Who Qualifies to be Your Corporate Wellness Champion?

May 7, 2013

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There is a significant misconception in many organizations who aim to birth an employee wellness strategy. This misconception revolves around the question of who qualifies to be the Wellness Champion for the organization. The prevailing opinion will often be that the only people worthy of leading the wellness strategies are either nutritionists, dieticians, nurses or […]

The Best Improvement to Your Employee Benefit Package May Not Cost You Anything

February 28, 2013

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Sometimes the best way HR Directors and small business owners can improve their Employee Benefits offering is to better communicate what is already provided. Often it is the employees who do not take the time to listen to, or read, the information we provide for them. At times, however, we in HR are at fault […]

Knowing When to Say NO to Growth

February 5, 2013

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Like the sixth grade boy who is shorter than all of the girls in his class, we in leadership earnestly crave growth. The small business owner wants to grow his client base. The entrepreneur wants to grow her employee count. The Executive Director of the association wants to grow their membership. The Pastor wants to […]

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How the Mighty Fall: My Top 10 Quotes

January 31, 2013

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I recently finished Jim Collin’s How the Mighty Fall and found it, true to form, a book full of insight for business and organizational leaders. In this book, Collins shares the five stages of decline an organization may pass through on its way to oblivion. While detailing these stages, he seeks to provide answers to […]

Great Leaders Navigate by Facilitating the Ideas of Others

January 11, 2013

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Recently, I was in a meeting with a team from SHRM-Atlanta. We were planning sessions for the coming year and brainstorming on how to improve one of our offerings. With some hesitation, I made a suggestion that was outside of the box. The group was silent for a brief moment and then Mary Lynn, the […]

Delegating Recognition is Not Effective Leadership

January 10, 2013

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In this five-part series on Great Leaders L – E – A – R – N we come to today’s word: REWARD. Two days ago, when we looked at ENGAGE, I ended the post with this: Great leaders engage in learning and they are not too proud to acknowledge anyone to be their teacher. Today, […]

Great Leaders Don’t Hog Leadership

January 9, 2013

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I was a part of a team with a non-profit organization which was a led by a leader who possessed incredible oratory skills. He could command groups of five people or 5,000. He was a visionary. He had creative ideas, bold plans and immense marketing strategies. However, the organization never grew. Why? The inner circle […]

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