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Setting the stage for the dramatic close of my Practice Safe Stress program with the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Dentistry faculty and staff, I declared, "Find something you love to do, that you are truly passionate about. ... More...

Are you hearing a lot of noise lately? Noise in Congress? Noise from the media? Noise from your customers? Noise in meetings? Noise in presentations? Noise in your in-box? Words, actions, visuals, body language--the... More...

Just as customers today are demanding “just in time, just for me” from companies, audiences are losing patience with speakers using overly theoretical or purely entertaining approaches. It’s often useful to learn “what’s... More...

By Andrea Chilcote and Susan Reece, PhD. A daunting business problem seems to be emerging in the face of the dismal economic climate. Unlike the seemingly intractable problems like the credit crunch, the housing meltdown and the stock market plung... More...

Potential Is the Holy Grail There are three areas in which managers constantly struggle. One area is deciding who to hire and where to find good talent. The second is deciding who to invest the time in turning around, and the third is determining ... More...

I recently did some office reorganizing and came across the small model of a yellow Lamborghini Diablo and thank you note from David, a workshop participant. He had participated in a Leading @ the Speed of Change workshop and really connected with my... More...

A letter came in the mail at my home one day last month. It was a plain white #10 sized envelope addressed to my son, Ben, with a printed return address label containing the name Ms. Ann Marie Johnson of Scarsdale, New York. My son graduated college ... More...

One of the things managers tell me about their young employees nowadays is that they seem to have such high expectations: "They walk in the door with such high expectations!" That is... if you have hired the right person. Of course, some... More...

When I tell managers, "You've got to spend more time talking with your people one-on-one about the work," a lot of times managers will say to me, "Well, I do talk to my people; I check in with them every day: how's everything going? Is... More...

Inspiring Trust, Laughter and Creative Collaboration (especially in times of Crisis) Given the fact that budgets have been cut, everyone is being asked to do more with less, and the overall economic climate is bleak, this could have been a very de... More...

Rumors, like conspiracy theories, are insidious, in part because they can prove difficult to disprove. When gone unchallenged, they can wreak havoc with a company’s image. So often though rumors are rooted in fact. And so companies must tread c... More...

When it comes to exemplifying poor leadership tactics, here's one situation that took place at a recent company retreat. The purpose of this retreat was for the partners to discuss the corporate vision, new ideas, and growth strategies as well as yea... More...

Right now there are four generations working side by side in the workplace. The oldest, most experienced people in the workplace, those born before 1946 are still 6% of the workforce as of 2009. Then you have of course the Baby Boomers, those born 19... More...

In the workshops, retreats, and consulting work we do at The CLEMMER Group, the most common problem we encounter is priority overload. The vast majority of individuals and management teams we work with are overwhelmed. Everything is urgent. Their per... More...

The times are daunting. It sometimes seems surreal that we slipped so far in our economic stature. Through the worry and uncertainty, here are some tips to keep you positive and sturdy; 1. You know this, but I am going to remind you that you kno... More...

Sometimes managers are afraid to be strong because they're afraid that their employees will think they're acting like jerks. Here's the funny thing. Almost always when your employees think you're a jerk it's because you're too weak, not because you'r... More...

The world of business is changing more rapidly than ever before. With the ongoing turmoil in the markets, most business owners have more questions about running their companies than they have answers. Even the most independent business owners and... More...

Too many managers seem to operate on a variation of an old Groucho Marx routine; “I’ve got top priorities. I am going to stick to those priorities. And if you don’t like those priorities…I have others.” It’s very ... More...

Remember the heart-pounding, soul-stirring message of the movie Gladiator? Remember how Maximus, the Russell Crowe character, rallied his men around him and led them to victory, even in the face of almost certain defeat? Remember his “envision... More...

Employees value being challenged by their coach more than any other potential benefit, according to a study by Princeton consultants BlessingWhite. Among nine prospective coaching actions taken by managers, being stretched beyond what an individ... More...

At the core of every toxic working environment is the toxic boss, manager or supervisor that breeds it. All roads go back to the manager. And if the manager isn't willing to change, then it's a safe bet that nothing will. That's why to impact lon... More...

It was nearly twenty years ago when I first heard an executive say that the success stories of the day touting the benefits of empowering leadership were more fiction than fact. While I certainly didn’t have first-hand knowledge of his examples... More...

I once asked a manager “how many people work here?” He replied, “About half.” Our subsequent consulting assessment work within his organization showed that he was wrong. He was too optimistic. They had a major commitment crisi... More...

Sometimes managers will tell me when they start trying to take a more hands-on approach with their employees, their employees will push back. A manager might start trying to spell out expectations, go over "Here's what I want you to do, here's h... More...

We all live by stories. I learned this from more than 30 years of coaching the performance of world-class athletes and top leaders from military special-forces, medicine, law enforcement, and commerce. I’ve seen many individuals’ stories ... More...

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Responding to Employees Who Push Back

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