The Brazen Leader

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

A physicist, a preacher and an Iman walk into this bar…

April 20, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Though that has all the makings of a great joke (appropriate apologies to those easily offended), I just wanted to highlight the diverse uses of today’s topic. The three characters mentioned above are the most frequent users–or at least, most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Planning, Business Strategies, Human Resources, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Performance

The Missing Leader

February 11, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Someone recently asked me, "What's missing in leaders today?" As I've said 1,000 times, "leadership ain't rocket surgery." Here's what seems to be commonly lacking in unsuccessful leaders today. Any or all of these can impact a leader's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Misc Business Topics, Performance

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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