Plan today for the business you want tomorrow. This is what we teach in workshops to owners/executives and managers. I know it sounds basic, but when we master the basics we excel and our organizations are more likely to excel. In the midst of the whirlwind at work, we can get so caught up that […]
My first couple of jobs were in the food service industry. I started when I was fourteen years old. This was a great way to earn some extra money and learn how to work with others. My biggest takeaway from those years were lessons I learned from the managers I worked for. Some of the […]
Employee engagement is an incredibly important topic in today’s business world as it should be. Companies that have high employee engagement are 40% more profitable and 78% more productive than companies that don’t. Time to learn how to improve employee engagement. When it comes down to how to engage employees many studies and articles point […]
Many people seem to feel hopeless when they talk about millennials and their work ethic. This, however, is not my experience as I love coaching millennials. Through my coaching company, Plan to Lead, I have had the pleasure of coaching dozens of millennials. My experience with them has been pleasant. Remembering some of the millennial […]
4 C’s Of A Culture with Strong Employee Engagement Employee engagement is a relatively new term in the business world that can trace its origin to a study by William Kahn in the late 1980s. Kahn studied two different organizations, a summer camp and an architectural firm, to see how engaged the employees were and […]
Five Incredible Benefits Coaching Can Bring To Your Organization Coaching has taken the business world by storm, and what used to be an exclusive service for C-Suite executives is now being used readily throughout companies to develop their employees. I remember an instance where I was brainstorming with the CEO of one of our clients […]
The year is almost over, and there is nothing that any of us can do about it! Next year is a blank canvas, and you can start to make sure that you hit your desired outcomes. But remember, with a new year, something has to change. I started this year off with some strong personal […]
I love the underlying concept of work-life balance, but I don’t love the practicality of it. The word “balance” implies an even distribution over the course of time. So if you work too much one week, you will have to spend more time with the family the next, and vice-versa. You never arrive at your […]
Want Impact? Focus on these Two Elements of Life Maybe you have heard the phrase, “if everything matters, then nothing matters.” The reality is, every area of our life does not have the same impact on outcomes. This is true for leaders as well. When we look at the life of a leader, we […]
In a world where you can fall into many different manholes, it can become increasingly difficult to find your purpose. What has God put you on earth to do? I believe we are all responsible to show and share God’s love, but there is an individual purpose for each person. Many people, including those who […]