by Lisa Brownlee | May 7, 2020 | Effective Management
I recently heard someone say, “With crisis comes clarity.” I thought, “What the heck am I missing? I’m in crisis just like everyone else but I am not experiencing any clarity!” I have to be honest. When the pandemic hit and life changed, I was REELING – whirling,...
by Lisa Brownlee | Apr 6, 2020 | Effective Management, Employee Management
If your team is now following stay-at-home orders and working from home, you might be wondering what to do to keep your work-from-home employees engaged! Here are a few ideas. #1 – Equip your team with what they need to work remotely. It is incredibly frustrating...
by Lisa Brownlee | Mar 31, 2020 | Effective Management, Employee Management
Effective communication requires intent, clarity, self-awareness and other-awareness on a Regular-Old-Day. But communicating through a crisis is a whole other animal! As we live through this pandemic, my attention turns toward our leaders – our business leaders, our...
by Lisa Brownlee | Mar 26, 2020 | Effective Management, Professional Development
COVID-19 has introduced varying levels of crises into our lives in recent weeks. What are we to do when we find ourselves in crisis? Healthcare systems and workers are being pushed to extremes with inadequate supplies and equipment. Big businesses are having to...
by Lisa Brownlee | Mar 4, 2020 | Effective Management, Employee Management
Setting a new safety record, streamlining a process, earning record profits, winning the “Supplier of Choice” award – all of these are significant achievements to celebrate and build upon. But often, after the confetti is swept off the floor from the company party, in...
by Lisa Brownlee | Feb 17, 2020 | Employee Management, Professional Development, Trainings, Uncategorized
I think we can agree that conflict doesn’t have to be a bad thing. In fact, we learn more about an issue and often identify better solutions when we engage in productive conflict. Better conflict = Better outcome! Our goal during conflict should be to produce the best...
by Lisa Brownlee | Feb 10, 2020 | Employee Management, Professional Development
“Vulnerability.” This word strikes fear or anger in most people. The Oxford Dictionary defines it as “the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.” Sounds terrifying, especially since we work...
by Lisa Brownlee | Feb 2, 2020 | Effective Management, Professional Development
Groundhog Day is February 2nd, “celebrated” since 1887. We await the emergence of a groundhog from his burrow and predict whether we can expect more winter or an early spring based on the visibility of his shadow. Interestingly, PunxsutawneyPhil (the groundhog), is...
by Lisa Brownlee | Jan 27, 2020 | Effective Management, Employee Management, Professional Development
I recently blogged about goal setting and action planning – where to go and how to get there. But goals and action plans only take us so far – we have to do the right things to make progress. And then, as we are “doing”, how do we know that our progress is having the...
by Lisa Brownlee | Jan 20, 2020 | Effective Management, Employee Management, Professional Development
How do we move from Aspiration to Action? In the wise words of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” We honor the work,...
