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Culture can significantly impact an organization’s ability to perform effectively. Leaders can shape the organizational environment in both positive and negative ways. In the sports world, we often see examples of both positive (winning) and negative (losing, toxic cultures). As the NBA calendar fli...
Perhaps the most frequent, and universal, task performed by leaders is holding meetings. On average, employees spend at least six hours a week in meetings while the act of preparing for and conducting meetings can take up as much as 75 percent of a manager’s time. [1] Despite their importance, howev...
Nowadays, you must show value in yourself, your projects, and your team. Which for me is something new. I'm used to the days when you did a project because it was something you thought would benefit people or the organization. But you did not have evidence supporting your thoughts. Now you are expec...
Veronica Knuth Veronica leads the Human Resources team for CoverMyMeds which consists of Talent Acquisition, Organizational Effectiveness, Employee & Community Engagement, Employee Experience, Learning, Benefits and Compensation. CoverMyMeds was founded in 2008 and is consistently rated a Best Plac...
A colleague recently lamented upon his observation of leaders who tended to make decisions based more on their ‘guts and intuition’ than on facts and critical thought. He immediately reminded me of Dr. Stephen J. Gerras’ work, Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking: A Fundamental Guide for Stra...
You can take a scientific approach to strengthening the leadership within your organization. You will need what’s called a leadership competency model. It’s the blueprint of the knowledge, skills, abilities and other attributes (KSAOs) that all employees of an organization need to succeed. A well-de...
The old adage that “Actions Speak Louder Than Words” is probably nowhere more prevalent or more prescient than in the world of business. While your company may have mission statements and pieces of tastefully framed thoughts on the business of life scattered throughout the office, their actions ofte...
As a Duke graduate, I suppose I’m contractually obligated to write about Coach K’s retirement, but I’m just going to use it as a jumping off point. As many people know, Mike Krzyzewski retired last week after forty-two years as Duke’s head basketball coach. When I was an undergraduate there, the bas...
It’s that time of year when football coaches start losing and changing jobs, getting raises and buyouts (or paying them). Having worked in the industry, I can appreciate what a stressful time it is for them, their families and their players, as well as for others in the organization who are impacted...
Coaches are always looking for ways to get the best performance or championship effort out of their athletes. There are hundreds of tactics and tricks to influence athletes into putting forth determination. A well-known motivation theory can improve performance and help motivate athletes to give tha...
