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September 19, 2015 Leadership Nudge® 66 – Practice, Practice, PracticeWhen we want to perfect our golf stroke, we break the stroke down into smaller pieces and practice...
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September 19, 2015 Leadership Nudge® 61 – Give Up ControlLeadership Nudge – Give Control and Create LeadersYou can’t “direct” empowerment programs. Directed empowerment programs are flawed because...
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July 8, 2015 Leadership Nudge® – What Do You Think?“Tell me what to do”…people will do it. In the early 1960s Stanley Milgram wanted to learn how...
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June 10, 2015 Leadership Nudge® 53 – “Too Busy” is an Issue with Clarity, NOT TimeBe attuned to when your team members are opening the door for help. One such opportunity is...
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May 20, 2015 Leadership Nudge® 51 – Three powerful words a leader can and should say…Three powerful words a leader can say: “I don’t know.” At the US Naval Academy we could only...
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May 12, 2015 Leadership Nudge® 50 – Community Building 101 – Invest in PeopleThis past week I sat down with David Spinks, CMX Founder and Community Builder Expert for a day...
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May 5, 2015 Leadership Nudge® 49 – Praise Behavior, Not AbilityPraise the behavior you want repeated. Not all praise has the same effect on people. During a study...
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December 29, 2014 Leadership Nudge® 20 – “Are you sure?”…ask this instead…Worker: “We think the best option is to move forward with the contract.” Boss: “Are you sure?” Ask, “How...
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December 29, 2014 Leadership Nudge® 80 – Be PresentLeadership Nudge – Be Present This Holiday Season, we encourage you to be present with your teams, your...
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April 29, 2014 Leadership Nudge® 48 – What we say matters… Fix the Environment, Not PeopleThe environment matters a lot more than we think. Humans tend to attribute behavior to the person and...