Here are a few shocking workplace statistics reported in a recent Forbes article A CareerBuilder.com survey found that 58% of managers received absolutely no management training (which is perhaps why some of the stats below make sense). A Harvard Business Review reported that 58% of people trust a complete stranger more than their own boss.…
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Great companies and inspiring leaders understand that actions speak louder than words and that talk is cheap! If you want your values to mean something, you absolutely have to stand behind them and bring them to life in meaningful ways. The following video is an excerpt from my new Culture Leadership Academy Course, where I…
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Tired of employees working in silos? One of the biggest complains I hear from my clients revolves around those dreaded silos – people working in isolation without connecting across teams or sharing information with each other. Working in silos creates miscommunication, impedes innovation, and results in people working at cross purposes with one another. Here’s…
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A simple way to take everyone’s pulse at work Whenever I talk about communication in the workplace, I always stress that there needs to be a dialogue, not just a one-way dumping of information AT employees. You need to talk with employees, not at employees. A very simple way to engage employees, check the pulse…
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If people are dying for a pay check…maybe you need to work on your culture? There are so many reasons to focus on building a rocking workplace culture, but I can’t think of a more important reason than this: People are dying in record numbers because of their workplace culture. I’m not talking about the…
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Is radical candor at work always a good thing? When to zip and when not to zip! t happened to me. One of the most dreaded moments a public speaker can face – the realization that I’d been speaking for the last hour or so with my zipper down. And, truth be told, not just…
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