The Brazen Leader

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

How’d you do last year?

January 14, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Did you get the things accomplished that you set out to do at the beginning of the year? Most of them? Some of them? Any of them?? If so, great. If not, why not? Now--right now--is the best time to answer the following questions: Regarding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Planning, Business Strategies, Goals, Leadership, leadership development, Management

You Don’t ‘Create’ a Culture… You CHANGE It!

January 9, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Speaking with a potential client, she asked about the process to “rebuild” their culture. The ensuing chat was interesting (I would call it “great!,” but the client hasn’t signed on yet…!) First, culture isn’t actually “rebuilt.” It exists — in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Misc Business Topics

Leadership & Control: Symbiotic, not mutually exclusive

December 4, 2017 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

When we use control and leadership in the same sentence, our brows start to furrow. We see controlling behavior as an anathema to empowerment--something to be summarily eradicated, not embraced. Well, yes, sort of. Controlling behavior in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Strategies, Leadership, Management, Performance Tagged With: control, empowerment, relationships

Some Coaching Advice — Gratis

July 27, 2017 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

I coach several individuals; most at a fairly senior level, some in mid-management. Some are remedial efforts; in other words, we're trying to get an otherwise-valuable employee to step it up a bit in performance. These are challenging, but it's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Strategies, Change, Goals, Human Resources, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Performance Tagged With: coach, coaching, executive coach

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

Performance Management Simplified

July 20, 2017 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

It's not about the paper... Someone recently asked me why the Performance Management process seems so painful in many organizations. They further questioned how lower-level managers could possibly implement effective performance management if the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Strategies, Human Resources, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Misc Business Topics, Performance Tagged With: performance appraisal, performance management, performance review

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