Michelle Tillis Lederman is named by Forbes as one of the 25 Professional Networking Experts to Watch and author of “The Connector’s Advantage: 7 Mindsets to Grow Your Influence and Impact.” In this episode, we discuss: How to be a relationship-driven leader; the 7 Mindsets to Grow Your Influence and Impact; the difference between connecting and networking; and how to build strong work relationships and what’s the ROI.
Category: Employee Engagement Tips for Managers
Manage Smarter 70: Increase Your Curiosity, Unlock Your Potential
Dr. Diane Hamilton is a nationally syndicated radio show host. She is the author of multiple books including It’s Not Your It’s Your Personality, and her forthcoming book is titled, Cracking the Curiosity Code: The Key to Unlocking Human Potential. In this episode, we discuss: How curiosity and lack of it is holding your career advancement back; why we lose curiosity as we age; the four things that hold us back from being more curious.
Manage Smarter 69: Accountability and Buy-In Without the Drama
Accountability: How do you get it from your people and how can you actually transfer the responsibility for it onto your teams and make them WANT to give it to you? Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, global thought-leader, and New York Times best-selling author who is recognized for cultivating a counter-intuitive, reality-based approach to leadership.
Manage Smarter 68: Social Wealth – How To Get It and Use It
Jason Treu is an executive coach who helps executives, managers, and employees to maximize their leadership and management potential. In this episode, we discuss: the concept of social wealth; vulnerability is the lever to build trust super fast among team members; the keys to making your business networking much more effective; what kind of questions to ask to make your team bond into a high-performance team.
Manage Smarter 67: Getting Buy-In and “Ingagement”
Evan Hackel is The CEO of Tortal Training and Ingage Consulting, Author and Speaker. In this episode, we discuss: Definition of Ingagement vs. Engagement; how ownership buy-in employees act differently; taking the next step to survey employees and draw in everyone to find solutions; and creating better information flow throughout complex organizations to gain buy-in.
Is Your Sales Training Missing the Mark On Engagement?
Business leaders are getting the picture. When they train their sales manager and reps, revenue rises
What to do about the Mad Hatter in Your Organization
The Hatter in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is sometimes called the Mad Hatter. Do you know why? And do you know why having an employee who behaves like a Mad Hatter in your organization is a managerial call-to-action?
How to Delegate Tasks to Increase Productivity and Employee Engagement
Are you a superhero? If you own a small or medium-size business, you should be asking yourself that question.
Use Cybersecurity To Strengthen Your Culture
“Hackers aren’t interested in my little business.” If that’s the standard line you use when a security consultant pitches you on their services, you’re making a mistake.
Manage Smarter 59: Overcommunication is Impossible!
Lee Caraher is the best-selling author of two books titled The Boomerang Principle–Inspire Lifetime Loyalty from Your Employees and Millennials & Management. She’s also the CEO of Double Forte, a national PR/Communications agency headquartered in San Francisco and New York. In this episode, we discuss: how your career can suffer from poor communication; managing to hold teams accountable for information they receive; and managing how you talk to millennial workers.
Manage Smarter 55: Workplace Humor Minefield – Do’s and Don’ts
Scott Dikkers is the founder of TheOnion.com, The AV Club and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of “How To Write Funny.” He’s also been named to TIME magazine’s Top 50 “Cyber Elites” alongside Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and George Lucas. In this episode, we discuss: how workplace humor can be a danger area;
the 11 different kinds of jokes and literary devices; and the difference between creatives and non-creatives spheres in the workplace.
Has the “Lens of Power” Distorted Your Leadership Role?
Everyone has praised your idea. Nobody has suggested any improvements. Either you are the most amazing product development manager ever, or your team members are afraid to tell you the truth.
