All posts by dave_miller
The Reason Your Organization Is Underperforming? A Lack of Clarity…
Inc. recently published an article about how to better communicate with your team…placing an emphasis on clarity. The article was written by Rebecca Hinds, a self-proclaimed “organizational physician” and Data-driven storyteller. Follow the link above for the article – it is well written and focuses on three primary areas on interest – establishing connectivity, being […]
5 Phrases to Use More Often in 2022
Inc, just published an article “5 Phrases to Use More Often in 2022“, written by Katie burke, Chief People Officer at Hubspot. It’s like Stephen Covey’s #7habitsofhighlyeffectivepeople …you can debate all day about which one is the best or most important (my personal favorite is habit 7: Sharpen the Saw®), but at the end of […]
Making Workplace Relationships a Priority
Harvard Business Review’s Management Tip of the Day is around Making Workplace Relationships a Priority. Below are the excerpt and a link to the article that inspired, “What a Year of WFH Has Done to Our Relationships at Work” by Nancy Baym, Jonathan Larson and Ronnie Martin. The article and excerpt are insightful, and remind […]
The Millennial Debate
Many of you are familiar with Simon Sinek and his famous Ted Talks “Golden Circle” or as it is officially titled, How Great Leaders Inspire Action. I have used this video and belief system (which is based on truly knowing your “why”) many times as a foundation to inspire others and ignite conversations related to […]
How a small neighborhood cafe’ just might be the answer to all “our” problems.
I was in Sonoma for a board meeting recently. Tired of eating the standard resort meals for breakfast; I decided to head out to to find some local fare. After a quick Google, I found a highly rated local place just a short walk from the resort called “Creekside Cafe”. Apparently this place is an […]
Its What’s Inside
I was recently in Louisville Kentucky on business and had the opportunity to stop in at Angles Envy Distillery. I don’t know whats more impressive, the Architecture or the “oh so smooth” Kentucky Bourbon. Great care and detail were taken from the ground up – location, the structure, the sweet elixir itself and the bottle […]
Hard Conversations
I have had several “hard conversations” with employees in my career. Staying ahead of the situation, maintaining a level head and treating the employee with respect and empathy goes a long way toward obtaining the best possible outcome. Andrew Griffiths wrote a great article on this topic which I found insightful and thought I would share. […]
Celebrating Others Success
Recently there was a great article written by Steve Krull for Forbes. Reading this reminded me of a time early in my career when I had much less inexperience as a leader and before I was fortunate enough in life to have great mentors and Life Coaches like Robert (Bob) Anderson, Colleen R Cooper and Darin Lyon. “Back in […]
Community
Community. What does that mean to you? Most might associate the word with their neighborhood – where they live. My wife and I are fortunate to live in a nice community in Alexandria, VA called Delray. We chose to live here because of the way it makes us feel. We live just a few miles […]
