I’ve noticed a particular challenge that the leaders and managers I work with face. I call it the Sunday Night Blues. It begins with mild anxiety on Sunday afternoon. It is not debilitating, but it is draining. The prospect of Monday morning is looming. Your full inbox is waiting. An unresolved conflict demands closure. An unhappy …
“How do you manage these millennials?” Questions about leading millennials in the workplace are rarely asked without a tone of frustration. Established leaders are frustrated with the perceived lack of strong work ethic in the post-collegiate labor pool. The approach to work ethic for baby boomers is vastly different from the approach of millennials and the emerging …
The Power of Empathy in Leadership During a recent leadership development meeting with a client team, the word empathy kept coming up in our conversation. It came up as a necessary, yet clearly deficient, component in their approach to leadership. Would your team members say that you understand and appreciate what they are feeling? Among this particular team, there …
Do you remember the story of Jack and the Beanstalk? In the classic children’s fairy tale, Jack trades his valuable, but slow-producing, resource (the cow) for the get-rich-quick promise of a peddling shyster pushing magic beans. In the adventure that follows, Jack nearly loses his life in a battle with the giant on the other …
I live in a small town in rural South Carolina. Most of my client work is in the larger regional markets of Charleston, Charlotte, and Asheville. I love coming home to Hartsville. Matters of business, politics, and religion are still hashed out over bad coffee and good sausage. It is not unusual to find executives from Sonoco …
How to Lead by Being Present Are you communicating deep value for your team members? If I were to ask your team members the following questions about you, how would they respond? “Do you believe that (insert your name here) values you?” “Does he/she value your contribution to the team? ” Most of the teams …