team building

conflict resolution

Conflict Resolution In the Workplace

Disagreements occur naturally in any organization, but when a leader has mastered a fair  conflict resolution process, everyone benefits. Employees have different life experiences and different opinions. Of course their differences will manifest themselves in the workplace as conflicts. Left unresolved, these workplace conflicts often grow worse with other employees taking sides in the dispute.

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Why Aren’t We Getting More Effective Leadership Training

Too often, we promote talented employees without sufficient effective leadership training to guide the transition from producers to leaders. Why? Businesses hire people for certain skills they identify through regular evaluations or the hiring process.  As business leaders, we then promote those people to new levels based on achievement, but not always training them for their

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Signs of Disengaged Leaders

How to Recognize Disengaged leaders (and Other Employees) Your team is racking up the achievements, but recently something seems off.  Productivity is dropping and camaraderie is fading away.  What is going on?  Whether through you or your team members, disengagement is infecting your team.  Regardless of the trigger, disengaged leaders and other employees is a

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More Commanding Leadership

When you look up Command Leadership, it’s described as more rigid and hierarchical than other forms of leadership.  Look instead at commanding leadership.  After all, true commanders are ready to lead their teams, and true leaders are commanding, inspirational directors. Consider the critical nature of leadership.  Commanding leadership of your team is not about what

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