Leadership Lesson #1 People Don’t Leave Companies. They Leave Leaders

Why Employee Retention Begins with Leadership After more than 40 years of leading teams, developing managers, and building training programs, I have discovered that employee retention is often less about the company and more about leadership. When organizations experience turnover, the first explanations are usually compensation, benefits, scheduling, workload, or competition. While those factors certainlyContinue reading “Leadership Lesson #1 People Don’t Leave Companies. They Leave Leaders”

Why Great Leaders Don’t React—They Respond

I’m not entirely sure Warren Buffet said this, but the message is powerful—and more importantly, it’s true. Early in my career, while leading a training and development department for a national organization, I received feedback that stopped me in my tracks. My supervisor told me that I could come across as defensive when others offeredContinue reading “Why Great Leaders Don’t React—They Respond”