


Why Empowering Delegation And Powerful Communication Are Inseparable
Most organizational communication issues are born of unclear decision rights. The clearer you can be about who is providing input to be considered and who is making decisions/providing direction to be followed, the less communication issues you’ll have. True story. A...
Why The Leader As Cheerleader Is So Hard And So Important
Ever notice how great pep talks all have the same message? In one way or another, they all say, “Believe in yourselves.” It’s straight out of Virgil’s “They can because they think they can.” Great leaders own the vision and values – why. They lead strategic thinking...
When To Use The Three Different Ways To Fire Employees
Example-making, quick and clean, face-saving We know experienced leaders’ #1 regret looking back on their careers is not moving fast enough on people. And we know the #1 thing high performers want is for leaders to get the dead wood out of their way. When leaders...
Leveraging Asynchronous Communication To Bring Out The Best In Others
It has to make sense to leverage different ways of communicating with different people in different situations. While virtual communication is more efficient, in-person communication is more effective for emotionally charged situations and relationship-building. But,...