Recently, I overheard two frontline supervisors talking about a meeting they attended a few days earlier. At that meeting, senior leaders of the division shared upcoming plans (layoffs) for cutting […]
http://youtu.be/5AQ-cXpo_Y4 (Chris’ video of this blog post was featured on Blanchard’s Leadership Livecast on January 25, 2012.) At a recent leadership training session, some of the managers and supervisors taking […]
I reflect regularly on my best bosses. I analyze how they took widely varying players with differing skill sets, experiences, and personalities and helped each of us genuinely contribute while […]
Employee morale in organizations across the globe continues to erode. A recent study by the World At Work organization found that employee engagement levels for all workers at the companies surveyed have […]
Blanchard colleague Dr. Vicki Halsey recently shared insights from her new book, Brilliance by Design. Vicki is Blanchard’s VP of Applied Learning. There are few people on the planet who know more […]
Early one recent morning, I turned on the hot water in my sink to shave. The water was hot and, um, rusty. I checked the other hot water outlets and […]