Here are 10 tips for how to maximize employee involvement : Have active ways to listen to your employees. Check often with employees to see if the information you are sharing with them is what they need and what they want. Share information about customer satisfaction with employees. Train! MORE >>

Back in the good old days, if you were in a position of authority, you could just announce what needed to be done and assume it would be carried out. It doesn’t work to say, “Do it because I told you so.”. Ways to Influence Without Relying on Authority. Do you understand the process needed to accomplish the objective? You MORE >>

Intent to connect, correct, or be useful isn’t useful unless content, tone, and body language fully align. It’s hard to dialog or discuss with [.]. Say the right thing the wrong way and you’ll disconnect. Everything you say invites responses from others. What responses do your communication methods call for? MORE >>

It’s one of the ways we “professionalize” the unique work that we do in order to sound and feel important. You need to work with someone outside of your profession and explain things to them in everyday language. Organizational Development (OD): Sorry, there is no way to explain OD in simple terms. Or a CEO. MORE >>

Are you looking to host a kickoff meeting to inspire and motivate your team? When’s the last time you got the whole crowd together to rally around the vision, celebrate progress and have a little fun? What if you got this note in your email today (I did)? “I was approached by one of my [.] MORE >>