Promoting a Team Member to Manager? Consider this.
Meet Joan. Every business, if they are lucky, has at least one person like Joan. She is the steady, reliable expert. She delivers. She solves problems. She is unfailingly positive. Naturally, she is a prime candidate for promotion. [...]
The Leadership Conundrum We Feel Every Time We Fly.
The script is the same, regardless of the airline carrier, but if you’re like me, these words jar me every time I hear them. [...]
Be THAT Person
Are you the person who can see what everyone else can’t see? What happens when you question the things that everyone says are “the way they are”? What does it mean to you, and to everyone with [...]
Don’t let these six myths undermine your business.
When I was a child, my family and I spent a lot of time at a family cottage during the summers. We are a large family so when we got together, there was a lot of food. At [...]
The Power of Questions
The ability to ask a great question is a critical leadership skill. The irony is that we’ve often been taught that we need to know the answers, particularly if we are in a leadership role. Finding the [...]
Use the “Stay interview” to retain staff.
Conversations with business leaders often include recounting their current struggles with recruitment and retention. Given today’s competitive labour market, these are two areas that are top of mind for many leaders. We recently wrote about 3 ingredients [...]
Good Things Come in Threes
In manufacturing, maintenance teams will perform preventive maintenance checks on the equipment needed to run production lines. The purpose of preventive maintenance is to assess a piece of equipment to ensure that it does not break down unexpectedly. [...]
The Power of Teams in a North Carolina Industrial Park
I saw the future of industry in a plant in Greensboro, North Carolina. You would never know it from the outside. The plant is nondescript. It sits in an industrial park. Nothing distinguishes it from the other operations…until [...]
The Importance of Connection at Work
You have on hand, and in abundance, an opportunity that every workplace needs. It will strengthen your team and positively impact your work experience. Did I mention that it’s free? I know. You are time-crunched. Your business [...]
