If we want people to consistently demonstrate our new values, we have to create the conditions that make those behaviors easy (low friction), safe (low threat), and automatic (habitual). Here’s how:
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Use This Reserach-Based Appreciation Formula to Boost Retention, Productivity, and Engagment
When used consistently and delivered sincerely, appreciation fuels high performance by helping employees feel valued, respected, impactful, and confident – all the emotions required for high engagement and high-quality work that benefits both the employee and the business. Appreciation is also a powerful form of feedback. It reinforces what right looks like and the behaviorsContinueContinue reading “Use This Reserach-Based Appreciation Formula to Boost Retention, Productivity, and Engagment”
The Leadership Behaviors That Energize Every Team
Most leaders are doing more things right than they realize. These tools help you see it clearly, build on it intentionally, and lead with even more clarity, warmth, and confidence.
A Simple Weekly Pause That Changes Everything
Insights fade fast. Life gets noisy. Old habits return. But a Weekly Reflection keeps your awareness alive. It’s a short strategic reset that helps you stay aligned, energized, and intentional.
Energy Protection Technique: Reveal Your Personal Values & Priorities
One of the easiest ways to prevent unnecessary emotional and cognitive energy drain is to have a clear understanding of the values and priorities that are most important to you.
Not Feeling Motivated? Use These 5 Questions to Fuel Your Drive
When you’re feeling stuck, these questions will help you shift out of avoidance and into action. I’ve used these with coaching clients and organizations for more than a decade, and they’ve always helped to elicit the feelings we need to experience to begin a task we’re dreading or reignite momentum for a change we’ve alreadyContinueContinue reading “Not Feeling Motivated? Use These 5 Questions to Fuel Your Drive”
Conditioning: The Hidden Key to Change Management Success
One of the most overlooked drivers of successful change is conditioning – the process by which people learn to associate their actions with cues and outcomes. Understanding how conditioning works can dramatically improve how you design and deliver change programs, helping employees embrace new behaviors more quickly and sustainably. How Conditioning Shapes Behavior Conditioning happensContinueContinue reading “Conditioning: The Hidden Key to Change Management Success”
How Bad Bosses Drain Energy — And What Great Leaders Do Instead
In my work with organizations across industries, I’ve witnessed a common, costly dynamic: employees spending more energy protecting themselves than contributing their best ideas and efforts. When leaders create emotionally unsafe environments, they unwittingly shift employees’ focus away from meaningful work toward constant vigilance – scanning for threats to their reputation, security, or well-being. AsContinueContinue reading “How Bad Bosses Drain Energy — And What Great Leaders Do Instead”
How to Leverage Listening for Smoother Relationships
Bottom Line Up Front: Listening only happens when others feel heard, and how well we listen is based on our intention while the other person is talking. Many of us often enter conversations with the intention of multi-tasking or judging what we hear. I call these Distracted Listening and Defensive Listening, and neither are helpfulContinueContinue reading “How to Leverage Listening for Smoother Relationships”
Overwhelmed? Use Your Values to Tame Your To-Do List
While the pandemic lockdown helped many of us recalibrate our life priorities and gave us a new perspective on how we should spend our time, some of us are finding ourselves sliding back into the old familiar grind of high-pressure hustling to tackle the ever-expanding to-do list. The root cause? Prioritization. When too many thingsContinueContinue reading “Overwhelmed? Use Your Values to Tame Your To-Do List”
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