Everything is going too fast, times are changing and things are getting more complex. We are being bombarded by more and more information and technology and it often feels like we are barely able to keep our heads above water. This is leading many staff to hesitate and question what they are doing and this […]
I have some questions for you, “what would you do with an extra hour a day? Would you get the exercise in? Spend an extra hour with the kids? Or would you make a dent in the backlog of work projects that have been piling up?” Regardless of how you would spend your time, what […]
With the COVID pandemic everyone has shifted to virtual meetings to help keep communication lines open and stay connected. The challenge that I am finding is that many leaders do not know how to make these virtual meetings work. Now that we are almost a year into this new way of connecting online, people are starting […]
I was recently working with a client looking at the performance across a number of departments. As we were discussing some of the dynamics of work, one of them started complaining about their younger staff. “They just don’t want to work, in fact most of them are lazy.” I could hear his frustration as he […]
So how is the start to your year going? If you are like many of us the year is now at a sprint and the workload and inbox is starting to overflow. For many leaders they are struggling to stay on top of everything, but they have not found a way to work smarter. A […]
What are you doing that is absolutely incredible to customers? This is a common question that I ask business owners as well as managers. Unfortunately the response that I usually get are the common things that were considered leading – 10 years ago! Everyone knows that customer expectations continue to increase, this is human nature. […]
“It’s only February and I can’t believe how busy we are, I find there is just no time to plan because there’s too much to do!” Have you said this recently? I have been speaking with a number of clients and almost all of them have repeated the same thing, the new year sprint has […]
So let me ask you a question “What is your plan for the year?” I recently asked this question to a business leader, her response really surprised me. She mentioned that because of the lingering pandemic, the leadership team had decided to wait on developing their strategy until after the first quarter of the year. […]
So we are now into 2021 and it’s good-bye 2020! The beginning of a new year is always a great way to recalibrate your path forward. I know that for most of us 2020 was exhausting and full of unexpected turns and it would be easy to just try to erase it from memory. However […]
With only a week before Christmas, I always notice the excitement starts to increase as people look forward to spending time with family, friends and a break away from work. Given the challenges of 2020 and the COVID 19 Pandemic, I’m sure that this year will be an even bigger need for people to take […]
