FREE Webinar: Find Your Authentic Career Path in 2013
Are you doing the work you love? We hope you are. But if you’re not, why not take the next step to discover how you can make important changes in your professional direction in 2013? Start the new year by creating a career path plan. Join Nancy Bishop and Robin Eichert for a short, but […]
Managers need to sort through difficult times and create new beginnings
The impact we make in a minute can last a lifetime One of my favorite things about Christmas is the tree. I always put it up the weekend following Thanksgiving, just because I want to enjoy it as long as I can. I have two large boxes of carefully stowed ornaments, each one protected […]
Career Coaching Services
New services offered for career planning From time to time, I get asked about whether I use an assessment that helps a person identify career options. Yes, the ProfileXT (PXT) offers a wealth of information to support those inquiries. But … now it just got better! The Pathway Planner Assessment builds on the comprehensive data […]
Will your employee problems ever end?
Ever feel like the issues you face with employees are endless? Just when you’ve made progress resolving an issue — and bam! — there it is again! Or maybe the problem has never gone away in the first place. Should your work as a manager require constant, ongoing, never-ending baby-sitting? Yes. But I wouldn’t call […]
The Secret Lives of Your Employees
Do you know the things that matter? My uncle died a few weeks ago. It wouldn’t be accurate to say that we were close, but I always respected his intellect and his sense of humor, his love for history, and his incredible recall on anything he ever heard. He remembered everything, it seemed, and forgot […]
Developing Leadership for Sustainability
Everyone can make an impact towards sustainability If you were to ask 100 people how they would define a sustainable organization, I bet you would get 100 different answers. And I suspect every idea would be valid and credible. Then layer on top the concept of leadership, and wow, think of the possibilities of things […]
Managers should nudge, not push, new experiences
Help employees develop new skills with kindness and grace Sometimes you just need a gentle nudge to do something that you wouldn’t do otherwise. And afterwards, you’re grateful for that push. Grace was evidence of this lesson the other day, when she was led down a frightening path, but found it safe and happy after […]
How to handle well-adjusted (and not-so-well-adjusted) employees
A friend and Graceful Leadership blog reader emailed me after the last post and said that she was glad to hear that the recent chiropractic visit helped Grace and that she hoped Grace continued to be “well-adjusted.” Of course, I loved that she cared about Grace. And at the same time, it struck my funny bone […]
Four Tips for Supporting Employee Development
Climbing your way to higher job performance requires simple steps Yesterday, Grace wasn’t able to climb stairs. Today she can. A small spine adjustment done by a caring, competent chiropractor did the trick. It was quick. Easy. Simple. Well, not really. Not so quick, not so easy, not so simple. Don’t you wish you could […]
Are you relying on your preconceived notions to explain employee performance?
Performance issues aren’t always what they seem I think of Grace as agile. Nimble. Fast. And it’s not just me, others often comment on her speed. Those associations lead me to believe she’s healthy and physically fit. And because of Grace’s pronounced fearful disposition, I immediately attribute any unusual behavior to her mental state. And […]
