Author: antongunn

How To Build Alignment With Your Executive Team

There may be internal struggle in your organization because you don’t have alignment as an executive team.

If you don’t have alignment amongst your senior leadership team, you’re going to create all kinds of problems for yourself.

It’ll lead to high turnover.

Low morale is going to lead to smaller contribution margins.

It may even make your organization deficient in your ability to deliver services.

Having good alignment on your team is something you’ve got to give attention to.

Here are a few things you need to focus on to ensure good alignment within your senior leadership team.

How To Lower Your Turnover Rate

If an employee doesn’t stay in your organization for more than a year, that’s a problem.

If you have people you hired that quit within two or three years, that is also a problem.

It’s a problem because turnovers are costly.

Any organization that is rated low as a best place to work has a high turnover rate.

You don’t want that to be your organization.

So you’ve got to do a better job of focusing on your turnover rate.

Here is how you can lower your turnover rate.

How To Avoid Distractions

It’s easy to get distracted from what’s important at work.

It happens to all of us.

We’ve all got other things going on outside of work.

Getting distracted is a reality, but we also must understand that there’s consequences for being distracted.

Distractions can be devastating to the long-term productivity of an organization.

So you must find a way to avoid them.

How To Avoid Being Ignored At The Executive Table

Feeling ignored is not a good place to be.

You’re in a position where the work you’ve done should speak for itself.

Your voice should make a difference.

Your opinions should matter.

But you’re not feeling this from your peers.

Here’s what I want you to understand.

You should not be ignored.

If it’s happening to you, what do you do?

Boosting Morale After A Tough Week

How do you boost morale after a tough work week?

After a tough week, it’s easy for morale to go down.

People feel defeated.

Tough weeks are a part of life.

We all have them at some point.

The important thing is bouncing back after them.

How To Manage Conflict Between Teams

One of the most difficult things for a leader to do is manage conflict between two teams.

It’s even more difficult when you don’t have a framework on how to manage conflict.

If you don’t solve the conflict, it can create toxicity that infects other parts of your organization.

How To Motivate Your Team

Even the best of us lose our motivation at some point.

As a leader, it’s important that you find a way to keep your head in the game.

Here are a few things that I do to keep myself in the game when I don’t feel motivated.

How To Improve As A Leader

You must continue to acquire more skills as a leader.

A leader that doesn’t grow their skills is on their way out the door.

They’re on the way to being replaced because they don’t add value.

Tips For New Leaders

tips for new leaders

You may have just transitioned into a new organization, or maybe you’ve gotten into a new role in your organization.

This may be the highest level role you’ve been in and you definitely deserve the opportunity.

You probably want to take advantage of this opportunity and not make mistakes.

I want to give you advice on navigating this new role.

I want to make sure that you experience success in this position.

Here are my tips for new leaders.