If you and your team are like most teams out there you have been running at full speed all year doing your best to tackle challenges that come your way and meet your team and organizational goals. Whatever your goals for 2017, your team can’t reach them if it is running on empty. When we…
If you are like most leaders today, you and your teams are being asked to do more and more with less and less, every day. You not only have to do more, but you often have to do more, faster, with fewer resources including a shrinking budget. And as a result, never has leadership that…
We’ve all experienced it. The high of a great teambuilding event where you leave feeling energized and convinced that, finally, your team has the knowledge and motivation needed to address and let go of team issues and to take accountability for performing at a higher level. You are sure that from this point on things…
On August 26th 2015 the internationally acclaimed author, speaker and leadership coach, Nicole Bendaly, presented an online class called Ready. Set. Lead! Identifying, Developing and Retaining your Emerging Leaders. This free 1 hour session received resounding praise from the HR and Training pros in attendance. In addition to getting responses from our HR and management audience…
“I don’t know how to coach or mentor” is a phrase I commonly hear from leaders I work with. As you can probably attest to, many leaders are now required to incorporate coaching and mentoring into their daily work, and it is a responsibility that many understandably shy away from due to assumptions about what…
A good quote can be a powerful thing for individuals and teams. They motivate and inspire us to be our best. Here are 38 of top motivational quotes: 1. “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” —Mother Teresa 2. “I’ve learned that people will…
Getting people to work together isn’t easy, and unfortunately many leaders skip over the basics of team building in a rush to start achieving goals. But your actions in the first few weeks and months can have a major impact on whether your team ultimately delivers results. What steps should you take to set your…
When your team’s energy level is low it not only affects productivity but also members’ ability to think innovatively and carry new ideas forward. Allowing energy to drain is very costly Several things can affect energy but a major one that we commonly see is team members giving too much attention to things over which…
I was reading an excellent book recently when I came across the concept of the “Big Five” personality traits. I’d never heard of these before but I found them fascinating. You’ve probably taken personality tests in the past—the Meyers-Briggs test is a popular one. The Big Five are more often used in scientific circles for…
Think you don’t need to be a good communicator to be successful in your career? Think again. The communication process is the cornerstone of many of the other processes that drive your successful business and professional results and relationships. From leadership to management, from team building to mentoring, from sales to professional coaching – the…
