Anxiety is one of the top nemesis to a leader (and all humans for that matter). This issue can paralyze the progress of any organization. After years of working with CEO’s and business owners I have noticed that we all have a pattern for dealing with worry and that pattern needs to be broken. Continue reading “Concerns and Worries” →

Movement causes friction. When you create a target or goals for your team, you’ll likely encounter resistance. As a leader, you can’t restrict yourself by living inside of someone else’s comfort zone. Great accomplishments require leaders to fix their gaze beyond what’s easily attainable.

Many people have powerful dreams. However, most don’t realize that the viability of their ideal tomorrow is based on what they do today. The difference between a dream and wishful thinking is what you’re doing now. Practice today what you want to be tomorrow. If you do it well enough, someday you may arrive at your dream.

Since the US Open was this past week, I will add this one. Tennis great Chris Evert once said, “The thing that separates good players from great ones is mental attitude. It might only make a difference of two or three points over an entire match, but how you play those key points often makes the difference between winning and losing.”

Try very hard not to succumb to the disease known as paralysis of analysis. Leaders have to act with incomplete information. You can never know all of the variables.

By Wally Amos (Uncle Wally’s Muffin Company)
In 2002 I wrote my Watermelon Credo, it has been a guide that has helped others and me through rough times. I share it with you in the hope that it will help you through these rough times. Continue reading “WATERMELON is the answer!” →

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

How are you doing with the multitude of changes in dentistry?

Hope you are having a good summer! Jody

Four Things Employees Need From Leaders

Traditional leaders see the employee-boss relationship as a transaction: money in exchange for labor. Transformational leaders know and recognize that employees want much more than that. Here are the four things your people need to succeed:
Love. This may sound touchy-feely, but love simply means focused concern that is exclusively for that person’s good. Show your employees you care about them and their futures.
Growth. No one wants to be exactly where they are forever. Create a culture that allows your people to grow and expand.
Contribution. To feel fulfilled, employees must know that they are contributing to the whole. Emphasize the ways that their work matters to the organization.
Meaning. We are meaning-seeking creatures. Share a vision that demonstrates that all of your employees are engaged in a larger purpose.

Today’s Management Tip was adapted from “Four Things Employees Need from Leaders” by Cleve Stevens.

In relation to teamwork we define accountability as the willingness of team members to remind one another when they are not living up to the performance standards of the group. Most leaders we know have a far easier time holding people accountable for their results than they do for behavioral issues. This is a problem because behavioral problems almost always precede results issues. Continue reading “Accountability” →

These are a few tips from an e-newletter I get that I thought you might find interesting. Enjoy

If you’re going to be at a party with strangers, but you know who they are, Google them or look for them on Facebook. You’ll come up with topics of conversation based on their work and lives. Someone did this to me at a symphony fundraiser, and I thought he was a brilliant conversationalist! Continue reading “Misc. Tips” →

An article by Jon Gordon about Team Building and Engaged Relationships, I thought it was a good reminder for all of us.

Relationships First by Jon Gordon Continue reading “Relationships First by Jon Gordon” →