In January, I started a five-part blog series on creating a positive performance culture. The first blog focused on “We Know Where We are Going!” The second part to this series was posted in February. It was focused on “We…
Collaboration and decision making can present unique challenges for teams, and even more so in a remote work setting. It is easy to feel disconnected and unappreciated when you can’t just walk across the room and make your point heard.…
Working from home can introduce new distractions you may not have had in the office. As you develop good habits around balancing work and family life, it is a good idea to address these distractions in a way that helps…
When you first start working from home it can introduce new tension into the household since it is harder than ever to balance personal, family, and work time. The way to ease this tension is to create healthy boundaries and…
Working remotely presents some unique challenges. One of the most common issues people face is Showing Value: Managers need to know their employees are working and producing results; and employees may be concerned that their contributions are not being recognized,…
My seventeen-year-old daughter and I were talking last night about social distancing and quarantining our family for the next couple of weeks to support the community efforts to reduce the spread of the Covid-19. She said, “We need something to…
In last month’s blog, I started a five-part series on creating a positive performance culture. In the first blog, I focused on “We know where we are going!” To know where we are going, we must have a clear purpose,…
Veronika Scott was compelled to solve a problem in her Detroit community. There is a homeless population that lives on the streets and in abandoned buildings. When winter comes, they need warmth. Veronika, a clothing designer, had an idea. She…
This post is written by Dana Schwartz, Career/Leadership Coach and Strategist with Leadership Innovations. Songs can be quite relatable to our lives. Take, for example, the infamous song by David Bowie “Changes”. I can hear the chorus now- “Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. Turn…
Coerce – To cause to do through pressure, force, or necessity. In my last blog, I introduced the idea that there is a higher chance of someone feeling coerced if he is given a directive or mandate. I focused that…