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Engaging, Retaining and Managing Lives: How to Show Employees They Matter

Engaging, Retaining and Managing Lives: How to Show Employees They Matter

Retaining Employees Through “The Great Resignation” In Q2 of 2021, 11.5 million employees quit their jobs. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 34% of US employees plan to leave their employer in the next twelve months. What’s a simple and in the moment way to assess how engaged your…

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Always Problems

Always Problems

We All Live With “Always Problems” As unique human beings living and working together, we experience problems. Our problems make it difficult to accomplish our tasks, achieve our desired results or simply connect with others. While some problems can be solved permanently – like learning a new skill to overcome…

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Does Your Strategic Plan Inspire?

Does Your Strategic Plan Inspire?

I was meeting with a client recently when an interesting conversation began between the two owners. Their company had just won a considerable amount of new business (excellent news), but leaders weren’t taking time to celebrate the success with their teams. As they discussed their concerns, one comment caught my…

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The Obstacle Course

The Obstacle Course

Was that a Business Tough Mudder? What if we had all been training for the Business Tough Mudder during 2019? You may be thinking – Does that really exist? Then you may jump to – 2020 was a Tough Mudder. And you may end up at – Could I have…

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The Content Leader

The Content Leader

Contentment vs. Continuous Improvement Of all the qualities we look for in leaders, contentment isn’t one of them. The very idea of contentment – and a content leader – seems to be an attack on our sacred standard of continuous improvement. We each know this basic truth: things can always…

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Culture After Chaos Podcast

Culture After Chaos Podcast

Shawn joins Kristin Gupta, host of Authentic Leadership and Defining Leaders, for a conversation about upholding organizational culture after chaos.

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Leaders, This is Your Moment of Truth

Leaders, This is Your Moment of Truth

This is your moment of truth. The Moment From a global pandemic to social unrest, our present circumstances have challenged everything from the way we connect and communicate to when and where we work. Many business leaders have been forced to decide not only what is essential, but who is…

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Arriving at Good Leadership

Arriving at Good Leadership

Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a professional airline pilot?  Imagine the experience and training required to earn an Airline Transport Pilot certificate; to be a pilot-in-command, responsible for dozens or even hundreds of passengers? The term “Cockpit Resource Management” might not be familiar to you, but…

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