Blog Postings

Recently, millennials—those born roughly between 1982 and 2000—surpassed Generation X to

We know that supervisors are critical to communication, but nowhere are they more pivotal than in reaching non-wi...

Welcome to my weekly round-up of recent top leadership and communication blog posts. As many of you know, each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays, I pull some of my favorites together here on my blog. ...

Don’t Tell Stories Without a Purpose Sometimes leaders get so caught up with grabbing an audience’s attention that they miss the point. For instance, a personal anecdote is great but only if it

Stories are an integral part to communicating effectively with your employees. A great story goes a long way, because it’s memorable and h...

Welcome to my weekly round-up of recent top leadership and communication blog posts. As many of you know, each week I read and twee...

The employee engagement journey is a continuous one and isn’t the result of an “event”. You must work every day at it, and when employees see you making that extra effort, they’ll do the same. Here are two tips that you can work on today to help you drive e...

If you were to give yourself a grade for how effective you are at giving feedback, what grade would you choose? Many of the executives I work with are brutally honest and give themselves an F. They don’t make giving feedback a standard part of meetings and discussions; they g...

Welcome to my weekly round-up of recent top leadership and communication blog posts. As many of you know, each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays, I pull some of my favorites together here on my blog....

A senior executive once commented to me about the repetition of her messages. “I’m tired of sharing these same messages and stories,” she lamented after the umpteenth communication on a crucial topic.