Communication
Advice to build an inspiring corporate culture that energizes your corporate strategy.
Corporate culture and corporate strategy are symbiotic. Culture drives engagement and productivity through camaraderie, loyalty, learning, commitment – a willingness to proudly go the extra mile and lend a helping hand at a time of need or crisis. These are always driven by culture and rarely driven by strategy. Corulture lives within each of us but because it's more personal it must be nurtured.
Are Generational Differences Important To Study And Discuss?
Generational differences are real – just like cultural differences are real. Discussions about generational differences and generational diversity are important for team success. If we use it to determine how I will act as an individual or what kind of reward will inspire me, then making assumptions based on what year I was born will likely not do either of us much good.
Help Team Members Be Accountable
One of the most successful ways to help team members be accountable starts with creating a corporate culture people want to belong to.
Could Fear Of Conflict Be Holding Back Your Team?
When I say, “you can have conflict when you have trust”, I’m not meaning negative, vindictive, inappropriate, call the lawyers conflict. The foundation of an inclusive workspace is created when employees don't have a fear of conflict because they know they are able to freely share each other’s experiences, knowledge and points of view without worry of being attacked, mocked, ridiculed or worse.
Why Trust Matters and How To Build Trust At Work
Trust matters at work and knowing how to build trust is something every successful leader does. Unfortunately there are many ways to destroy trust. Author and speaker Patrick Lencioni describes trust in two ways; Predictive Trust and Vulnerability Trust. In this Leadership Blog Post we explore the many ways to build trust at work within any team... because trust matters.
Nobody Should Be Bullied At Work: Part 3
This is Part 3 of my 3-part series about being bullied at work. In it I continue to explore how employees, leaders and organizations can approach important elements; specifically how to approach performance management.
Nobody Should Be Bullied At Work: Part 2
This is Part 2 of my 3-part series about bullying at work where I explore how employees, leaders and organizations can approach important elements. Hint: Education for everyone is the best first line of defence and it will support all other important initiatives you should take.
Nobody Should Be Bullied At Work: Part 1
This is Part 1 of my 3-part series about bullying at work where I explore how employees, leaders and organizations can approach important elements.
Learn to write smarter and faster; Get more done while protecting your reputation.
We fail when the email we write don’t get read. But, failure isn’t an option when we are at work. And, because email is how we communicate 90% of the time, this article focuses on three of my favourite training tips that will help everyone write email that it cuts through our reader's email, priorities and ever-increasing distractions.
Turn Conflict And Difficult Conversations Into Positive Experiences
We often think of conflict and difficult conversations as bad; something to avoid. But should we? What if we started thinking of conflict and difficult conversations as being something good that have the potential to challenge us to become better individuals?