Your Biggest Hidden Asset as a Leader
Do you want to make sure that you’re ready for next year? Consider developing your single biggest and often most overlooked asset: the undeveloped talent of each team member.
What Leaders Lack
What do leaders say that other leaders in their organizations lack? And what do these same leaders think they lack themselves. Here are five areas that eaders cite most often.
What the BIG Bank Forgets (But Their Customers Never Will)
I was approached by my bank, who we’ll refer to as BIG Bank, ten months ago. Their pitch was, “Gee, we think you are a great customer, and we appreciate your business, so we would like to refinance your mortgage because the interest rate is a bit high.”
4 Takeaways from a Speaker’s Conference That Have Nothing to do With Speaking
Here are four key elements that, if built into the fabric of your culture, will create an organization that has energy, passion and will be a place where people feel welcome and valued.
2 Things People Don’t Think About at Thanksgiving
In just a few weeks, millions of people will be sitting down to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. And, like my fellow Americans, my mouth waters at the thought of turkey, and I savor a good slice of pumpkin pie. But here are two things that too many people don’t think about at Thanksgiving. #1. Being Thankful
To Stay Creative, Stay Connected
As a professional speaker and book author, I often teach programs and coach executives on how to be more creative and innovative. Everyone that I work with wants to know what the secrets are to be more creative. The reality is simple, it’s just about making small changes. The good news is just by changing
Can You Stay Forever Young?
I have a birthday coming up soon and I will be turning 57 years old. This is has led me to think more about what it means to age as a man and what it means to fight against the ravages of age. A few weeks ago I wrote an article for The Good Men
Is Everything You Know About Productivity Wrong?
One of the biggest challenges of leading a company is managing the work of other people. In managing the work of other people, one of the hardest tasks is making sure that you maximize productivity with each employee. Here however, is the problem- everything you know about employee productivity is wrong. As a leadership expert, I find most people's
6 Secrets of Motivating Employees
What you don’t know can hurt your leadership I travel all over the country facilitating leadership programs for companies, and I have come to a conclusion: most managers do not have a clue about how to motivate employees. They ask me why employees aren't motivated, why they won't work harder and why they aren't loyal. Managers often say to
Getting Started
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaYII8yWgYk Speaker and coach Shawn Doyle traces the steps he took from an otherwise good sales job (“I liked it, but I didn’t love it”) to finding his passion as an executive coach, life coach and motivational speaker. Today, Shawn Doyle delivers over 100 talks each year in the US, the UK and Canada.
