Last week I got into a deep conversation with a few colleagues about the ‘Great Resignation’. As a business owner, keynote speaker, and executive coach, this trend is something that I’ve remained cognizant about, especially around its impact on leaders in the middle (LIMs). In fact, as recently as two weeks ago on this blog,…
Too often emails are sent with the word urgent in the title. Frankly, I’ve found the matter in the email rarely is actually urgent and I firmly believe this term is quite overused in the workplace lexicon. As a leader in the middle (LIM), my time is limited, so I tend to ask, “but is…
Recently, someone on my team was looking through my archive of articles when they came across my old post, ‘Three Reasons Employees’ Don’t Meet Their Bosses Expectations.’ They reached out and started to pepper me with questions on how they could work through some of the challenges they have encountered with their own employees. While…
Everything we do as a leader in the middle is about choice. Nathan Jamail, Keynote Speaker I was recently thumbing through my book, Serve Up, Coach Down, when I came across chapter that made me pause for a moment. In the chapter, ‘Choose Wisely: Sacrifice Versus Decision’, I share how my values evolved as…
“Guys, I don’t have the power to make decisions. They do. All I am is to be a highly paid sales representative.” (Definitely NOT a quote by me!) Above are some famous last words uttered by a past manager of mine. After this, no matter how I tried, I never looked at him the…
Happy new year! I hope you and your family enjoyed a festive holiday season; my family and I had a wonderful time. It’s officially 2022; I personally love the start of a new year as it’s a fresh slate to set and achieve new goals while making more memories. However, I know for many, the…
I was scrolling through my archives, and I came across an oldie but goodie blog post, ‘Don’t be THAT Person’. For quite a few years, I’d publish the same themed article every holiday season, how NOT to ruin the holidays. Why? Cause people don’t seem to listen! I know this because I still get calls…
Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We’re now in full swing for the holidays…and holiday parties. But before you begin celebrating the holidays, I wanted to have a quick chat about how you can close-out your sales targets with a bang. It all starts by not blindly sending your clients price sheets.…
As we draw closer to Thanksgiving, I like to take the time to reflect on the many reasons to be grateful for my life. This time around, I found myself thinking about my years in Corporate America and the many opportunities, though not always good, that have helped forge me into the man I am…
We cannot exist in a vacuum, whether we would like to or not. At work, it is essential to successfully collaborate with our colleagues and other leaders in the middle to get the job done right. Now, while I acknowledge the resistance to collaborate between groups may at times not necessarily stem from us, we…