Employee turnover can be like a weed: you think that you have solved the problem once and for all, but it comes back the following year. How can you find out the root causes of high employment turnover – so that you can structurally reduce it?
The greater the performance demand in your job, the greater the need for recovery. When you skip recovery, your and your team’s performance gradually slips – and your business growth quietly slows down. What constitutes a good recharging break?
Your to-do list is just like your teenager’s bedroom: if you don’t take specific actions, chaos (or busyness) naturally and gradually increases. Regularly pruning out low-value recurring activities from your to-do list makes you much more effective. Why?
In crisis situations “Why” questions are tempting. Yet “What” questions lead to more impactful and clear-headed action. Why, are you asking?
60 to 90% of strategic plans derail along the way. Here are 3 quick and easy ways to improve your annual strategy plan – so you can grow faster and with less pain.
Most leadership teams have too few open, healthy conflicts. This makes them less effective, reduces decision quality, and ultimately slows down business growth. How can you step outside of your comfort zone and mine more healthy conflicts?
Let’s face it: most management meetings are not effective. Yet they are your secret weapon to unlock accountability – and help you grow faster and with less pain. How can you make them more effective?
Many leaders confuse delegation with abdication: they delegate without adapting to the specific needs of their team member. How do you know how much you should delegate?
Decision-making is one of the CEO’s most important jobs, and one of the easiest to do wrong. It doesn’t have to be like that though. Here are 5 tips to improve your decision-making effectiveness – and help you grow faster and with less pain.
Traditional, top-down accountability is not scalable and hurts business growth. Peer-to-peer, “horizontal” accountability frees you up – so that you can grow your business faster and with less pain. How do you develop it?