Work on Your Weaknesses...Sometimes.

Twenty years ago, the Boomer generation couldn’t wait until the Millennial generation hit the workforce. They were going to be the next great generation and we’re going to be nice change of pace from [...]

In the United States, about two-thirds of employees are disengaged in their jobs, and the most common reason by far is that they don’t like their boss. We all know that common saying, "People join a [...]

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of joining 83 people from the Springfield area to attend a Community Leadership Visit in Lexington, KY. This group of leaders included civic leaders, social [...]

As a business owner, I knew it’s important to know my numbers, so every month when we closed our books on the 10th, I would look over the financials. Some months were better than others, but the [...]

One of the pillars of a high performance culture is accountability. These four steps lay the foundation for a culture of accountability and foster en environment for engaged employees.

Nobody has everything figured out, but a lot of people have some things really figured out. Over the past few months, I've been really exploring what people have to say about the "best" leadership [...]

All of us like to believe we are known as “good listeners”, but here's the truth - we aren't. Most of us get caught up in distractions like phones and conversations with other employees. However, [...]

Facilitation means "to make easy," but most of the time, facilitating meetings and conversations feels like a daunting task. It can be intimidating to be expected to have all of the answers, capture [...]

The pile of work pretty much looked the same at the end of the shift as it did at the beginning of the shift, and everyone noticed. It was has very hard work, so everyone pretty much just paced [...]

I can remember having a discussion with an entrepreneurial friend of mine. He had just met with Jack Stack, the legendary head of SRC and author of The Great Game of Business™. We were talking about [...]