4 Jun,2020 | Alignment, Best Practices, Change, Communication, Delegating, Empowerment, Goal Setting, Leader Chat, Leadership, Performance Expectations, Performance Management, Servant Leadership, Talent Management, Time Management, Uncategorized, Virtual Work Teams
“So many of us are dealing with changes to our work routines. It’s generating a mountain of new requests and tasks that require us to get things done using new guidelines, practices, and procedures,” says bestselling business author Dr. Vicki Halsey,...
23 May,2020 | Communication, criticism, Difficult Conversations, Emotional Intelligence, feedback, Leader Chat, Leadership, Performance Expectations, Performance Management, Uncategorized, Vulnerability
Dear Madeleine,Every time I hear the word “feedback” I have a strong, negative response. This comes from a recent experience with a manager. Going into the relationship, I had always been someone who asked for feedback. This manager, however, gave me...
16 May,2020 | Communication, criticism, Difficult Conversations, Emotional Intelligence, feedback, Leader Chat, Leadership, Performance Expectations, Performance Management, Uncategorized, Vulnerability
Dear Madeleine,Every time I hear the word “feedback” I have a strong, negative response. This comes from a recent experience with a manager. Going into the relationship, I had always been someone who asked for feedback. This manager, however, gave me...
23 Nov,2019 | Accountability, Behavior Change, Difficult Conversations, Employee Work Passion, feedback, Hiring, Leader Chat, Leadership, Performance Expectations, Performance Management, Uncategorized, Values
Dear Madeleine, I have an amazing team except for one person. I’ve provided ample opportunities for this person to step up and she just isn’t picking up on them. I can’t tell what is going on. She seems bright enough. She can work...
5 Oct,2019 | Behavior Change, Difficult Conversations, Emotional Intelligence, Fairness, feedback, Human Resource Issues, Leader Chat, Leadership, Performance Expectations, Performance Management, productivity, Talent Management, Uncategorized
Dear Madeleine, I run a very lean team and one of my people is a hypochondriac. Every week there is a new reason he needs to go to the doctor. Any cold that comes through he gets, and it is worse for him than for anybody else. He gets the flu every year. It is always...
13 Jul,2019 | Communication, Culture, Health, Leader Chat, Leadership, Mindfulness, Performance Expectations, Power, Resilience, Self leadership, Stress, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine, I am at my limit and hope you can help. I am a senior team leader with a very high performing intact team. We have a new, very inexperienced board who is wreaking havoc with the way I run my business. They are putting nonrealistic pressures on me to...
