Providing performance feedback to team members is an essential part of a leader’s task. Effective leaders are focused on the engagement and development of the people in their organization. Feedback is one of the most important tools for...
Read moreTen Tips for Effective Feedback
Feedback is essential for the success of any organization. One of the goals of an effective leader is assisting his/her team members to grow and succeed. Providing feedback is an important tool for guiding people as they seek to improve...
Read moreFour Choices for Feedback
One of the best ways to guide and direct the performance of team members is through consistent feedback. The annual review is too late to affect performance on day-to-day basis. People want to know whether they are meeting the standard, how their...
Read moreKeep the Change!
The best leaders continually seek to grow in order to become even more effective. They seek new skills and they seek to build their character so that tomorrow’s version is better than today’s. As a part of growth comes change. In delving into our...
Read moreVolume or Vision
What sort of a boss are you? How do you motivate your team members? For some people, their leadership practice consists of volume. Using a command and control style, they attempt to drive people to perform. Some of the command and control bosses...
Read moreWhat Is Servant Leadership? – Part 2
Servant leadership turns the old perception of leadership upside down. Instead of being served by his or her followers, the servant leader is focused on serving those whom he or she is leading, helping them maximize their potential in life and on...
Read moreWhat Is Servant Leadership? – Part 1
Servant leadership turns the usual perception of leadership upside down. The common conception of leadership is a pyramid where the leader sits at the top and the hierarchy below supports and follows the leader. On the other hand, in servant...
Read moreTeam or Simply Workgroup?
In recent years the use of the word team has become more popular in organizations. Instead of the executive staff we now have the leadership team. Instead of the sales department or the salesforce we have the sales team. When we need to work on a...
Read moreValue People, Evaluate Performance
It is very easy to intermingle our view of people with our view of their actions, especially when we need to give corrective feedback. When we do so, the natural result is conflict as the other person feels personally attacked and most likely...
Read more“Radical Candor” by Kim Scott
No doubt you heard the advice as you grew up: “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say any anything at all.” Many people still operate according to that rule even when in a position of leading or directing people. While this advice may...
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