Getting buy-in on tough decisions from team members is a challenge for many leaders when the change initiatives may be unpopular. For example, let’s say that a company’s owners have made a tough decision to change their employees’ health insurance carriers. This could be a real hassle for many workers—it

Always show your leadership experience on resumes, and never underestimate the importance of a well-written resume. This seemingly simple or irrelevant document can land you a job interview, or even the job itself. It can mean the difference between starting off your career in your dream job or having a

Is there such a thing as “overselling,” especially if you are a new business trying to make an honest buck? Unfortunately, there is. And you can experience the conundrums of it first-hand when you are bullied into buying something you didn’t want or need. Overselling is one of the reasons

During my early days in the Air Force as a young non-commissioned officer, I began to wonder why airmen would feel motivated to please one leader and not another.  Why “yessir” invoked positive emotion for the former and negative for the latter. How could I be the kind of leader

Working for one of the largest employers in my community, I was surprised at all of the alumni from my high school who also worked there. I grew up in a small town about 90 minutes from the city I worked at. My senior class was the largest in school

Are you familiar with the term “nomophobia”? Nomophobia is what happens to people when they don’t have access to their cell phones. It stands for No Mobile Phobia. Is this real? People actually get nervous when they are out of touch and will experience anxiety if they don’t have a

“Are you listening to me? What did he call it again?  It was an interesting word,” remarked the promoter. “I don’t know. I wasn’t listening to him. He was talking on and on,” responded the speaker. That was a snippet of a conversation I heard recently while attending a leadership

If you wish to become a great leader, you should be ready to use any possible strategy to inspire your team. And one of the things that any new leader might be considering is to lead with answers. For example, tell your staff what they are expected to do so

When we meet with potential clients, the first thing we hear is, “If we could all just communicate effectively, we could accomplish anything!” Most people feel the same way— that the number one problem they have in their organization is a lack of communication skills. But what people think is

While people under 35 seem to be taking the world’s transformation to social networking in stride, I am finding a trend of indifference or even resentment toward social networking among my fellow Baby Boomer Generation business leaders. These are the kind of comments I’ve heard: “Oh, this is just a