A Leader’s Guide to Building Relationships and Employee Engagement: Tip # 7 – Encourage Team Relationships

A key role leaders play is helping their team perform better together.  To achieve levels of high-performance, you need to dedicate time to developing the relationships within the team. When  relationships grow stronger so does trust, collaboration and accountability. Concept:  Leaders help their teams perform better together.  To achieve high ­performance, focused time should be given to developing the relationships within the team which builds trust. Ask Yourself:  Do the members of our team know each other well? How have I encouraged relationship building among team members? Take Action:   Write […]

Ready, Set … Ask

It is so easy for our communication with others to get derailed.  There are infinite distractions that can get in our way and often we are so busy preparing our response that we aren’t truly listening in the first place.  So I would encourage you to stop thinking about communication in terms of talking and […]

The Least Amount

I have always been one to give my fullest effort, but at a certain point in my life between family, career and well-being that became almost impossible. As I started to reexamine my life, I began to flip my thinking and ask how little can I do and still achieve the maximum benefit.  When is […]

Avoid Manager Mayhem

The most important decision a company can make is simply whom they name manager.  When it comes to employee engagement, the right manager can make all the difference.\n\nGallup finds that great managers have the following talents:\n \n They motivate every single employee to take action and engage employees with a compelling mission and vision. \n They have […]