having a deemed tool that suggests it can automate your culture. NO my friends and colleagues, it can aid but not replace real human interaction. Humans defining what right looks like when we communicate and how we effectively communicate for example. T...

Ugg here comes the Human Resource (HR) employee again...what's wrong now? Culture?$!...that's an HR thing. Culture - what culture, ask HR? That team sucks...they can't get anything done...they don't know what it's like in our department... Hey - are you mad at me? Don't be - listen to today's message before you judge the messenger! Tough love today - taking an internal look at managers - at leader...

How deeply are your core values defined and anchoring your workplace culture - personally, organizationally and with every team member? I know you know this BUT I have to say it...values are more than words on a wall or in handbook. If you have them, define them, if you defined them, align them across all teams - they will and must help you anchor how you get work done. You may think creating your...

Are you busy doing tasks as a leader or busy building your future leaders? We can't complain or rather need to stop complaining about team members that give excuses if you aren't investing time with them to increase their momentum. Putting a stop to excuses starts with you helping your team members to recognize their own personal potential to grow and solve problems.  Take 6 minutes today and...

When you were first promoted into a 'people manager' role did you know how to manage let alone lead team members? I will admit I sure didn't. I was so wrapped up in the tasks of the day and the job that it took a while to learn how to be a good people manager and then a leader.  Often, if not always, individuals are promoted and never given those skills. Unfortunately they (we) get stuck in d...

Many spend time talking about bad habits (or pointing fingers) but not necessarily how to turn not so good - into BAD-ASS in the best way possible. Not sure how to get started - well...listen to todays 6 minute #YourMorningCommute podcast.

I hate to be the person delivering bad news but if you are experiencing unusually high turnover right now, brace yourself it will more than likely continue in a few more waves.  The good news is you CAN do something about it...if YOU choose. There is always a starting point, but until you take that first step you will likely never finish the race, let alone win it.  Let's get started...t...

I love watching synchronized swimming, dancing, etc. How about you? The beauty of flow and mastery. It reminds me of throwing a rock in the water and seeing the ripples and that reminds me of teams that are in flow.  They way they are contributing with cause, purpose and focus. Today on the latest episode of #YourMorningCommute I talk about contributing individually and inside the team delibe...

Are you still struggling with leadership's mindset of your workplace culture being a nice to have vs a MUST have? If so, take 3 minutes and listen to todays podcast where I unpack how to promote it and the rewards of having it. Leaders should care about their culture because your EMPLOYEES and CANDIDATE care.

If you are like me, life moves fast and seemingly faster all the time. Maybe it's age or maybe it's simply that fact we all have so much to do or that WE put on our plates. Regardless, stopping to reflect and "TAKE NOTE" is incredibly important. On today's episode of #YourMorningCommute I talk about the end of the day reflection, why you should do it and how. Enjoy and as always I can't wait to he...

Have you ever been caught in a daily whirlwind for days on end and realize you haven't talked with or checked on your team - DELIBERATELY? On today's episode I focus on exactly that - as leaders your time should be spent on your PEOPLE not the functionality side. Look back in your calendar to the past 30 days and see how much time was spent mentoring, guiding, coaching, providing overall support a...

Can you remember a time when you were at your best, in a zone, in flow...everything coming together and perhaps you didn't realize it until you ended your 'flow' session?  You can absolutely recreate flow, get into that zone daily, weekly, monthly and beyond in your workplace culture. Today's 387th episode of #YourMorningCommute provides you with tips to get there. Come on...you've got this!