Effective leadership starts with leading yourself. If you want the best team possible, you must be ready to hold yourself accountable ahead of your staff. What does accountability have to do with leadership? Everything. I’ve supervised all kinds of people, from 16-year-old students to high-performing executives, and the most successful employees always share a positive […]
As you can imagine, stand-up comedy can make you a better presenter. After all, it’s one of the hardest forms of public speaking you’ll ever do (aside from effectively teaching second graders), which means if you can do okay in stand-up, all other types of business presentations will seem easier. But stand-up comedy can also […]
If we could offer only one piece of advice to managers and coaches who want to improve the way they provide feedback to their team members, it would be to ask more questions. This can be a lot harder than it sounds. Like most managers or coaches, you were likely promoted to your current role, […]
A Harvard Business Review report found that one out of every two managers fails at accountability. In fact, accountability is one of the most universally neglected leadership behaviors today – across all functional disciplines of companies. Why is this happening? There is no one answer, but many leaders do not want to come off as […]
Trevor Poplar is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Fifty Thousand Foot Inc., a website that facilitates a link between independent consultants, consulting firms and businesses who want to work with each other. 50000Foot.com’s goal is supporting independent consultants in different stages of their career, be it a professional who has decided to go independent, […]
When you want to run better meetings, two of the most useful questions you can ask are: “Do we need a meeting?” “Is this the right kind of meeting to achieve what we need?” The answer to the first question depends on your team and culture. (Not clear enough? Check out this and this). To […]
Michele Romanow spent her childhood on a Regina, Saskatchewan farm, with chores that included everything from mowing the lawn, pulling weeds, and even changing car tires. “There were no boy tasks or girl tasks. It was just farm mentality, where there was work to be done, and you did it,” said the 32-year-old tech entrepreneur […]
Guest post by Brian Crotty, Chief Operating Officer at Broadview Networks All successful companies experience change and a natural evolution as they grow, whether that includes mergers, reorganizations, a new product niche or shifting business goals. As businesses continually redefine what makes them successful, it is vital that they regularly source customer feedback as part […]
