“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” – Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric 1981-2001. One of the most powerful conversations you can have as a manager with a team member is about their goals. Not company KPIs, not […]
If you’ve ever hired anyone, you know there’s a few key skills you’d like every candidate to have: experience at the key tasks of the job, an ability to learn and level up quickly, and efficient with their time. The vast majority of people that tend to check all those boxes have something in common: […]
Praise is one of the most powerful things a leader can offer their team. When delivered well (and well-deserved), praise gives people the drive and motivation to continue doing the caliber of work you want to see. This is why Mary Kay Ash, founder of the Mary Kay Cosmetics empire, remarked: The power of workplace […]
There are a lot of reasons you might hate (or love) the New England Patriots. But, for most, one reason stands above all else… They just. keep. winning. Maybe they’re your team and one of your life’s great goals is to take a pilgrimage to Gillette Stadium before you die: Then again, if you’re like […]
Are you making the most of your one on one meetings? One on ones are a vital tool for not only for keeping your team happy and motivated but for solving issues that may be holding team members back. And yet, many managers struggle with one on ones and don’t know what to do to […]
Some lessons are learned in a classroom. Others, you learn from a book. And some of the hardest lessons come from the school of experience. Zac Cramer is an entrepreneur like many of the readers of the Lighthouse blog. By chance, he and I had a conversation about how his business is doing and some […]
What separates a good leader from a great one? According to psychologist Daniel Goleman, it’s emotional intelligence. “IQ and technical skills matter…they are crucial threshold abilities, what you need to get the job done. But everyone you compete with at work has those same skill sets.” According to Goleman, you need to stand out and […]
Giving effective praise is one of the most underrated, yet crucial, parts of managing a team. It can dramatically change how your team members feel and the caliber of work they produce. Research reported on Harvard Business Review shows that teams that are praised most outperformed those praised less across key criteria like financial performance, […]
Whew! Finally, you found the right candidate and they accepted your offer. They start next week. Your work is done, right? Think again. Hiring the right candidate is just the beginning. Without a good onboarding process, you could be wasting all your interviewing efforts. Great hires + Poor onboarding = Failed Employees Are you happy […]
Could remote work become the norm? That might sound crazy, but the data says otherwise. A 2018 report by Global Workplace Analytics found that the remote workforce “has grown by 140% since 2005.” That’s almost 10x faster growth than the rest of the U.S. workforce. And a study by social media tool Buffer found that […]
