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149: The Power of Beliefs in Business | with Ari Weinzweig, Zingerman’s Co-Founding Partner
In 1982, Ari Weinzweig, along with his partner Paul Saginaw, founded Zingerman’s Delicatessen with a $20,000 bank loan. They opened the doors with two employees and a small selection of specialty foods and exceptional sandwiches. Today, Zingerman’s...
148: 9 Ways to Thank Your Employees
“Employees who report receiving recognition and praise within the last seven days show increased productivity, get higher scores from customers, and have better safety records. They’re just more engaged at work.” – Tom Rath Recently, one of my team...
147: 8 Tips for Communicating Bad News to Your Workforce
Communicating bad news — we all hate to do it, wish we never have to do it again, and yet recognize that there will inevitably be times when we need to do it. Whether it is announcing a reduction in force, a negative change in employee benefits or...
146: 3 Ways to Optimize Your Energy and Culture in the Moment of Truth | with Anese Cavanaugh
Culture eats strategy for breakfast. -Peter Drucker Many leaders and aspiring leaders think their skills and strategies are what create impact, and that perks and parties are what create culture. But in reality a much larger part is created by the...
145: Rethinking Accountability — How to Use It to Help Your People Unlock Their Strengths | with Jonathan Raymond
Leaders everywhere talk about accountability, but nobody is defining what it really means — and more importantly, breaking it down into a set of skills that people could learn and apply. Accountability is about helping people unlock their strengths. In...
144: Best Communication Tools for Teamwork
On Engaging Leader, we share a lot of principles about leadership communication, but what about collaboration communication? In other words, what’s the most effective and efficient way to talk to the colleagues and clients you work with most closely in...
143: Lessons from Starbucks on Leading with Values First | with Howard Behar
“We’re in the people business serving coffee, not the coffee business serving people.” ~ Howard Behar As the president of Starbucks North America and Starbucks International, Howard Behar spent over 20 years helping grow the company into a worldwide...
142: That’s Not How We Do It Here! — How to Stay Agile and Innovative as a Mature Company | with John Kotter
Increasingly, large organizations are finding their competitive landscape changing so quickly that they’re unable to respond fast enough to survive and thrive. Most mature organizations have a built-in tendency to kill off anything agile, innovative, and...
141: Hire, Develop, and Keep Great Employees | with Paul Falcone
People power your business — and success can hinge on your hiring, inspiring, and keeping the right ones. As a leader, are you cultivating this vital resource? Is there more you could be doing? Are you just winging it? Every HR executive has a laundry...
140: Cross-Generational Communications — How to Bridge the Gap to Engage Multiple Generations
We are in the early years of a fundamental demographic shift. What worked in the past will no longer be enough. In order to attract and keep top talent — and to influence their actions — you will need to change how you engage people. Today’s workforce is...
139: How to Speak the Truth to Your Boss and Team (Even When It’s Hard) | with Mindy Mackenzie
“Learn what is true to do what is right.” ~ Thomas Huxley The thing that companies and individuals need most they often get least. What is this thing? The truth. Why? Because people don't have the courage to say what they’re really thinking. But no...
138: Nudgy — How to Influence People to Make an Optimal Choice in the ‘Moment of Truth’
In episode 136, I shared how there are three secrets to effective content as part of a leadership or workforce communication strategy: visual, sticky, and “nudgy.” We discussed the first secret in episode 127, Let's Get Visual: 6 Engaging Ways to Use...