A big part of showing your team how much you recognize and appreciate them is to spend some company money on them. They helped earn it, afte...

My officers knew that they could always use me in their leadership toolkits. They never hesitated to knock on my door and say, "Hey, Ca...

Culture is felt through the behaviors that are reinforced or discouraged on a day-to-day basis on teams. If you want to get a sense of the s...

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two, the leader must become a servan...

  A wareness  represents a person's understanding of the nature of change, why the change is being made and the risk of not changing. Aw...

We identified three big buckets of motivators: career, community, and cause. Career is about work: having a job that provides autonomy, allo...

A good leader expects loyalty. He in turn gives his loyalty. He backs up those to whom he has given a job. The loyalty extends to matters be...

Recognition and appreciation. We often use these words interchangeably, and think of them as the same thing. But while they’re both impo...

Here is the paradox: You can actually speed things up by slowing down. There is no doubt that being energetic is contagious and therefore...

Recent statistics show that over 70% of professionals (and leaders) have or will experience Impostor Syndrome at one point in their career...

Over two-thirds of employees say that their boss does not genuinely care about them.... Visibly exude caring, compassion, and concern for...

Many people, as they go through life, focus mainly on success. To them, success is represented by wealth, recognition, and power and stat...

1. Hire for traits and behaviors:  Usually, hiring managers look at experience and education when choosing new applicants. But, once on the ...

It seems to me shallow and arrogant for any person in these times to claim they are completely self-made, that they owe all their success...

1. People leading the change think that announcing the change is the same as implementing it. 2. People’s concerns with change are not...