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The Top Eleven Things Employees Want From Their Leader

Rick Conlow

When consulting with clients we always find ways to do individual and team recognition at meetings. For example, use meetings, one on ones, virtual sessions, phone conferences, company portal, email, Zoom, and texts. For example, meet one on one with each employee monthly. This is called Servant Leadership. Communication.

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Synergy Unleashed: The Power of Great Teamwork

Rick Conlow

Our assessment identified a silo mentality throughout the organization and minimal leadership development or training. We addressed the issues with new communication channels, customer service and quality initiatives, on-going quality leadership training for all leaders (executives, too), and team development applications.

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7 Employee Comments that Destroy a Team

Rick Conlow

However, these comments are also a wakeup call for a manager to improve his or her team leadership skills. Team Content and Process The bottom line is that a team’s success largely depends on the content and the process. I learned a valuable lesson about the lack of team leadership. “I’m too busy.”

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Why Employee Recognition Matters in Today’s Workplace

Rick Conlow

Through planning meetings, training, and coaching we ramped up the initiative. Management set a fifteen percent goal for improvement. ” Employees can give each other virtual “kudos” for demonstrating Amazon’s Leadership Principles. Finally, see Rick’s newest book. We thought they could do more.

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Why you need a COO or operations manager

Asamby Consulting

Process improvement is necessary to bring the company back to what made growth possible in the first place: Good products and services. This role will create the relevant infrastructure for you (think: SOPs , KPIs, Collaboration tools, regular meetings etc.). I want to fix or streamline my existing processes.

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How to Motivate Frontline Employees

Harvard Business

In 2016 the leadership team of a national retail organization asked us to help boost their frontline performance. They wanted to improve revenue, cost, risk, and customer satisfaction all at the same time. We explained to leaders that great leadership isn’t about pressuring people to do their work. There were rules.

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How to Beat Mid-Career Malaise

Harvard Business

Even people who have achieved a great deal of career success aren’t immune to these feelings, says Whitney Johnson, an executive coach and the author several books including Build an A-Team. Seek meaning by making an effort to meet people who benefit from your work. ” Consider a career change. If not now, when?”

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