The Brazen Leader

Musings on Leadership, Business, and Things that Make You Go Hmmmm

Leadership and Retention: Keeping top performers

July 21, 2017 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

It's not just the money! We are staring down the barrel of impending poaching opportunities at a time when our most valuable employees are simply “tired.” What to do? 1. Anybody who tells you money doesn’t matter... they’ll lie about other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Strategies, Change, Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Misc Business Topics, Performance Tagged With: attrition, high performer, high potential, hipo, retention, succession

Success According to Karl

July 17, 2017 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

The broader impact of performance management... The ability to make good decisions regarding people represents one of the last reliable sources of competitive advantage, since very few organizations are any good at it." -- Peter Drucker Two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Performance Tagged With: performance management

Devil’s Advocate — Saint or sinner??

July 10, 2017 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

  "Yes" men, "No" men, or some happy medium ("men" used for convenience, and is in no way gender-specific)?? Do we want our closest and/or brightest to agree with us merely because it was our idea? Or are we actively seeking constructive, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Leadership, Management, Performance Tagged With: conflict

Storm’s a-coming… time to LEAD

June 29, 2017 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

What can we learn from leaders during disaster response efforts?? A few years ago, Houston, Galveston, and surrounding areas were hit head-on with a Category 2 hurricane; the surge and size of the storm more closely rivaled a Category 4. It was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Strategies, Change, Leadership, Management, Performance

You’ve got a bad attitude…

April 24, 2017 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Yeah? Well, you’re ugly. There. We’re all even now. Here’s my issue — attitude, morale, thoughts… none really matter in our workplaces. Sure, we’d love for everyone to have our version of a good attitude. Yes, I can certainly support “good” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Leadership, Management Tagged With: executive coaching, leadership, management

Why do Leaders make this so HARD??

August 23, 2016 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

This is an area where mediocre leaders just don’t get it. And because of their egocentric defensiveness, they lose a ton of credibility. I'm frequently asked about the simple things... about what leaders and potential leaders can do, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Leadership, Management, Performance Tagged With: feedback, leadership, management

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