Modeling Respectful Behavior: Whose Job Is It?
When I’m working with a new client and making a case for modeling respectful behavior in the workplace, there is an inevitable hurdle to clear first: acknowledging there is a problem, so leaders stop passing the buck on accountability. If I’ve heard this complaint once, I’ve heard it a thousand times. Every time I show managers and leaders the data that clearly demonstrates our workplaces are...
Millennial Leadership Styles
I’m proud to say that I have three millennial children, none of whom come anywhere near to living down to the negative labels affixed to them by our society and the media. They are – like so many of their peers whom I’ve encountered in the last ten years – most certainly not entitled or selfish, nor are they slackers, nor do they expect participation trophies for everything they do....
Is Your Workplace Plagued with Disrespect? Take This Step to Disarm It
This article originally appeared in Leadership Now on April 7,2023. You can access it directly HERE. Name-calling. Stereotyping. Micromanaging. Foul language. Is your workplace a hotbed of disrespect—and are productivity and collaboration tanking because of it? When co-workers, managers, and their subordinates lose respect for one another, it negatively impacts their work and the work of the...
Is Your Leadership Worthy of Respect? Here’s How to Check
This article originally appeared in CEO World Magazine on Feb 24,2023. You can access it directly here. Are your actions and behaviors as a leader worthy of respect? It’s a simple—yet loaded—question. While you may believe other people should treat you with respect because of your status, authority, or position, you can’t expect they automatically will. The Respectful Leader will make an...
Respectful Leadership: The Key to Boosting Employee Morale
This article originally appeared in Training Industry on April 10, 2023. You can access it directly here . If you’re like most people these days, you’re busy. Jumping from meeting to meeting, call to call, and email to text, with little time for chit chat or what are quaintly known as “the niceties.” Sometimes even the most common before-the-meeting question, “How are you?” will be skipped in...
Ethics in the Workplace
Ethics is becoming a BIG issue again in organizations. The evidence includes… Sam Bankman’s cryptocurrency company’s collapse – “...a place full of conflicts of interest, nepotism, and lack of oversight.” The failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) after risky and unethical behaviors lead to deceit and manipulation, including their leadership dumping stock in their...
Practicing Regular Respect Is Easy Until It Isn’t
Most of us, when we’re entering or exiting a public location such as an office building, coffee shop, or retailer, will keep the door open for someone we don’t know. We’ll also say “excuse me” when we bump into someone in public. And, if you’re like the vast majority of people, when someone sneezes, you’ll offer a “bless you.” In these instances, most of us will exemplify what I refer to...Summoning the HR Police
Recently, after I delivered a keynote on Restoring Respect, the head of HR at a large LA-based corporation approached me with a perspective I hadn’t considered. “We all know that many employees call human resources professionals in their company ‘the HR police.’ But what they don’t realize is that some managers really force us to play that tough cop role. They’re too afraid, or too conflict...