by Shaun Heuerman | Aug 18, 2011 | Effective Leadership, High Performance, Workplace Culture
Someone’s late for a meeting. Nobody calls the person on it. Next week, three people are late. That’s no coincidence. Eventually, there won’t be a meeting in the entire organization that starts within 15 minutes of the scheduled time. Sales reports aren’t done...
by Shaun Heuerman | Aug 10, 2011 | Effective Leadership
Here is a short three-minute video that presents an example of creating a movement. It’s not about the leader, it’s about the first follower. The first follower enrolls the second which in turn begins a movement or momentum. While the video is taken by an...
by Shaun Heuerman | Jul 28, 2011 | Effective Leadership, Employee Motivation
Passion is the driving force behind motivation. Your job as a leader is to exude that passion for your team. Stay in the spirit of celebration. Be as if. To inspire and lead, you must keep yourself in the zone. How? Take time to reflect. Take time to reflect on what...
by Shaun Heuerman | Jun 9, 2011 | Effective Leadership, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, High Performance
Remember the pizza company that rewarded its employees for on-time delivery? If the pizza wasn’t delivered in 30 minutes, the customer received it for free. What they didn’t take into account was that getting the pizza there on time also meant fast and often crazy...
by Shaun Heuerman | Apr 7, 2011 | Effective Leadership, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation
In today’s turbulent economic market, even the strongest and most powerful corporate icons are challenged to find ways to improve their efficiencies. As they require more work from fewer numbers of people, their top priority is to have effective leaders and...
by Shaun Heuerman | Jan 27, 2011 | Effective Leadership, High Performance
Whether the economy gets better or not is out of your control. But YOU getting better—that’s entirely in your control, and it’s non-negotiable. As a leader, YOU set the standards. And, those standards had better be high and focused on the right things....