Management - Leadership

When employees are happy, their productivity level jumps 12% -- but it drops by 10% if they’re unhappy. So can you tell if your team has become unmotivated?

You can learn to be a great leader. Here are 22 people management skills to hone if you want to be the best manager you can be.

Concocting and advertising a parade of specialized cultures signaling to stakeholders that something is being done to attain a specific objective or solve a serious problem.

The right culture doesn’t depend on factors like industry or strategy. The right culture can only be uncovered using the right processes and tools.

Dear Madeleine, I am so frustrated with what I am calling the “in-person addiction” in my new company. I started here two months before COVID sent everyone home. It was very much a traditional “everyone comes to the office” place before that. I am surrounded by people who are still struggling with the virtual aspect…

What should you be delegating? This cool interactive tool will help you figure it out. Plug in your task, answer a few questions and you'll have the answer.

With his first two books, Never Eat Alone and Who’s got Your Back, Keith Ferrazzi taught us the importance of building collaborative relationships. In his latest book, Leading Without Authority, Ferrazzi reinvents the art of collaboration to break down silos, transform teams, and improve overall performance of individuals. He explains that in a world of…

Dear Madeleine, I have a new boss who just offered me the role of lead for a team I have been on for about seven months. Our former lead (who, frankly, wasn’t great at leading) left suddenly a month ago. In the leadership vacuum I kind of stepped up, and nobody seemed to mind. In…

What is vision? Vision is a critically important piece of any leadership plan. It is something you must create and share with your team over time. Vision is a strong mental picture of what you would like to see you or your organization accomplish. Your vision could be: To become the world’s most loved, most […]

Do you delegate tasks to your employees? Or are you one of those people who has to do everything themselves? Here are 5 signs you might be a micromanager.

Effective leaders make their team and their teammates better.

Effective leaders work at making you better. They help you master your current job and expand it so that it’s more challenging and more productive. They help you prepare for your next job.

Productivity is one of the central facets of a strong business. Get it to an optimal level, and you will help to boost your output, as well as offering your customers the best product or service possible. While you can streamline your processes as much as you like, your workforce ... Click to continue reading

“How do we keep people motivated with all of this uncertainty and fear?” This is a question I continue to get asked from clients during the Covid-19 crisis. The answer is simple but not easy. What’s needed is a shift from trying to motivate people to inviting people to be motivated.

If you’re like millions of other people, you’ve been working remotely either part or full-time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Literally overnight, teams were challenged with finding new ways to communicate and collaborate, and the bonds of trust those teams had established were put to the test. High performing teams thrive on trust…