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- The “Science” of Workplace Communication & Performance Management - by Submitted on May 17, 2012 from Skip WeismanWhen I was in school I did virtually anything I could to avoid science classes. For some reason they didn’t interest me and bored me to death. The interesting thing was as a young boy I was totally enamored with astronauts and the United States efforts to put men on the moon and return them ...
Views: 1141 - How to Improve Your Work Environment & Business Results One Thought at a Time - by Submitted on May 11, 2012 from Skip WeismanWhen delivering my 7 Deadliest Sins of Leadership & Workplace Communication keynote address and seminar breakout sessions recently I’ve begun asking my audience to commit to becoming a more conscious communicator. After all, these 7 deadliest of all communication mistakes that are killing trust ...
Views: 1119 - Simple Steps to Begin Transforming a Negative, Toxic Workplace - by Submitted on May 04, 2012 from Skip WeismanLast weeks’s blog article on the 3 Reasons Employees Undermine Co-Workers, Stab Each Other in the Back and Act Passive Aggressive struck quite a nerve. I received a number of direct e-mail comments, not so many here on the blog, though. Interesting. Anyway, comments were in the vein of “Skip, ...
Views: 1353 - Ask Skip: What Are Some Specific Tips to Improve Teamwork in the Workplace? - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2012 from Skip WeismanThis question comes directly from a blog subscriber who has been reading my articles on teamwork the past couple of weeks. He thought the article last week (A Simple Step to Improve Teamwork at Your Workplace) offering one very specific tip to improve teamwork was a good one but was looking for ...
Views: 1256 - A Simple Step to Improve Teamwork at Your Workplace - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2012 from Skip WeismanI’m getting ready to begin a new client project this week and in discussing the scope of the project, one of the desired objectives identified was improving teamwork among the small staff. In investigating the issue further during our discussion, another objective we uncovered was the ...
Views: 1148 - A Simple Step to Improve Teamwork at Your Workplace - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2012 from Skip WeismanI’m getting ready to begin a new client project this week and in discussing the scope of the project, one of the desired objectives identified was improving teamwork among the small staff. In investigating the issue further during our discussion, another objective we uncovered was the ...
Views: 1526 - 3 Simple Strategies to Improve Your Bottom Line by Tapping Your Most Valuable Asset, Your People - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2011 from Skip WeismanTwo startling facts regarding issues absolutely impacting the bottom line of manufacturing companies in today’s challenging economy: 1. The Gallup organization, an international research company with a division that focuses on employee engagement and motivation, estimates $300 billion is ...
Views: 1137(2 votes) - 3 Reasons Under-Performing Employees In Your Company Are Not At Fault - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2011 from Skip WeismanIn today’s economy business leaders can’t afford to accept under-performing personnel in their companies. Yet, in a recent survey 44% of them reported being unhappy with the performance results of their employees. In order to solve a problem such as this, employers need to first identify the ...
Views: 2200(1 vote) - Why 44% of Today’s Leaders Are Unhappy With Their Employees’ Performance & their Own Communication Style - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2011 from Skip WeismanForty-four percent of business leaders at various levels and a variety of industry categories reported disappointment in the performance results of their employees, in a survey recently conducted by Leadership & Workplace Communication Expert Skip Weisman. In the survey, whose results were ...
Views: 1329(1 vote) - Level 1 Leadership Communication – Becoming the Leader You Want/Need to Be - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2011 from Skip WeismanYou've probably heard the phrase "be careful what you wish for", haven't you? Let's assume you have. That was my exact thought at the age of 26 when I was thrust, unexpectedly, into the role of Vice President/General Manager of one of Minor League Baseball's most successful franchises in the ...
Views: 931(1 vote) - Great Leaders Master “Level 2 Leadership Communication” – Motivating the Team as a Team - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2011 from Skip WeismanLegendary stories abound about locker room oratory as 21st Century coaches channel Knute Rockne to rally the players before heading out on the field for the Championship game. Yet, if you ask many coaches and athletes what the pre-game speech is like prior to most big games you would learn ...
Views: 1028(1 vote) - Great Leaders Master “The 3 Levels of High-Performance Leadership Communication” - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2011 from Skip WeismanNational Hockey League Hall of Famer Mark Messier is recognized as one of the greatest leaders in the history of professional team sports. This reputation is backed by the fact Messier is the only player to captain two separate teams to the Stanley Cup Championship. So, when Messier talks ...
Views: 1165(1 vote) - Just Because You Are “Listening” Doesn’t Mean Your People Feel “Heard” - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2011 from Skip WeismanThe very first project I ever worked on to improve leadership and workplace communication, I did the only thing I knew how to do in starting the project. That was to gather information from team members. In interview after interview, I heard the same lament. It sounded like this, “we’ve had a ...
Views: 2615(1 vote) - Are You Trying to Make Pigs Fly (or Expecting Employees to Do Things They’re Not Cut Out to Do)? - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2011 from Skip WeismanA common complaint is about employees who repeatedly fail to follow through on specifically requested tasks. The reason for the lack of follow through is often something like “not enough time, couldn’t get to it.” I cringe when I hear business leaders admit they begrudgingly continue to ...
