How to Manage Employee Commitment
Working with so many workplaces, I hear common complaints from both employers and employees, around the idea that people aren’t doing what they’re supposed to be doing. Managers need to manage commitment.
Here are six tips.
How To Stay Committed When Those Around You Don’t
The purpose of this short Leadership Tip is to help people stay on the path of productivity or commitment, even if others aren’t matching your efforts, and to give managers some ideas to help with those situations.
The 3 Bite Rule – A Few Attempts at Getting Along with People
Getting along with people doesn’t always click in the first interaction. Sometimes it takes a few attempts, or shall I say, a few bites.
Mbezhegiwedoon Gaawii’izhichigeyaan (Come Back To What You Were Doing)
When we get off track, we need to come back to doing what we were doing. For example, with a department in conflict, or in a state of lack of productivity, the antidote is to come back to what you were doing, before the conflict.
Humour to Heal Stress
Being in a school lock down was not a situation I ever thought I’d be in. My day in a semi-remote community began with grand intentions to help teachers and staff learn strategies to Play Nice in the Sandbox, and by 11 am shifted…
How can I have a spine, if no-one has my back?
So much conflict brews in workplaces because the hierarchy isn’t maintained, and because managers and supervisors don’t always have the support of those they report to.
The Suitcase We’re Dragging Along
Do you carry around a suitcase wherever you go? What makes us who we are today is based on who we’ve been in the past. The experiences we’ve encountered create pathways of memory and emotional patterns for thoughts that trigger feelings. We’ve made our past experiences mean something, often inaccurate for today’s circumstances, and stories […]
Restoring Conflict to Peace
Restoring conflict to peace is a highly sought after commodity for any organization, because the cost of conflict is huge. There is a cost of time, poor decisions, lost productivity, toxic corporate culture, worker turnover, damage to reputation and the legal costs which are substantial. The financial burden is just one part. There’s a gigantic human […]
Should We Cry at Work?
Can you master your emotions all the time? Watching Dragon’s Den one day, Barbara Corcoran, one of the female dragons told a weeping female entrepreneur that she should only cry privately. Corcoran hates when women cry in business situations because she sees them as powerless and lacks trust in their abilities. You can read more […]