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What Your Invisible Leadership Badge Reveals About You

by Michael Holland -   What Your Invisible Leadership Badge Reveals About You - YouTube Summary “Character is the will to do what’s right even when it’s hard.”  Andy Stanley I love this definition.  It clearly articulates the tension that exists for a leader who can see the right ways and wrong ways when [...]

By |2026-01-14T11:25:07-05:00January 14th, 2026|Your Development|Comments Off on What Your Invisible Leadership Badge Reveals About You

Adjust Your Leadership Paradigm: Fire Yourself to Gain Perspective

By Michael Holland -  We all can get caught up in our self-perception regarding how important we are in our leadership roles, as well as the effectiveness we enable within our organization as fairly decent leaders. Leadership effectiveness is dependent upon your capability to leverage relationships to achieve goals.  The depth and breadth [...]

By |2026-01-08T09:26:25-05:00January 7th, 2026|Your Development|Comments Off on Adjust Your Leadership Paradigm: Fire Yourself to Gain Perspective

This is What Happens When Leaders Don’t Listen Well

By Michael Holland -   A while back, I read this story about a school teacher. . . a kindergarten teacher who at the end of an exasperating day had to put boots on all 31 of her students before she sent them out in the snow. As she struggled to lace up the [...]

By |2025-12-31T10:58:30-05:00December 31st, 2025|Effective Communications|Comments Off on This is What Happens When Leaders Don’t Listen Well

Why Performance Reviews are So Damn Painful for Leaders

By Michael Holland -  During a coaching session with a leader, he spoke about how tired he was having recently spent his whole weekend to get his employees' performance reviews completed and then delivered the reviews in back-to-back sessions on the Monday and Tuesday right after the weekend. In my mind I thought [...]

By |2025-12-24T11:24:57-05:00December 24th, 2025|Managing Performance|Comments Off on Why Performance Reviews are So Damn Painful for Leaders

How to Tell If You Are a Wimpy and Dishonest Leader

By Michael Holland I worry at times that the gap which exists between leaders leading well and those who won't is growing wider and deeper.  Recently I re-watched the TED Talk  "Why Good Leaders Make Us Feel Safe" by Simon Sinek. In the talk, Sinek inspires with stories of how true leaders provide [...]

By |2025-12-17T11:35:10-05:00December 17th, 2025|Building My Team|Comments Off on How to Tell If You Are a Wimpy and Dishonest Leader

Leadership Lessons from a Book I Shouldn’t Have Read

By Michael Holland - The book wasn’t intended for me; I was definitely not the target market for the author. My daughter was telling me how much she liked the book and it clearly had a positive impact on her which was intriguing. I’m a firm believer that for leaders to lead well, [...]

By |2025-11-19T15:58:32-05:00December 3rd, 2025|Your Development|Comments Off on Leadership Lessons from a Book I Shouldn’t Have Read

The 70% Factor: How Managers Impact Employee Engagement

by Michael Holland -    Employee engagement should be a top priority for all leaders, as it signifies the value an organization derives from its workforce. Current data shows that employee engagement is distressingly low, with only 32% of employees actively engaged. Instead of quibbling about precise figures within your organization, it's more [...]

By |2025-11-19T12:17:22-05:00November 26th, 2025|Your Development|Comments Off on The 70% Factor: How Managers Impact Employee Engagement

4 Things Leaders Should Do to Finish the Year Strong

by Michael Holland -  In life, as in sports, we do well when we practice like we play. In other words, if we practice desired behaviors in ways that mimic how we’d behave in real situations, we will be prepared to fully activate those behaviors at game time.  We will have created muscle [...]

By |2025-11-13T17:12:59-05:00November 19th, 2025|Your Development|Comments Off on 4 Things Leaders Should Do to Finish the Year Strong

One of The Most Irritating Comments I Hear From Leaders

By Michael Holland -  One of the most irritating comments I hear from leaders at all levels is along the lines of ". . . my team is my family . . . " And when a leader above the rank of director talks this way, I become extremely concerned for the welfare [...]

By |2025-11-12T10:46:22-05:00November 12th, 2025|New Leader|Comments Off on One of The Most Irritating Comments I Hear From Leaders

The Power – or Impotence – of Your Leadership Habits

by Michael Holland -  Habits follow a fairly predictable pattern of a cue (or trigger, craving) which enacts a routine to achieve a reward. A habit is the brain’s efficient method of decreasing power consumption. Think about personal habits you perform all the time:  brushing your teeth, walking, reading a text message after [...]

By |2025-11-05T11:16:20-05:00November 5th, 2025|Your Development|Comments Off on The Power – or Impotence – of Your Leadership Habits
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