Stubbornness vs Persistence
There's a fine line between stubbornness and persistence. Stubbornness is refusing to acknowledge the circumstances have changed, and so...
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James Walton
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Increasing Employee Engagement Starts with this Conversation
The data suggests that employee engagement - the emotional commitment between the employee and the organization and its goals - is low. ...
James Walton
- Feb 5
- 2 min
3 Ways to Respond to Setbacks
If you'd like to subscribe to receive these via email, click here. Yesterday, I was driving along a lonely stretch of highway through a...
James Walton
- Dec 15, 2020
- 1 min
Three Ways to a Better Thank You
One of the most effective actions a leader can take to build trust and encourage performance on their team is to say "Thank you." Here's...
James Walton
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
How to Deliver Difficult Feedback Gracefully
It's the leader's job to provide correction, clarify boundaries, and enforce consequences. And in most circumstances the leader needs to...
James Walton
- Nov 20, 2020
- 1 min
Surprise and Delight
As a useful strategy for generating professional success, to surprise and delight is helpful. Want to leave a customer with a lasting,...
James Walton
- Nov 10, 2020
- 2 min
The Fastest Way to Prevent Confusion and Conflict
Everything depends on communication. All the work we do is moot unless we can find a way to communicate it effectively to others. This...
James Walton
- Oct 30, 2020
- 1 min
2 Tips for Increasing Leadership Empathy
Empathy is that rare quality of being able to feel along with another, to put yourself in their emotional position and experience the...
James Walton
- Oct 27, 2020
- 1 min
Levers You Can Pull to Impact Work Culture
Culture is the system of shared beliefs and behaviors that shape the environment we work in. Organizations have a culture, as do...
James Walton
- Oct 20, 2020
- 1 min
The Cocktail of Overwhelm
As a leader, it's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day whirlwind of business. Mix pressing deadlines and tight budgets, garnish with...
James Walton
- Sep 11, 2020
- 1 min
Do This Before Providing Feedback
They say the culture you get in your workplace is either what you create or what you allow. So over time, you'll have plenty of...
James Walton
- Sep 4, 2020
- 1 min
Three Interrelated Truths
Three interrelated truths: Results happen through relationship. Relationships happen through communication. Communication happens through...
James Walton
- Sep 4, 2020
- 2 min
Three Questions to Unlock Your Team's Potential
It's a common scenario: something on the team has gone wrong and we need to fix it. You're the leader and you've got the role power and...
James Walton
- Aug 25, 2020
- 1 min
Humility + Curiosity = Success
C.S Lewis defined humility not (as many might imagine) thinking less of yourself, but rather, thinking of yourself less. It is not...
James Walton
- Jul 17, 2020
- 2 min
Your Calendar Holds a Key to Restoring Balance
The struggle between work and family many of us feel is partly due to the fact that we rigorously schedule and structure our work lives,...
James Walton
- May 22, 2020
- 2 min
Strategic Mediocrity
Decide what you're not going to be good at. Be strategically mediocre. Many of us carry around an expectation of ourselves as...
James Walton
- Apr 28, 2020
- 1 min
The Two Traits that Create Sustainable Success
Take a look at this graph that shows basketball coaches who worked in both college and the pros. What do you notice? What explains the...
James Walton
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
Don't Give Up
Don't give up. If you're struggling, take heart: The reason you got into this was to make a positive difference. As long as you've got...
James Walton
- Apr 24, 2020
- 2 min