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....
by Shaun Heuerman | Dec 9, 2010 | Effective Leadership, Employee Training, Hiring, Strategic Planning
We’ve all played the game of Telephone. The leader shares a comment with one person, and the idea is whispered around the room. By the time the last person shares what they heard, everyone roars at how distorted the info is. And so goes the onboarding of new...
by Shaun Heuerman | Nov 25, 2010 | Effective Leadership, Employee Motivation, Workplace Culture
Something’s gotta give. New research shows that employees are exhausted to the core. The stresses of the workplace are so far beyond the good ol’ days. Remember when we used to take lunches together every day off site? Me neither. Well, it’s been a...
by Shaun Heuerman | Nov 18, 2010 | Effective Leadership, Employee Motivation, High Performance, Profitability and Growth
Last week I made a new friend—Tom Voccola, author of The Accidental CEO. Tom took something I’ve talked about for 20 years and put it in context with a picture—a pyramid with six levels. I’ll describe it for you. At the bottom of the pyramid is the...
