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Stop Wasting Money on High Potentials and Do This Instead

By Michael Holland -  If you're still spending money on high potential programs, stop now and deploy your investment to a group of employees who need it more. I do believe that some high potential development programs have proven fruitful.  But most fail in their selection process and expend an exorbitant amount of executive time [...]

By |2023-05-03T15:37:18-04:00May 10th, 2023|Executives Should Know|Comments Off on Stop Wasting Money on High Potentials and Do This Instead

3 Reasons Why Your Employees are Frustrated With You

By Michael Holland -  Your employees are frustrated with you.  Yes, even though they may love you, admire you, work their tails off for you, they are frustrated with you.  Some leaders cause so much frustration with their employees, they dream of how you will look when they finally tell you they are leaving for [...]

By |2023-05-03T12:26:05-04:00May 3rd, 2023|Effective Communications|Comments Off on 3 Reasons Why Your Employees are Frustrated With You

Quit to Win

by Michael Holland -  Steve Jobs was a grand quitter. While he was immensely successful building and running Apple, he strategically leveraged quitting. He quit acclaimed Reed College after one semester and then dropped in periodically on creative classes at the school.  He later recounted how one course in calligraphy developed his love of typography. [...]

By |2023-04-27T11:14:08-04:00April 26th, 2023|Productivity|Comments Off on Quit to Win

Leading Naked: 3 Ways to Become a More Impactful Leader

By Michael Holland -  Great leaders stand out like an oak tree growing in the desert.  You see it, feel it, know it when you're around a great leader. There's an authenticity about them that is so endearing. They are great because they have the capability to be vulnerable and seek as much information as [...]

By |2023-04-05T11:07:26-04:00April 19th, 2023|Your Development|Comments Off on Leading Naked: 3 Ways to Become a More Impactful Leader

It’s Not the Team Failing, It’s the Lack of Ideal Team Players

By Michael Holland -  The team is not the problem.  The team itself is not dysfunctional. The team didn't wake up today and say hey, I'm going to be a dysfunctional team. The team is simply a label being placed on a group of people who together create a entity that can enable tremendous success [...]

By |2023-04-05T11:04:01-04:00April 12th, 2023|Building My Team|Comments Off on It’s Not the Team Failing, It’s the Lack of Ideal Team Players

The Question You Need to Ask Yourself as a Leader

By Michael Holland - I've asked the question countless times and more often than not I get the same basic answer.  The question: Who in your past has been a great leader, someone you can visualize and model your leadership behavior after? A few moments of staring off into space ensues while they think back [...]

By |2023-04-05T10:32:29-04:00April 5th, 2023|Your Development|Comments Off on The Question You Need to Ask Yourself as a Leader

8 Concepts That Are Vital to Effective People Leadership

by Michael Holland -  Leadership is not only about achieving goals and driving performance; it is also about empowering people and creating a positive working environment. As a leader, your ability to effectively manage and inspire your team is crucial for your organization's success. In this blog post, we will discuss the importance of people [...]

By |2023-04-03T15:38:49-04:00April 3rd, 2023|Your Development|Comments Off on 8 Concepts That Are Vital to Effective People Leadership

3 Habits New (and Seasoned) Managers Should Be Starting

By Michael Holland -   The power of our brain to create and execute habits can be extremely beneficial or detrimental. Your brain doesn’t know the difference between the habit to walk (think about it) and the habit to grab that unhealthy snack every night.  The brain simply recognizes something being performed several times and creates [...]

By |2023-03-07T15:57:37-05:00March 22nd, 2023|New Leader|Comments Off on 3 Habits New (and Seasoned) Managers Should Be Starting

It’s Not Your Fault You’re Not an Effective Leader, Or is it?

By Michael Holland -  It's not your fault that you're not really an effective leader.  You've put your time in to get educated. You've worked hard to move up into the ranks of management. You've put up with those bad bosses and countless ridiculous corporate directives and still delivered on the work you're charged with [...]

By |2023-03-07T15:57:17-05:00March 15th, 2023|Your Development|Comments Off on It’s Not Your Fault You’re Not an Effective Leader, Or is it?

Polar Vortex Leadership Experience

by Michael Holland -  A few years ago, I was moving my daughter out of a temporary apartment during a polar vortex.  The temperature hovered somewhere between 1 degree and minus 4 degrees, either way it was too darn cold.  And then there was the wind that drove that temperature even further down below zero. [...]

By |2023-03-03T08:37:55-05:00March 3rd, 2023|Your Development|Comments Off on Polar Vortex Leadership Experience

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