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As we observe Mental Health Awareness Month in May, it is an excellent reminder for leaders to recognize their crucial role in caring for their teams and helping them avoid burnout. Employee burnout is a real concern, and according to the World Health Organization is a syndrome that can be characterized by 3 dimensions: exhaustion or energy depletion, decreased engagement at work, feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job, and reduced productivity or efficacy. To ensure delivery of results for the organization, leaders must take responsibility for setting up their teams for success. Understanding the Reasons for Burnout…

( … to avoid a toxic manager and workplace) Interviewing for a new job is a two-way street. Not only are employers looking for a candidate with the right fit for the position, but prospective employees are looking for a company where they feel valued and know they can grow, thrive, and achieve their career goals. As an employee or employer, it is critical to stop and consider what drives engagement in the workplace. If 67% of employees are either not engaged or actively disengaged, what elements are required at the individual, team, and company level to ensure workers are…

It's Not Optional! When people tell me they hire strong leaders who are self-directed and they don’t need a formal leadership development program, I call BS. According to a 2022 Gallup article, nearly 7 in 10 employees worldwide are either not engaged or are actively disengaged in their job. They lack passion for their roles and don’t care to innovate, create, or put anything more into their jobs than the bare minimum. Leaders bear the responsibility to change that statistic. However, as reported by CareerBuilder, 58% of managers have never received formal leadership training. That means nearly 2/3 of your…

Gratitude is the positive emotion of being thankful. It includes the capacity to appreciate what we have and thank others for their contributions. This E3 Emotional Quality is such a powerful leadership capability. The rewards of mastering this are exponential – gratitude boosts morale, enhances well-being, and improves productivity within a team. It’s so simple to act upon, but easily forgotten in practice. We all want to express gratitude and know it is the right thing to do, but if it isn’t second nature, an unconscious competency in your leadership toolkit, it will too often fall to the bottom of the priority list.    Unconscious Competence  As leaders,…

Anything a boy can do, a girl can do better For me, gender equality had always been a given. I grew up with the belief, ‘I can do anything a boy can do, and maybe even better’. I was born in an era where women had the right to vote, go to college, run a company and govern a country. Born in 1971, I started playing soccer when I was just 5 years old, coached for years by my father and mother. If I wasn’t playing on an organized team I was playing in the school yard, or even playing hockey in the…