1/10 TWE “Performance Horror Stories”

Trick or Treat! We’re having some fun here at TWE.  Here is a very real issue to share and discuss with your staff and colleagues.  Everyday, from now until Halloween, I’m going to upload one of these performance moments for you to share.  I’d like to challenge you to start a conversation on this issue and gauge how you’re team […]

1/10 TWE “Performance Horror Stories”

Trick or Treat! We’re having some fun here at TWE.  Here is a very real issue to share and discuss with your staff and colleagues.  Everyday, from now until Halloween, I’m going to upload one of these performance moments for you to share.  I’d like to challenge you to start a conversation on this issue and gauge how you’re team […]

Be a Clear Leader: Don’t Confuse Your Staff

If we are to improve, we have to be ok with failure (preferably small and controlled failure). It is equally important that we send and receive clear, consistent feedback of when we’re winning or losing. We often seek to protect others by softening the sting of getting it wrong – this confuses staff and hampers progress. Be kind, direct and consistent […]

Be a Clear Leader: Don’t Confuse Your Staff

If we are to improve, we have to be ok with failure (preferably small and controlled failure). It is equally important that we send and receive clear, consistent feedback of when we’re winning or losing. We often seek to protect others by softening the sting of getting it wrong – this confuses staff and hampers progress. Be kind, direct and consistent […]

A “Secret Weapon” for Your Next Presentation

Over the years, there have been a few tools that I have worked with that have proved invaluable. I tend to go back to these “golden” tools again, and again, and again. When I share these tools with clients, they find them useful, and I look like a hero. This is one of those tools. The Periodic Table of Visualization Methods, designed […]

A “Secret Weapon” for Your Next Presentation

Over the years, there have been a few tools that I have worked with that have proved invaluable. I tend to go back to these “golden” tools again, and again, and again. When I share these tools with clients, they find them useful, and I look like a hero. This is one of those tools. The Periodic Table of Visualization Methods, designed […]

If today you suck not, suck tomorrow – you will.

The stats say if your performance doesn’t suck today, it likely will tomorrow.In the middle of a downturn, it’s easy to blame the economic environment for our performance woes… and it’s easier than you might think to unwittingly encourage a culture of complacency.Here are a few of points to consider. In 2013 over 40% of businesses indicated complacency over performance […]

You’re Nothing If You Don’t Stand For Something: Engagement Lessons From Manny Pacquiao

In a previous post, published the eve before the Mayweather Pacquiao “Superfight”, I explored what leaders could learn from boxing regarding process, engagement, resilience, and culture.  I’d like to reflect on something else evident during this event: People don’t stand up for the person… People stand up for what a person stands for.        Tweet As the bell rang the […]