A Leader’s Guide to Building Relationships and Employee Engagement

Growing as a leader is a lifelong journey. Over the next nine weeks I will share tangible ways you can become a better leader. Each week I will share an excerpt from my ebook a Leader’s Guide to Building Relationships and Employee Engagement. Each blog will start with sharing a concept that is proven […]
Detour Ahead
I frequently run a loop around a lake in the Laguna Niguel Regional Park. Today, I ran into a detour. They were working on the bridge so I couldn’t go on my normal route. Instead, I headed out of the park using a different exit and ran past a road leading up the hill. […]
Leading in a Matrix Organization
In a matrix organization the emphasis is on sharing expert/specialist resources across projects that may, themselves, have shared leadership between project management and functional management. Because of this, for a matrix organization to be successful, it must emphasize team, collaboration, communication, relationships, accountability and shared systems and processes.\n\n \n\nThe ability to be proactive and act independently, […]
35 is the new 80
Remember the days when people bragged about the hours they logged at the office. It was a badge of honor to be the last person to leave the office. The tide is changing.\n\nI was reconnecting with a colleague recently and we were sharing stories as business owners about the constant pull to do just one more […]