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I Love My Company but I Hate My Job: Are Your Employees in the Right Seats?
Without the right people in the right seats at the right time, a business can’t be expected to drive forward. Leaders must be able to recognize the right seat for each of their employees. More importantly, they have to know whether such a seat even exists. Sometimes,...
Want to Lead a Passionate Team? Start With These Five Steps
Whenever someone enters a leadership role, they have dreams of building highly effective and passionate teams. They want their employees to look up to them and feel pride in their own work, and feel pride in their leadership. This is almost always easier dreamed than...
How Trust Among Leaders Created Our Independence
Independence Day has always been one of my favorite holidays. I spent the first five years of my life in Lexington, MA, and then moved to Concord for grade school. Growing up in the place where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired gave me a unique...
Here’s a Look at the Workplace of the Future
When Baby Boomers were just hitting their stride, and Gen X was entering the workforce, eight-hour workdays in colorless cubicles and once-per-year performance reviews ruled the day. Today’s workplace is a more fluid, collaborative environment. Rather than rooms full...
How to Use Accountability to Develop the Next Generation of Leaders
Developing productive and passionate employees requires a significant amount of attention from leadership. Managers must be able to identify future leaders, and must be able to help those future leaders gain the skills and knowledge they will need to advance in their...
How to Inspire Accountability in Future Leaders
One of the most powerful ways an organization can create effective leaders is through a system of accountability that measures performance and takes appropriate action based on that performance.Accountability can be a driving force for success – and lack of...
Beth Armknecht Miller’s passion for learning and dedication to bringing out the best in others are strands woven throughout her career and are found in her work with Executive Velocity, a top talent and leadership development advisory firm.