What is your employee retention strategy?
When I talk with clients, their number one issue is talent. Most are struggling to hire the employees they need, and many are concerned about losing key talent. I suggest employers focus on three areas: Compare employee vs. employer needs: In a McKinsey Quarterly article, the authors compared what is important to employees vs. what employers […]
What story are you telling yourself?
One of the most important roles of a leader is having difficult conversations. I became a high school principal when I was 27 years old and felt unprepared for difficult conversations. Some of the teachers at the school had taught longer than I had been alive, and all of the parents were older than me. […]
How can leaders establish and promote shared purpose?
In The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups, Daniel Coyle shares three skills of highly successful organizational cultures: (1) Build safety, (2) Share vulnerability, and (3) Establish purpose. This article is the third installment of a three part series about organizational culture and explores shared purpose. Previous blogs can be found at “How can leaders […]