What is your organization’s ideal workplace culture? Organizations thrive when their official values and workplace culture are in sync. Major problems occur when those values are mis-aligned, leading to employee turnover and disengagement. These problems drain your revenues — it’s like having a big hole in the bottom of your bucket. 89% of employees who […]
Hire qualified people who fit your company’s culture and you will reduce the costs associated with turnover and disengagement. Three Ways to Reduce Employee Turnover Reduce employee turnover “Employee turnover is killing us,” Johnny told me. “We had a nearly 100 percent turnover last year. We can’t create any momentum. Projects get stalled. Our leaders […]
Uniformity Versus Diversity Uniformity Versus Diversity What is stronger: uniformity or diversity? Pundits upset about the lack of ruthlessness in Game of Thrones’ latest episode are missing a better point about leadership. [Spoiler alert] Episode 2 led watchers to gird themselves for the death of beloved characters. After all, who could forget season 1 in […]
Which Team Targaryen Game of Thrones Leader are you? Winter is coming. The Game of Thrones final season is upon us. Did you know that Daenerys Targaryen, Tyrion Lannister, Jon Snow, and Lord Varys represent the four main leader-personas? This gives Daenerys a balanced leader team and a big advantage in the coming war. Take our […]
3 Ways to Tell if Your Culture is Killing Your Organization Is your annual turnover higher than 20 percent? Hiring a new employee could cost as much as 50% to 200% of their annual salary. Do you have toxic leaders or employees? Workplace incivility costs an estimated $14,000 per affected employee. Is your workplace culture […]
Leader Development is Like Gardening Leader Development is Like Gardening I was struck recently by a Harvard Business Review article called “The Feedback Fallacy” by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall. The authors rightly criticized the faddishness of so-called radical candor and radical transparency, noting that such critical feedback is often counterproductive (and may be used […]
The Four People your Team Needs to Succeed To grow sustainably, every team needs four critical people. With them, your team has the right balance to execute, solve problems, innovate, and maintain harmony. Without this balance, an organization is vulnerable. These four people are the Operator, the Maverick, the Pioneer, and the Reconciler. We derived […]
Which American President Are You? These American Presidents lead with authenticity. When you know your leader archetype, you are empowered to become the best version of yourself. When you learn the archetypes of others, you can coach them to be the best version of themselves. Which American President are you?
What’s your Servant-Leader Archetype? Servant leaders come in one of four broad leader-archetypes: Pioneers, Reconcilers, Operators, and Mavericks (PROM). Your servant-leader archetype is outward-facing, describing how you best contribute to the world, whether that is your company, cause, vocation, or community. Once you know your servant-leader archetype, you can be very intentional about serving as […]
Expert Board Members could be Killing your Nonprofit So, you or someone you know are starting a nonprofit or looking to bring new members to your existing board of directors. Seeking subject matter experts seems to be the right way to go. After all, shouldn’t any nonprofit want the top academics, advocates, and expats from […]
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