by Misti Burmeister | Feb 22, 2021 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
Using conflict as a catalyst for growth “Your silence is violence. If you’re not for me, you’re against me. If you don’t speak up, I won’t work with you anymore,” she said. It was six thirty in the morning when I read this. I received an email from a marketing expert...
by Misti Burmeister | Feb 10, 2021 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
Keeping employees focused and productive in the midst of mass uncertainty is tough, but it can be done. It requires a shift in thinking about how having difficult conversations can help to improve bottom line results. Many leaders think that better results come...
by Misti Burmeister | Jan 24, 2021 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
It is a line we use at my house when a product or service is unusually challenging. It could be that bottle or package that requires a hack saw and a blow torch to open, or it might be the service that has way too many steps to finally reach your desired outcome. Our...
by Misti Burmeister | Jan 11, 2021 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
Little Stories That Make a Big Impact This pandemic (along with massively unsettling political shenanigans) is causing immense weariness, and exhausting employees across the globe. Simply said, our brains are not built for processing or pivoting at the magnitude that...
by Misti Burmeister | Dec 28, 2020 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
With the sheer number of responsibilities continually increasing almost daily, how are you supposed to find time to manage them too? Just like you, your team gets paid to do a job, and wouldn’t it be great if they’d just do it? While Baby Boomers required very little...