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5 Simple Steps to Bringing Out the Best in Others: An Interview With Stacy Allegro
Can you imagine being fired for initiative? Better yet, can you imagine firing an employee who consistently went above and beyond to serve your customer and reach your team goals? Of course not! Yet, this happens every day. And, it happened to Stacy. Not once, but 16...
Get Your Team to Work Together, and Improve Performance: Misti Burmeister Interviewed on Aha Radio
Leaders want to be effective, and employees want to succeed, so why what gets in the way? Why do challenges like generational differences (and other differences) impede performance, wreck havoc on innovation, and cause unnecessary revenue loss? Better yet, what are...
The Secret to Getting Really, Really Good at Something New
A couple of weeks ago, I had the chance to spend a whole week with my 11-year-old niece, Brooke. The day after she flew in from Colorado, we headed over to my gym here in Baltimore. It’s a Crossfit gym, so there’s lots of open area and rings that hang from the ceiling...
How to Reinvent Yourself: Interview With Damian Mason
From political comedy to professional reinvention, Damian Mason is traveling the country providing practical steps for staying relevant in an ever-changing, competitive marketplace. Not only did I get a chance to watch his hysterical political comedy show at the...
The Key to Reaching Every Goal You Ever Set
Last week, I met this beautiful little girl—Hana—in the pool. She was practicing the breaststroke with her mom, one lane over. On my rest between sets, Hana told me she had just learned to swim eight weeks prior. “Show me what you’re working with,” I said....
Finding the Right Employee for an Immediate Hire Position
Remember Kristina from last Thursday’s blog post? Well, six months after sending her resume to a headhunter, Kristina had several interviews lined up. One company wishing to fill a key position brought her in for an interview with a few key people, and she received a...
What Women Need to Know to Thrive in a Male-Dominated Industry: An Interview With Sheila Callahan
Without question, this is one of the most powerful interviews I’ve ever had the privilege of recording. Beyond being a National Account Manager at T. Rowe Price, Sheila Callahan is one of the most authentic, open, and curious people I’ve ever known. After hearing...
Why Your Employees Keep Quitting
It’s hard enough to find great employees. But to keep them? That’s even harder! Why is that? More importantly, how can you ensure you keep yours? After telling her boss, “I’m ripping you off! You pay me to do forty hours of work every week, and I’m not doing forty...
You Can Be A Leader Too!
What’s your idea of a leader? Many people I have encountered from different walks of life and career paths do not see themselves as or consider themselves leaders. Why is this so? I think most people have an ill-conceived notion of who a leader is. They see power...
The Journey from Uninspired to Great-full
Just three years ago, I was so uninspired that I found myself walking around literally asking people, “What makes me unique? What makes me valuable?” It was frustrating, and exhausting. I kept hoping someone’s answer would fill void I felt inside. Alas, they couldn’t...
How to Get Unstuck and Get Moving
Nearly every person I’ve met at one point or another in their life has needed to get unstuck. They have either been doing the same thing over and over again or just don’t know what the next step should be. The exact same thing happened to me and here, I share my story...
Land Your Dream Opportunity: An Interview with Zephan Moses Blaxberg
Just two years ago, Zephan was working a full time job with a top technology company and was frustrated with his inability to do the work he loved. Since we went to the same gym, I got to experience not only his struggles, but also his breakthroughs. Nearly every day,...
Misti Moments: Bored Employees Quit
Are your employees bored? Get them excited about their jobs and watch retention rates soar!
3 Steps to Resolving Team Conflict
Your Question: How do I resolve team conflict? How do I get team members to move past their history and associated baggage to do what is best for the team or organization? My Answer: This question is often posed from a “generational conflict” perspective, yet the...
How to Get Chosen for the Task
Reader Question: How do I get more opportunities to contribute? Why doesn’t my boss (or colleagues) pick me for projects? How do I get chosen? Another great question! Not only have I gotten this question, I’ve heard many leaders get the same one. Back in January,...
7 Ways to Replace Complaining With Lasting Commitment
Getting work done through others is exhausting when your team is full of complainers. They come to you with problems, rather than solutions, and find creative ways to engage their co-workers in their negativity. Cheryl, the chief operations officer of a technology...
How a Humble Historian Can Make You a Better Leader
Primarily, we measure the success or failure of employee (and even customer) engagement by how dedicated they are to us, our product/service, our company, etc. Yet, we fail to measure the actions that motivate such caring. By “engagement,” I mean getting them to focus...
One Entrepreneur’s Secrets To Success: Interview with Kate Erickson
Kate Erickson is a creator, engager and implementer over at EntrepreneurOnFire, a 7-day a week podcast that interviews today's most inspiring and successful entrepreneurs. She is also the host of Kate's Take: The EntrepreneurOnFire Audio Blog and author of The Fire...