Time to Be Respectful
A big part of practicing regular respect is learning how to manage your time so that you aren’t wasting the time of others. Rashelle Isip is a consultant and author who writes about practical ideas for organization, time management, and productivity. Her blog, “The Order Expert,” has been featured in multiple media outlets, including Time and The Washington Post. In “Time Management Tip: How...
What Disrespect Can Cost a Company
98% of people say that they have experienced uncivil behavior at work. A disrespectful environment can leave employees upset and frustrated. Incivility can also be extremely costly to an organization. Christine Porath and Christine Pearson collected data from 14,000 people in the U.S. and Canada to find out the true costs of incivility. Here are just a few things that companies can lose in an...
Gregg Ward on The Mike Slater Show
Gregg Ward was recently interviewed on the Mike Slater Show on AM 760 KFMB San Diego. Gregg discussed his upcoming book, The Respectful Leader: Seven Ways to Influence Without Intimidation, out this July from Wiley. He talked with Mike Slater about realizing the importance of respect early in his career, why a disrespectful work environment is destructive for both leaders and employees, and...
Declining Respect in the Modern Workplace
Many people agree that there is less respect in the workplace today, but why? In his Forbes article, “It’s Time to Bring Back Courtesy to the Workplace,” writer and consultant Ron Ashkenas discusses how changes in the way we work may have led to a decline in respect. In the past, work was done face-to-face and in real time. People got to know each other and made human connections. Ashkenas...
RespectfulDo #2 | Practice Regular Respect
“Practice Regular Respect” is the second of the Seven RespectfulDo’s. Regular Respect is similar to common courtesy and includes behaviors like making eye contact, greeting people, saying “please” and “thank you,” and being on time. Watch Gregg talk about RespectfulDo #2 to learn more about how to practice Regular Respect. For more on Respectful Leadership, pre-order Gregg’s book The...
The Respected Leader
Author and Forbes contributor Glenn Llopis is known as the “Opportunity Expert.” He promotes “leading through a lens of opportunity,” with a mindset of survival, renewal, and reinvention. In an article in Forbes, Llopis suggests that now more than ever, employers need to provide “proof of performance.” He outlines 5 ways that leaders can prove themselves and gain respect. Here are a few we...
Why the 2016 Election Season Is So Full of Anger
Think that the 2016 election season is fueled by anger? Experts say Americans are angry about wealth inequality, the economy, and ineffective government. Lynn Vavreck, New York Times contributor and UCLA political science professor, argues that the anger Americans feel may have less to do with economic issues and more to do with members of the opposite party. Claims that Americans are upset...
“Psychological Safety” Is the Key to Building Great Teams
Creating a team that works well together is no easy task. In 2012, Google launched “Project Aristotle” and studied 180 of their own teams to find out why some groups work well and others don’t. In his article “What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team,” Charles Duhigg of the New York Times explains Google’s interesting findings about what makes teams successful. The best...
RespectfulDo #1 | Be the First to Respect
The Seven RespectfulDo’s are the foundational behaviors of Respectful Leadership. They begin with RespectfulDo #1, “Be the First to Respect.” Offer respect to others from the start, instead of waiting for them to treat you respectfully. This can be as simple as greeting someone with a smile. Being the first to respect sets a respectful tone for the relationship. In the video below, Gregg Ward...