Posts by Robin Pou

How do leaders in new roles assimilate, organize, and gain momentum – results they were hired to achieve?

Leadership Communication: The current outlook of most leaders is not as bright as from the ivory tower of academia. As a result, leaders are messaging future goals with a little baggage from the past.

The cost of employee lack of engagement is staggering. Employees who are not engaged at work are less productive and negatively influence the culture. The leader must stay engaged to fight disengagement, but how?

A successful hike mirrors a leader’s journey to fulfill their vision. To be a successful leader make note of these lessons and simple reminders.

Most leaders think they are great listeners, but for leaders who truly assess their listening skills, they can find another level of listening – a path to improving this most important skill.

I discovered a few leadership lessons while on vacation with my family. I offer them to you in hopes you might glean something for your leadership journey as you focus on the opportunities set before you for the balance of this year.

Departing employees are sharing a variety of perceived challenges in their exit interviews. A consistent theme being shared by their soon-to-be former employees is, “I don’t feel seen, valued or invested in.”

Like many analog institutions before it, command-and-control style leadership is being dismantled if not already dead. The next generations of leaders will face a growing demand for leadership that is authentic and real.

The leaders who have fought mightily through the pandemic to keep the boat afloat may be misunderstood and underappreciated by the employees whose jobs they worked so hard to save.

Leaders had to reduce their workforce during the pandemic. This was painful, but at least they were able to keep their top talent. That precious top talent now is walking out the door. What’s a leader to do?