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NLRB’s New Ruling, another reason to focus on Employee Engagement
The recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has many business owners and executives extremely concerned. Using their unchecked powers, the NLRB is requiring all businesses, starting on November 1st, to have a mandatory posting reminding employees...
Would Your Employees Go This Far For You?
Employee engagment can be powerful. Watch this Air New Zeland video. How do you influence others through your leadership and create a culture of employee engagement like this airline?
5 Techniques to Increase Your Active Listening
Updated June 21, 2019 The other day I was facilitating a strategy meeting with a group of executives. During the meeting, I started to notice a familiar pattern of listening that you all have observed in the past. Of the 8 participants, two of them would ask questions...
BMW’s Values Driven Leadership
I recently had the opportunity to tour the BMW manufacturing plant in Spartansburg SC. It was quite an impressive operation with over 700 robots, and just in time and sequential inventory. However, what really impressed me was the leadership's commitment to their...
Here’s What Really Motivates Your Employees (It’s Not What You Think)
Can you motivate others? Many leaders believe they can motivate their employees to behave in ways that will increase the success of a company. However, motivation of their employees comes from within an individual.
While leaders can provide a motivating environment, what are the critical success factors to transitioning your workplace to an intrinsically motivated organization?
Is the Golden Rule Still Golden?
Leaders should be treating their employees based on the employee’s preference, not their own. Adaptive leadership, if effective, can have a positive impact on communications and decision making just to name a few.
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.