Why is employee engagement such a popular topic? The cost of having a disengaged team can be disastrous to the success of your company. What can we learn from the TOP Companies about employee engagement? The keyword, “best companies to work for” has an average of 33,000 monthly searches according to a recent search on … Read more
You know those extremely busy weeks where you have a mountain of work that needs to get done? Then during those particular days, or weeks, you get asked to help people with their projects. What do you do? Do you say “yes” and risk impeding on your own productivity, or do you say “no” and … Read more
One of your many leadership responsibilities is to motivate and inspire your team. If you keep this as one of your focuses, you’ll soon realize you will get an incredible return on your investment. If inspiring and supporting your team is one of your true priorities, you will find that you in turn will be … Read more
If you could go back in time and have a coffee with yourself, “what advice would you give yourself?” I am sure you have heard this form of question before. The truth is however that you cannot go back in time. What you can do is take what you learned so far and use it … Read more
Employee engagement has become an important issue in today’s society. We are hearing more and more about the impact and cost of disengaged employees. What strategies can you implement to keep your team motivated? As a leader, or entrepreneur, you spend countless hours in creating a great vision of the direction you want your company … Read more
I am all for some healthy competition. In my career, I have often measured my performance against others as a yard stick to determine how I am doing. I have strived and reached number one with several of the companies I have worked for. When I left HBC, I was the number one KPI ranking … Read more
How successful are you at goal setting? Do you find yourself reluctant to believe in its effectiveness? Do you see goal setting as a time waster? It took me a while to get a real handle on goal setting and went through several phases. During phase one, I didn’t even bother setting goals outside of … Read more
Success, a word that one hears about often. However, one person’s definition of success can vary greatly from someone else’s. How do you measure success? How do you know when you have arrived at what people label success? I am currently writing this post while on a plane for a business trip. This morning, as … Read more
You have heard it said before, “The first step is always the hardest”. Is this true in all circumstances? Is the first step really always the hardest? I have been working out since April 2015. I remember my first Focus T25 workout where I gasped for air and tasted my blood in my mouth. That … Read more
Have you ever been part of a brainstorming session? If so, you know that it tends not to involve an equal input from each participant. In fact, depending on the size of the group, in my experience, only 40-50% of the participants in a group brainstorming session are actively participating. Does this mean that those … Read more
Throughout my career, I have been put in several different challenging leadership positions. In my first leadership role, I was the only female store manager out of over 90 stores. I was one female in an environment at that time dominated by men. I was also Director of a HBC store, leading a team of … Read more
I recently purchased a brand new Land Rover Discovery. Land Rover has been a brand that I have wanted for a while and I was super excited and motivated to pick it up on a Friday. Over the week-end, 3 days after I had the car, I took my parents and kids to eat at … Read more
Are you happy when you are checking things off your list? Or do you get overwhelmed because your to-do list seems to just keep growing? I remember the last time I worked with a to-do list. It was a Monday morning and I had about 1 ½ pages of tasks that I wanted to get … Read more
Did you enjoy last week’s Blog Roundup? Did you do anything differently? Was there a particular article that inspired you the most? This week, I share some more posts that I enjoyed throughout the week. Grab a Coffee or Tea and take the next few minutes to catch up on some great reads. Let’s hope … Read more
How engaged are you at work? As a leader, do you keep employee satisfaction top of mind? Do you have a plan in place to decrease employee turnover and improve employee engagement? If you do not, don’t be fooled into thinking that you don’t have a problem. The statistics are startling and the trend is … Read more