The surprising key to improving your performance appraisal process
The performance appraisal process is a painful one for HR, Managers, and Employees alike. 1 on 1s can improve your performance appraisals and boost morale.
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3 Ways How Practicing Mindfulness Make You a Better Manager
Mindfulness helps you develop basic emotional intelligence skills that are critical to being a great manager such as self-regulation, self-awareness, and relationship management skills. How can one simple skill have such a big impact on your ability to lead and manage others? Learn more.
Lighthouse Leadership Weekly #97: The McDonald's Hack, Well Being at Work, Cyber Monday Special, and more…
Is fake rapport a bad thing? Should you pretend to be interested in something to help get something you want? It’s an interesting question I’ve
5 Powerful Ways to Reframe Your Thinking as a Leader
Could changing how you view a problem help you solve it? Can you reframe your thinking and get better results? It may surprise you, but
Lighthouse Leadership Weekly #96: Ghost Engineers?, 2024 Workforce Trends, and more…
Hi, What are you grateful for? What are you taking for granted right now? As Thanksgiving and the end of the year approaches, it’s a
How to Motivate a Team with Low Morale in 5 Easy Steps
Low morale is all too common in the workplace. Fortunately, there’s much you can do to boost your team’s low employee morale. Find out how in this guide.
How a Bad Boss Turns One on One Meetings Into Torture
A bad boss can be just as much to blame as a disengaged team when one on ones aren't working. A few bad habits by managers make one on ones painful events.
Led Tasso: Season 2 Ted Lasso Management Lessons You Must Avoid
Ted Lasso season 1 taught us many great leadership lessons. Unfortunately, season 2 did the opposite, so this edition looks at anti-lessons to teach you what not to do as a leader.
4 Important Things to Do When You Start Managing Former Peers
Managing former peers can be awkward and challenging. We cover 4 key approaches you can take to make the best of managing your former peers.
Your Favorite Lighthouse Posts of 2022
The last week of any year is a great time to look back and reflect. It is powerful to ask yourself: Knowing what you did
11 Awesome Patty McCord Quotes in Powerful about Building a Great Culture at Netflix
Patty McCord helped create Netflix's amazing culture. In her book, Powerful, Patty McCord shares her most important lessons on building a great culture filled with high performers.
Could ChatGPT Be a Good Leader? We Ask the AI for Management Advice
We asked ChatGPT some common leadership and management questions to see how good it is at helping managers like you. Read on to see our grades on how they did on 5 key questions we asked.
The 4 Best Gifts for Managers: Smart Ways to Show Your Appreciation
Holiday season is in full swing, which means it will soon be time to gather, celebrate, and give gifts. If you’re struggling for gift ideas
6 Proven Ways to Help when Your Team Member can't Answer "What are your career goals?"
"What are your career goals?" can be a tough question to answer. Whether you struggle with it or you're a manager helping someone, this post will help you.
Building Better Coaches, Reinforcing On Site Training: How Textron uses Lighthouse Lessons
Learn how global manufacturer Textron uses Lighthouse Lessons to build their managers' coaching skills, and complement their in person training programs.
The two words leaders should fear most that cause employee disengagement
Learned helplessness comes from a lack of control over bad things happening at work. Learn simple tactics to overcome this cause of poor employee engagement:
How to Ensure a New Manager Succeeds
Learn tips on how to support a new manager and develop them into an effective leader, or use these tips for yourself as a new manager.
6 Surprising Reasons Good People Become Bad Bosses
Bad bosses are all too common in the workplace. Yet, it's not always the manager's fault. Learn the 6 factors working against managers, and how to overcome them.
The Leadership Paradox: How being Consistently Inconsistent makes Great Leaders
The leadership paradox makes leading difficult. You must be consistent in some areas & inconsistent in many others. We share how you can succeed in our post.
How to Change the Culture of Your Team to Prevent Major Problems
Culture change is hard. It takes a focus & commitment by leaders to break from the status quo. We cover the key steps to bring culture change to your team.
The most important skill you're not interviewing for (and how to look for it)
Grit will help you hire the right people, who persist in the face of new challenges. We share how to measure grit and make it part of your interview process.
The Power of Repetition: the Secret of Successful Leaders
Great leaders know the power of repetition. It's key to getting your message across & getting the most from your team. Learn the power of repetition here.
How You Can Manage Generational Differences at Work: 3 Essential Tips
Generational differences in the workplace can cause challenges for any leader. Whether young or old, managing those in different generations requires a different approach to succeed. We share how.
Who to Promote? 5 Key Qualities of a Good Leader
As your team grows, there's increasing pressure to develop good leaders within your team. At some point (~10 direct reports) you can't manage everyone yourself.
Peer One on Ones: How to Unlock Great Collaboration Across Teams
Peer one on ones help you work better with those you interact with regularly but are not on the same team with. We share how to have great peer one on ones.
Why Priority Management Trumps Time Management (+8 Ways to Practice it)
Priority management is about understanding that it's not just about getting a lot done, but getting the right things done. We share 8 ways to prioritize.
How to Drive Your Own Career Growth In These 6 Easy Steps
Whether your manager supports you or not, you can take charge of your career growth. We share a set of key tactics to help you drive your career growth.
The Quantified Value of 1:1 Meetings and How to Make the Most of Them
1:1 meetings are a powerful tool for managers. Learn why 1:1s are so valuable and how to make the most of them in this comprehensive guide.
The 4 Key Mindsets of Great Managers
Great managers have to think very differently than individual contributors. To succeed in their roles, new managers must learn three key mindset shifts.
