If we want to have any chance of removing the ambiguity that too frequently surrounds the values listed on our conference room walls and detailed through the first few pages of our employee handbooks we’d better be sharing specific examples of what those core values look like in the workplace. To en...

Since that large tech firm’s “staggering $75 million loss attributed to misaligned goals and unclear expectations” that I’ve referenced twice now could be a bit more than you or I will experience in our own roles, let’s make it a bit more personal and consider what our numbers could be… First though...

Each time we kick off our Emerging Leader Development course, Cindy and I open with a slide detailing the importance of having and exemplifying core business values. In one of the first we ever provided on site for a large organization, Cindy shared her experience serving on the Maxwell Leadership P...

How many times have you provided one of your team members with directions for completing a task you needed their help getting wrapped up by a certain time, only to get something far different from what you had hoped or miss the mark entirely? I’m sure we’ve all been on both ends of scenarios like th...

In March, April, and May of 1996, I received a tremendous amount of one-on-one training on how to operate the various pieces of equipment I was assigned to. Initially, someone else was responsible for swapping out the tooling and dies after each order I completed so the next part could be made. For ...