In this video I talk about how to lead a high performance team and what you as a leader can do to develop a high performance team. I’ve been speaking with a number of leaders of high performing teams and there are a few innate behaviours that they all demonstrate as a leader. Today I …
In today’s video I talk about the 5 ways to communicate your company culture and keep the conversation alive around your company culture. This video is really for any leader, but particularly CEOs and business owners of small and medium sized businesses. So, picture this. You’ve designed your aspirational culture and things are in motion. …
Covid-19 is far from over. What started out as a 2-week pause has ended up being a 4-month long struggle for most companies. As the economy starts to reopen, businesses are now faced with a new challenge: how to lead in this new era. Leading post-covid will bring about its own challenges. This blog post …
In today’s video, I’m talking about how to define an aspirational culture for your small or medium sized business. This video is for CEOs and business owners, but if you’re in HR, you’ll find it useful. There’s a misconception that culture is something that just happens in your company. Culture isn’t something that just HAPPENS. …
New leaders have big mandates. The expectations are sky high. All eyes are on you. One wrong move could spell the end of your career. Or, at the very least, seriously hinder your progress. This is why defining an aspirational culture is a crucial first step for any leader. Typically, the more senior you are, …
If you’re leading a company going through a stagnant business growth period, then you know the solution is not simple to solve. A quick google search gives hundreds of possible solutions and almost all of them involve fixing strategy, sales, marketing and product innovation in some way. In this blog post I’m going to give …
Have you ever found yourself wondering why and how some companies have all the luck getting the best people? That’s how Mark felt when he reached out to me last year. As with anything in life, luck has very little to do with finding and keeping the best talent. What does help is an effective …
There are 3 clues that reveal company culture: the people, the processes and the technology. If you think this sounds too simple, then you would be right. See, the trick isn’t in learning the company culture. The trick is figuring out what to do after you’ve learned it, but that’s a topic for another blog …
Studies show 40% of executives fail within 18 months on the job due to poor or non-existent executive onboarding. Not getting a solid executive onboarding means new executives are left alone to figure out “how” things are done at the company, delaying, or worse completely missing, their ability to deliver the results they were hired …
When I started my HR career, perhaps one of the most surprising things I found was just how much there was to juggle. Now, I came form an Executive Assistant role, supporting 3 SVPs and the President, so I was no stranger to juggling multiple tasks. But going from supporting four executives to supporting a …