Most leaders hire backwards. They obsess over filling today’s seat and ignore tomorrow’s potential. That’s a mistake — especially if you’re scaling. Here’s the real question: does your business actually develop high-potential hires, or just onboard them and hope for the best? A great hire is a starting point, not a finish line. Your job […]
Tag: Staff Development
Effective Communication is Not a Personality Trait
Does Your Talk Lead to Action? Most business owners can rattle off their top three or four priorities without hesitation — they live with them daily. The mistake is assuming that clarity in your own head translates automatically into clarity across the organization. It doesn’t. Priorities that feel obvious to you are often never actually […]
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The Leadership Skill Most Managers Are Rarely Taught: Saying It So Everyone Hears It
There’s a running joke in advertising about business jargon — an actor rattles off a string of acronyms like they mean something concrete, and everyone nods along as if fluency in buzzwords equals clarity. It’s funny because it’s true. A lot of what passes for “communication” in growing companies is really just noise that sounds […]
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Are your managers actually coaching—or just giving feedback?
“You need to improve the way you communicate with clients and your team. I’d like to see you work on that.” – Manager This is the typical coaching discussion we hear many of managers using as an example of how they provide feedback to their staff. Most managers have said some version of this. It […]
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The Speed of Trust
An important book every Next Generation Leader should read is “The Speed of Trust”. There is something about the book that strikes at the foundation of any leadership conversation and that something is TRUST. Covey makes a well-formed case for TRUST being the governor on the speed of virtually every successful business process and action. […]
LEADERS BUILD TRUST ON THEIR TEAMS
Everyone wants to be trusted. Leaders want to know they have the trust of their organization. So what are a few first steps for leaders to consider when building trust in the organization? Use the mnemonic TRUST as a guide. T is to become a teacher … teach as many people as you can (and […]