With all the chaos in the world around us—the economy, a pandemic looming, wars and more—it’s easy for a negative mood to infect your workplace and your team. All it takes is one person who watches too much cable news or subscribes to fear mongers from any source. That person might even be you! More [...]

I know you’re a leader. You wouldn’t own a business if you weren’t already a leader. My question for you today is: How well are you leading your tribe, and did you realize you have one? First off I want to recommend an excellent book on the subject: Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us [...]

You may be thinking that a down economy is all the motivation your employees need to do their best. Depending on your particular situation and how many people you may have already let go, that may be partly true. However, after the dust settles from any blood letting, most people will revert to their ingrained [...]

When it comes to employee motivation, one of the biggest mistakes we make as employers is having a strategy that is too general, especially when economic times are difficult.  How many of us have taken the time and made the effort to develop a leadership strategy that will both educate and motivate our business teams [...]

Most employees generally end up in one of these three categories. If you are fortunate to have some engaged team members (and we’re not talking diamonds, here!), then you can still help them to blossom even more. Plus, if you empower them to do so, they can play an active role in motivating the rest [...]