Coffee Maker Efficiency

This past week I bought a new coffee maker and I’m in LOVE! It makes great coffee (a requirement for any coffee maker) and clean up is practically non-existent (this is why I’m in love). It makes one cup at a time and when I’m done I throw away the little container the coffee came […]

Stop Putting Out Fires

It’s happened again…you start off your day with great plans, high ambitions, and the energy to move forward. Then…the call, the knock on the door, or the urgent email – there is fire burning that only you can put out…again.  If this is happening to you more than once a week, your job title needs […]

The Power of Feedback

Usually when feedback is discussed, it’s about “how to give”, “what to say” or “be consistent” – while this is all helpful advice (and necessary). Let’s discuss the Power of Receiving Feedback. That’s right “power”! According to Dictionary.com the definition of power is:  “ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something”.

A Sense of Purpose

As you may have noticed, I champion Leadership and am a firm believer in coaching employees to success to create a successful business. While this may not always be easy and require you to take a step back away from the situation to understand how best to deal with it – with practice and patience […]

Giving Effective Feedback

You hear it over and over again – you need to provide feedback on a regular basis in order to get results. This makes sense to you and you agree. However, you have questions, do any of these sound familiar: If I do it everyday – doesn’t it become phony? Won’t it loose it’s effectiveness after […]

5 Ways to Bad Leadership

They are easy to do and implement – leaders have been doing it over and over again to successfully brand themselves a bad leader within days of assuming a new position. If you would like to duplicate this success for yourself – follow these simple instructions. Or if you prefer to be a good leader – follow these five tips.

To do or not to do…

Performance Reviews, Developmental Assessments, or whatever else you call it. That is the question. This is always an interesting topic and there is so much debate about what makes a good performance review, how to get the most out of the conversation with the employee and what to do with the review when done. If […]

HR Basics – Departures

It happens…people will leave your business or company. How you deal with those who leave your employ will speak volumes about you and your company. You don’t want good employees to leave. However, you can’t wait until the negative attitude employee walks out of the door. Dealing with a person’s departure from your business can […]

HR Basics – Coaching

I know when people think of coaching they think of one-on-one time with a person discussing what they want they want to achieve and how to get their. In the traditional sense this is true but I propose a variation. Coaching to include training, developing goals, delivering expectations, on-the-spot and long-term. Before your head starts […]

HR Basic: Open Communication

Here is a topic that generates an interesting debate. What makes it interesting is what constitutes open communication. Most people will agree on the why it is needed, however its doing it and considering the what that makes it complicated. Try to Google “Open Communication in the Workplace” and you will get over 500,000 web […]