Quickly Build An Effective Work Team

  When a new work team is formed, members look to the leader for guidance. If the leader provides too much direction, the group will become passive, frustrated, and eventually disband. With too little direction, the group will flounder like an infant, becoming...

Morale

  High morale is a key to success. But what is morale? How can you build it? Here are some facts and suggestions. What is Morale? Morale is that special feeling you share with others of trust, usefulness, purpose, team loyalty and support, pride in your...

Culture Change in Three Days?

My partner and I had an initial three day visit with a new client in the Midwest. The company’s workforce was overworked and demoralized. Turnover exceeded 80%. The managers wanted to improve morale and help new hires and temporary employees quickly become...

First, Understand Who Has The Problem

A person with a problem is motivated to do something about it. Yet strangely we often take people’s problems from them and give them to people who are not motivated. Example — Warehouse Gridlock! It was 8:00 am on the first day of my monthly consulting visit to this...

When Competition Is Destructive

  Internal competition often works against a good culture, against open communication, against success. No senior manager deliberately wants to close down communications, but competition in a leadership team can stifle openness throughout the company. Most...