Two questions you can ask to help link purpose to pay.

Meeting our employee’s need for autonomy before they look elsewhere.

Having a mentor is crucial to continued growth. Make sure however that you choose a good one. Choosing a mentor can be difficult because everyone is so busy. But the biggest thing holding people back from finding a mentor is simply not asking.  Write down the names of 5 people you admire for their leadership [...]

One of the Seven Summits has me motivated to get my butt into the gym. In this week’s video I explain discrepancy and how to use it as a motivator.

Motivate your employees with Mastery Goals over Performance Goals.

Show notes
First of all, I should have filmed this episode the other day when the weather was great. But as you can see it was pouring rain and it was not going to stop so I had to get out there and film it anyways. This week [...]

Bad Boss shows you how not to listen and James gives you 5 tips on how to restore trust after you have blown it!

The key to making Power Point work for you! Power Point gets a bad rap but really its because it is misused. When you use the program during a presentation, tray and use as little as text as possible. One resource to help[ you with it is called www.thinkoutsidetheslide.com. It is a website by Dave [...]

2010 Winter Olympics
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This week’s episode of Help Me Lead comes from Vancouver, home of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Of course the Winter Olympics is always an inspiring event showcasing the world’s best on ice and snow. This week I thought it would be fitting to talk about world-class leadership and pass on some tips from [...]

Boosting Employee Morale
Do you need the Smile-O-Matic? Find out whether you are a manager or a true LEADER! This week’s Help Me Lead features James Robbins along with Humor at Work’s Michael Kerr.
Boosting morale has never been more important than it is now. With the economy in a slow recovery, morale is still a major [...]

Steve has his performance review with Bad Boss. Too bad he has no idea what is waiting for him.
Performance Reviews
Performance reviews are a lot better if managers give consistent feedback to their employees. Don’t save all of your praise and/or constructive criticism for a meeting that you have once a year. Performance reviews can be [...]

Help Me Lead Episode 2- Dog Leadership

Sheep Dogs
In this episode I interview Lynn Green, a sheep handler from the Pacific Northwest. Amazing that the principles in handling dogs and sheep are not much different from handling people.
Loyal Dog
Also a mention of the new movie Hachiko, A Dog Story. I have yet to see this film [...]

Employee Motivation
Welcome to the world premiere of Help Me Lead. Of course I say world premiere, because it makes it sound much bigger. Anyways, I am really excited about this new project. Help Me Lead will dive to the bottom of employee motivation and flesh out the principle necessary in order to be an effective [...]

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