Jump-Start Emotional Engagement Among Your Employees

Financial results are an outcome, not a root driver for employee performance. A growing body of evidence tells us that overemphasizing financial targets erodes morale and undermines long-term strategy. 

When a leader spends the majority of their airtime on a “make the numbers” narrative, it creates a transactional relationship with their employees, making them more likely to create transactional relationships with their teammates and customers.

Learn how you can jump-start emotional engagement among your employees, keep your focus on building belief in the larger purpose of the work.

12 Ways to Spark Motivation

At Sara Moniuszko's latest article for USA Today, she starts with, "Feeling unmotivated?  You're not alone!"

She goes on to say that with the one-year anniversary of pandemic lockdowns in the United States and no definitive end to the pandemic in sight, many are struggling now more than ever to spark and maintain motivation.

Sara rounded up 12 ways you can try to spark some motivation, whether for work or play.  Test if they work for you.

Let's Sharpen Our Business Leadership Skills Post COVID-19

Let's reexamine the way we lead our businesses and our people, and redefine strength itself. 

COVID-19 has ushered in a new template we should be following when recruiting our managers and team leaders. Those with highly developed “soft skills” will be the ones who take our organizations into the future.

Read on to learn what leadership looks like post COVID-19.  It requires real change.

How to Stand Out in Someone's Inbox

You may think storytelling would come in handy if you’re preparing for a presentation, but Lee Lazarus and Janine Kurnoff, founders of The Presentation Company and co-authors of the book Everyday Business Storytelling, say it can also help your email get answered.

The challenge with email is to cut through the noise and stand out in someone’s inbox.  Here's how to do it.

Are You Experiencing COVID-somnia?

With March being National Sleep Awareness Month, we thought it only fitting to talk about how sleep is so hard to come by, especially during a global pandemic. 

In fact, so many people have been having trouble catching zzz's that scientists and reporters have coined this widespread sleeplessness "COVID-somnia." And as we approach the one-year mark (or "coronavirsary") this month, stress and uncertainty might very well continue to wreak havoc on our shut-eye.

These three nonfiction sleep books might help you come up with some practicable and effective sleep solutions so you can better manage your business and your personal life.