by Ken Giffin | Aug 24, 2022 | employee empowerment, leadership, operational efficiency, productivity
A recently overheard leadership story grabbed our attention. It started out as a normal tale of business challenges and “fire drills” taking up everyone’s attention and time. However, as the story kept going, the focus from the leader was to place blame on team...
by Ken Giffin | Jul 21, 2022 | employee engagement, employee retention, personal growth, self-improvement
Here’s a sobering statistic: On average, Americans spend 90,000 hours at work in their lifetime. That equates to approximately ⅓ of the average person’s life. With so much time spent at work, it isn’t a surprise that people are constantly frustrated and looking for...
by Ken Giffin | Jun 27, 2022 | leadership, self-improvement, skills development
As a leader, making decisions is an important part of the job, and it is expected on a daily/weekly basis. Your decisions not only impact you and your career path specifically. The ripple effects impact all of your team members, and many times other departments, and...
by Ken Giffin | May 25, 2022 | employee empowerment, employee engagement, employee retention, leadership, motivating people, team development
The pressure to attract, keep, and inspire talent today is no joke. We hear every week about team leaders that are struggling with talent acquisition and retention and hear many of the same complaints over and over: “Our salary ranges are not keeping up with competing...
by Ken Giffin | Apr 27, 2022 | corporate behavior, meeting management, operational efficiency, productivity
The word “no” has an extremely negative connotation. It is often associated with difficult colleagues – people who aren’t “team players” and participants who aren’t dedicated to the cause. But what if “no” was an empowering word and a chance to get your...
