Empower Your Employees
Quit, ignore and eliminate
The People You Lead
Are you bringing out the best in them?
Leadership Engagement as Job One
Things you can do now
Crisis Leaders
Why good managers sometimes make bad crisis leaders
Empower Your Employees
Quit, ignore and eliminate
The People You Lead
Are you bringing out the best in them?
Leadership Engagement as Job One
Things you can do now
Crisis Leaders
Why good managers sometimes make bad crisis leaders
When my son was in third grade, he asked that I participate in a Parent's Career Day. During my 15 minute segment, I was to explain to his classmates what I did for a living. When I took my place in front of the room, introduced as Ben's mom who works in a downtown insurance company, I explained that I worked as a boss who managed people in the operational departments of my company. I'm here to testify that a person will never feel so totally hung out to dry until they see a child's eyes glaze over from boredom or incomprehension.
In a program we ran with top executives of a multi-billion dollar company, the CEO asked us - "Why don't we have this much fun at work?" So we asked back "What are you doing at work that is destroying teamwork?"
When all heads turned to Heather to see how best to proceed, there was a profound silence in the room. The project had not been going well. It seemed that every problem they could come across, they encountered. Key suppliers could not deliver products with certain specifications. Partner organisations did not deliver on their end of the deal causing significant delays and cost overruns.
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” Mark Twain
It continues to surprise us at CEE Global through our Executive Coaching engagements how many leaders attempt to be one way at work, while their “true” personality emerges outside of work. It is surprising when these same leaders seem shocked or confused when their employees don’t trust them, don’t like them, and can’t really wait to work elsewhere.
In the twenty-five years that I have been working in the field of diversity and inclusion, my observations are that many changes have taken place in the way diversity is positioned, talked about and championed within multinational organisations.