Leadership Presence Tag

Gregg Ward Group | The Spark to Possibility

  Most of us have been treated with respect at some point in our careers. But sadly, many of us have been disrespected at work – sometimes over and over – by customers, colleagues, bosses, and even by the very processes, procedures and cultures put in place by our employers. Today, more and more organizations are finding that a respectful culture is the foundation upon which...

You Don’t Have To Like Someone to Work With Them

There’s an old saying in business and it goes like this…”You don’t have to like someone to work with them.” I agree, there are many people that we work with who we don’t necessarily like, and we sure wouldn’t want to hang out with them on a personal basis. But, when we do work with these people, we usually get the job done; sometimes really well. So why is that? Some people would...

Respectful Leadership Means Putting Down The Smartphone

OK, show of hands…how many of you have been in meetings where the boss (or multiple bosses) have been checking their smart phones while you or your colleagues were in the middle of presenting? You can all put your hands down now (uh, ma’am, you can put both hands down now). Yes, this has happened to many of us. And how does it make us feel? Most of us would say...

Just Because I Can (tell too many stories)

It was 2006 and I was sitting in the back of a large conference room at a military installation on the West Coast when I was 99% certain that I would have smack my head against the wall just to keep awake. It seems our Program Manager, an active duty Navy Captain, had decided to tell yet another story during our weekly “all hands” meeting. The problem? While he may have been a good...