Most small businesses feel like the only way to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace is through hiring. This means small businesses may not have as many chances to recognize DEI—but that’s not necessarily the case. Smaller companies can also promote DEI among their existing workforce. DE&I cannot feel like or be communicated
CEOs and founders, I’m talking to you. Think about your leadership team. These are people that went through the gauntlet with you through growth, change, and general travails. You’ve committed to them, you’ve invested in them and they’ve committed to and invested in the business. The bonds are deep because you’ve waded across the Rubicon
Business leaders I know react one of two ways to this statement. Ha! It goes to show what you know. We don’t bother with that fluff. We’re too busy working. Our leaders learn on the job. No way! We know how important it is to equip our new leaders with how to do things. We
Egos are good. I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute. (Warren Buffett) That’s interesting. But what about humility, today’s uber-meta-necessary silver bullet of awesome leadership? The thing we all want to be, humblebragging aside, but can’t really call ourselves.
Let’s talk about being a manager. I’m not just a manager, I’m a leader! So you say. Now don’t go spreading yourself too thin. There’s more to this manager thing than you know. Remember what I said in Truth #8 about performance reviews? I said that you, as a manager, are responsible for the performance
We are social animals, we humans. We survive by associating with our tribe and distancing ourselves from not-our-tribe. It’s deeply wired in. No matter how much we want to, there is no known way to completely eliminate our tendency to prize the characteristics common to our in-group, whether that’s our gender, race, sexual orientation, favorite
Nope. Not even most people and maybe not even you. Not even if everyone gets trained in the latest, most coolest leadership capability model you or your CEO have read a book about. Not even then. The most effective leaders are born with baseline talents AND they do the work of building skills, knowledge, and
We’re not your standard blocking and tackling HR professionals, therefore, we’re quite easy to talk to and level with. Schedule a consultation with us if you’re seeking an HR partnership and ready to Unleash People Energy™ to propel your team’s growth. Whether you need us for an hour or a standing meeting to build and run the leanest and simplest people practices, we’ve got you!
