Category Archives: Leadership

Tips and information specifically for leaders.

RUMBA Your Way to Achievable Goals

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Cher & Bil Holton

How do we set goals that are rigged on the side of success? If you know us, you know how much we love to dance — so we decided to use one of our favorite dances as a model! So … Continue reading →

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How to Handle Difficult People

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Cher & Bil Holton

Learn how to handle the 5 toughest behaviors in the workplace that sabotage team work, productivity, and engagement. Download your own copy of the summary chart! Continue reading →

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How Employees Learn: The Key to Extraordinary Coaching

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Cher & Bil Holton

Everyone has areas that need to be developed. Learning new skills doesn’t happen overnight. Part of your job as an extraordinary leader is to coach your people so they gain confidence in the process of learning new skills. There is … Continue reading →

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The One Question to Ask Every Team Member

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Cher & Bil Holton

There is one great question every leader can ask every team member — and it comes from what Bill Gates said about Steve Jobs! Continue reading →

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How to Be an Authentic Leader: Avoid Mass Confusion By Practicing Mask Unfusion

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Cher & Bil Holton

With Halloween approaching, it’s a great time to talk about masks — but not the kind you wear to a holiday party. Those are fun! The masks we’re talking about are those dangerous masks we wear as leaders — masks … Continue reading →

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Team Engagement Tip: How to Create Key Operating Principles

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Cher & Bil Holton

There are a few critical questions every person on a team must be able to answer, in order to ensure a well-functioning, highly productive and engaged team: What are acceptable and unacceptable behaviors? How will the team handle lack of participation … Continue reading →

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5 Reasons Team Members Don’t Play Well — and How to Fix It!

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Cher & Bil Holton

As leaders, we rely so much on teams to accomplish the myriad of things that must be done. For some of our folks, team work comes naturally and they thrill at the challenge of using their skills and creativity in … Continue reading →

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Employee Engagement: How to Help Employees Be Accountable

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Cher & Bil Holton

One of the biggest complaints I hear from managers and leaders is that employees will not take initiative or be accountable for the things that are theirs to do. One of the biggest complaints I hear during employee focus groups … Continue reading →

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Developing Wisdom as a Leader: A Self-Directed Activity to be Extraordinary!

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Cher & Bil Holton

Catch Yourself … There’s an old management leadership book called the One Minute Manager, by Ken Blanchard. The key principle in the book encourages leaders to catch a person doing something right every day, and say something positive to reinforce … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Cher & Bil Holton

We all experience different kinds of fears: fear of failure; fear of rejection; fear of looking dumb; fear of change; fear of the unknown. I googled fear, and found a legitimate list of actual researched phobias: there were 530 listed, … Continue reading →

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