Professional development is a key part of a successful business. It’s continuing education that will allow you and your herd to continually learn and grow in your business. It helps businesses be more competitive by fostering a positive environment in which employees are more productive, loyal and content.
Hiring new employees can be a difficult and arduous process, but it doesn’t have to be. Sometimes you need to expand your herd in order to help your company to continue to grow.
When I use the term bull, your mind may go to the image of a typical male bull, but I always use it as a gender neutral term. Therefore, we are all bulls, and in my experience there are three types of bulls…
Recent workplace research from Gallup showed some concerning insights for organizations. While most CEOs are laser-focused on growing the business and increasing profits, this research shows that it’s most often the things that CEOs take for granted that end up hurting them the most.
Recent workplace research from Gallup showed some concerning insights for organizations. While most CEOs are laser-focused on growing the business and increasing profits, this research shows that it’s most often the things that CEOs take for granted that end up hurting them the most.
Recent workplace research from Gallup showed some concerning insights for organizations. While most CEOs are laser-focused on growing the business and increasing profits, this research shows that it’s most often the things that CEOs take for granted that end up hurting them the most.
Recent workplace research from Gallup showed some concerning insights for organizations. While most CEOs are laser-focused on growing the business and increasing profits, this research shows that it’s most often the things that CEOs take for granted that end up hurting them the most.
Recently I had the opportunity to be a guest speaker on the Smashing The Plateau podcast with David Shriner-Cahn. David’s podcast helps guide solopreneur business owners to build stable and consistent recurring revenue.
When most bosses or CEOs think of keeping employees motivated, they assume pay increases, bonuses, or other financial rewards are the key to motivation. While nobody is ever going to turn down more money, a company needs to have more in place to keep their employees engaged, motivated, and satisfied.
Last week I covered part three of the four foundational components of harnessing the power of your HERD: Expectations. Today, to wrap up this series, I’m going to talk about the fourth and final foundational component. But first, let’s do a quick recap of the previous three components.
Okay, so now to cover the fourth foundational component for harnessing the power of your HERD: Engagement.
Engagement really boils down to how well you consistently enforce the first three components. When helping businesses and organizations with engagement, I like to ask the following questions:
Once you’ve answered those questions, it’s then important to determine what engagement looks like on a 1-1 level and group level. Do all your leaders demonstrate they care about your employees and give candid feedback as needed? Do you celebrate, eat together, and provide clarity of Vision, Values and Expectations regularly? Are you proud of your culture?
Finally, I recommend having 1-1 meetings with all your direct reports at least once a month. This will give everyone feedback, reinforce priorities, share ideas and updates, and ultimately reinforce the role of every “bull” in your HERD. I have used the same 5 question form for the last 15 years for all of my 1-1s (download here).
If you can master these four foundational components in your business, then I know you’ll see the true power of your HERD come to life and your business will grow as a result!
If you want to listen to the entire podcast where I spoke about this, click here.
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