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Engaging Employees for the Right Reasons

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engaging employees

by Kevin Eikenberry Ok, you've all heard about the importance of engaging your employees. In fact, you've probably heard it directly from me or Guy if you've been hanging around here very long.  Here’s some data to “prove” it though.   Here's what a survey from Maclean and Company recently found: A disengaged employee costs an organization approximately $3,400 for every … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication, Leadership, Teambuilding Tagged With: communicating with employees, employee engagement, Guy Harris, Kevin Eikenberry, leadership, morale, team building, trust

Getting Clear on Your Relationship Building Expectations

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by Guy Harris In 20 years of working to help leaders grow their skills, I have yet to meet a leader who did not understand the need to be clear about their expectations with their team. I am not saying that I have never met a leader who had challenges in this area. I am saying that all of the leaders I have worked with were at least aware of the need to set clear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication, Future of Work, Remote Work, Teambuilding Tagged With: communicating with employees, future of work, Guy Harris, hybrid teams, relationships, remote work, team building

Coaching Leaders of Hybrid Teams

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by Guy Harris Coaching team members can be challenging even when everyone is in the same place. Coaching a team with everyone working remotely introduces additional challenges. And coaching a team with some members working in the office and others working remotely (a hybrid team), introduces still more challenges. Coaching a hybrid team of leaders who also lead hybrid teams … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coaching & Feedback, Future of Work, Remote Work Tagged With: coaching, Guy Harris, hybrid teams, leadership

Transitioning to Your Leadership Role with a Hybrid Team

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by Guy Harris The transition from individual contributor to leader calls for changes in at least three areas of your work life: your relationships, your skills, and your mindset. Managing these three transitions simultaneously is almost always a challenge, and the challenge is made even more difficult when you work with a "hybrid" work in the office/work from home … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication, Future of Work, Leadership, Remote Work Tagged With: communicating with employees, communication, future of work, Guy Harris, hybrid teams, leadership, new leaders, transition

Your Hybrid Team Might Have Multiple Cultures

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by Guy Harris Team cultures develop for many reasons. Some factors affecting team culture include: Recent team history The style makeup of team members The type of work the team does  The physical location the team is in  How the leader interacts with the team as a whole How the leader interacts with individual team members How team members interact … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Future of Work, Teambuilding Tagged With: culture, Guy Harris, hybrid teams, leadership, remote work, team building

Lessons From a Lifeguard: A Drowning Man Doesn’t Care About You

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Communication, conflict resolution and leadership, at times, resemble working as a lifeguard. In all these situations, you can, like a lifeguard, be in the position of approaching someone else when they are under distress because their needs are not being met. Picture a drowning man. He is flailing in the water. He is grasping at everything and everyone within reach. He has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication, Management Tagged With: Guy Harris, leadership mindset

Three Questions to Ask on Your First Day as a New Leader

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Many new leaders start their leadership journey with one, big question: “Where do I start?” It’s a great question with an answer that is often clouded by uncertainty, overwhelm, and, doubt. To help you sort out the answer to that question, I propose you ask three other questions on your first day as a new leader. After you answer these three questions, you can focus on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Management, Personal & Professional Development Tagged With: Guy Harris, leadership mindset, new leaders

5 Practical Steps You Can Take to Reduce Tension Between Co-workers

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Tension between co-workers is one of the more common sources of emotional “pressure” build-up for people. Left unaddressed for long enough, the pressure can reach a boiling point.  Fortunately, you can do something about it before the tension becomes a major conflict. 1. Create opportunities for people to better understand and appreciate their behavioral differences and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: conflict, conflict management, conflict resolution, difficult conversations, difficult situations, Guy Harris

How to Confront Negative Behaviors When You Hate Confrontation

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“Problems in the workplace are often created not by what we do, but by what we fail to do.” -Aubrey C. Daniels – Bringing Out the Best in People “All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them, but confront them.” – William F. Halsey And one from me: Failure to confront a negative behavior is a subtle acceptance of it, an encouragement for it to continue in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication Tagged With: communicating with employees, conflict management, Guy Harris

The Compassion Paradox

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Effective leaders are comfortable with paradox. They can call on skills and work in ways that seem to be contradictory. Dictionary.com defines paradox as “a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true.” As I study the field, I find many paradoxes associated with leadership. I see that developing the skills of a great leader requires us to work in apparently … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication, Management Tagged With: Guy Harris, leadership mindset, new leaders

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