In this episode of 3 Minutes on Leadership, John shares data from Gallup on how a thorough understanding of what's expected of them keeps employees engaged.
Mar 24, 2022
4 min
"The Curse breaks down like this: The more expert a person is in their professional life, the better they get at finding answers. The better they get at finding answers, the more susceptible they become to refusing answers from others … even though others may, at times, have better answers."
From Simple Leadership Strategies facilitator Ryan Mainey and CEO TD Smyers comes this humorous, ironic and insightful take on hubris in the professional workplace.
Mar 9, 2022
8 min
In this episode of 3 Minutes on Leadership, John explores the controversial subject of managers having friends at work. There's a lot of research that support it, but many people still say it can't, or shouldn't, happen. Let's hear what John has to say.
Mar 4, 2022
4 min
In this episode of 3 Minutes on Leadership, John describes a simple but effective method for setting achievable priorities - END the madness!
Feb 25, 2022
4 min
In this episode of 3 Minutes on Leadership, John explains the Simple Leadership Strategies "grading" system we borrowed from elementary education to help our transformational leaders gauge where they are and get to a better level of performance.
Feb 11, 2022
4 min
In this episode of 3 Minutes on Leadership, SLS Founder and President John Wright explains the difference between training and developing as it applies to managers and leaders. It's the improvement model SLS is based on.
Feb 4, 2022
4 min
If this title sounds a little like a horror story, that’s because it often is. Most open door policies don’t work because people don’t trust their boss … or, for that matter, their boss’ boss. Still, having an open door policy is a well-worn cliché among American executives. If you’re one of those with such a policy, what does it really convey to your team? Is your “open door” welcoming? Are you actually accessible? Why is the door open in the first place? In fact, is it truly open at all?
Feb 2, 2022
6 min
In this episode of 3-Minutes on Leadership, SLS Founder & President John Wright discusses the nature of the leadership traits our Transformational Leader-Manager Experience are built around - simple to understand, just not easy to pull off!
Jan 28, 2022
4 min
Many SLS clients are getting back to work in their familiar confines after spending the last year in virtual relationships with a distributed workforce. Your business may be one of them.
Whether you’re all the way back in face-to-face work days, or easing back with hybrid schedules, this peculiar moment in the life of your team provides something rarely seen – a chance to start fresh.
Jan 24, 2022
8 min
In this episode of his 3 Minutes on Leadership series, Simple Leadership Strategies President and Founder John Wright addresses the crucial business transformation of turning customers into advocates, including context within the overall transformation of your business and the two things you have to get right to pull it off.
Jan 21, 2022
5 min
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