Views: 1080 - Indirect Communication and How It Undermines Trust in Organizations - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Skip WeismanThere are many different things within an organization that can kill trust and one of the biggies is ‘communication’. Further, one of the most destructive communication sins when it comes to trust is what I call ‘indirect communication.’ Most of us have both experienced ‘indirect ...
Views: 1272 - Do You Want to Train Your People or Do You Want to Fix the Problem? - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Skip WeismanWhen I ask Human Resource directors and corporate training directors, and even CEO's about how they feel “training” is going to help their organizations, I usually learn that they have grossly over-estimated what “training” can be expected to do. Often there are issues occurring in the work ...
Views: 1047 - Lack of Confidence Causes the Costly “Avoid & Tolerate” Leadership Style - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from Skip WeismanIt was the summer of 1995 and I was in the middle of my 10th season leading a professional baseball franchise, when I was forced to face my shortcomings as an organizational leader. After a very destructive altercation between key members of our organization’s leadership team, I had to ...
Views: 1214 - Is Being a “Mind Reader” Part of Your Organization’s Job Descriptions? - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from Skip WeismanThe Law of Specificity States: “To the degree that you are not specific in your communication that is the level of guessing or mind-reading the receiver of your message needs to do.” If people in your organization feel like they have to continually guess what is expected of them, or ...
Views: 1925 - Leading Is Like Playing the Guitar - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from Skip WeismanEvery time I’ve picked up the guitar to play or practice I’ve first had to tune it. Then there is the varied humidity during the summer months, which makes the string tensions more varied than at other times of the year. If I don't tune it, it's off-key. Leading people is a lot like tuning a ...
Views: 1299 - Teamwork Never Fails, Individuals Fail Teamwork - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Skip WeismanIn the 2004 Summer Olympics, the Australian Women's Eight rowing team stood in fifth place, three seconds behind the leading Romanian crew team 500 meters from the finish line. When the Aussie’s were inside 400 meters one of the eight women quit rowing. She dropped her oars and laid back ...
Views: 2169 - 40-Year Old Communication Myth Busted, Words Not Body Language, Are the Foundation of Successful Communication - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2011 from Skip WeismanWhoever spent time as a child on a school playground and been the victim of name calling knows the deflective phrase used to counter those slurs, “sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me,” isn’t enough to overcome the impact of those bullying communications to youthful, ...
Views: 2361 - The 3 "C's" of Leading with Confidence - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2011 from Skip WeismanIt is the rare human being who can maintain confidence 100% of the time. Even the best of leaders experience dips in confidence from time to time, from context to context and from situation to situation. The key is building your 'confidence' muscles. I believe confidence can be ...
Views: 1558 - The Secret Formula of Confident Leaders - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2011 from Skip WeismanIn today's challenging economy and the rise of a fickle and unstable workforce, leadership skills are more important than ever to combat the costs of high staff turnover. The new generation workforce have different values and expectations, and if their needs are not met, they walk. Many ...
Views: 1190(10 votes) - Why Successful Organizational Leaders Burn Their Mission Statements - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2010 from Skip WeismanWhat I’m about to say, will shock most organizational leaders….It’s time to retire the mission statement. • They don’t motivate anyone. • They are a waste of time and energy to develop. • They quickly become part of the corporate wallpaper. During a recent leadership workshop a ...
Views: 1485(6 votes) - Organizational Leadership Mistakes – The #1 Way Business Leaders Unknowingly Sabotage Trust - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2010 from Skip WeismanTrust is the fuel that propels teams and organizations to high-levels of success. Yet, organizational leaders today unknowingly do almost everything in their power to sabotage trust. The primary way in which trust in organizations is sabotaged is by a leader’s communication style. One ...
Views: 3586(8 votes) - Simple Communication Strategies for Business Leaders - 3 Steps to Changing Undesirable Behaviors - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Skip WeismanIn a recent leadership workshop participants were asked to share all the things their peers, subordinates and bosses do that drive them crazy and make their jobs more difficult. Two full flip-chart pages were filled. Next, the same group of participants was asked to identify the things they ...
Views: 3263(7 votes) - The #1 Leadership Communication Problem That's Stopping Your Employees from Doing Exactly What You Want - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Skip WeismanCommunication is a catch-all phrase for things that go wrong in companies and relationships. Unfortunately, the concept is too ambiguous to do anything constructive to fix it. I've identified seven communication mistakes that lead to mis-understandings, and cause conflicts between co-workers, ...
Views: 2502(3 votes) - The 7 Deadly Sins of Organizational Leadership Communication - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2010 from Skip WeismanUpon completing a recent project I took my client to lunch to thank him for his business. We reminisced about how we first met at my End Procrastination NOW! Workshop and how he realized at that time he was tired of tolerating things in his business. Among the problems with which he was ...
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