You are an example to the individuals that report to you.

August 3, 2013 – You are an example to the individuals that report to you.    

 

Today's Wishes:

As a leader and manager,

1.     You are on center stage and your team members are your avid audience

2.     You have the honor of being an example to the individuals that report to you

3.     If you don’t set the right example of what exemplifies a true and caring leader with a strong work ethic, your team will not follow you

4.     If your work ethic embodies working efficiently and putting in those extra hours to get the work accomplished, the message will be clear as to what you value and will reward

July 22, 2013 – Everyone thrives on praise and recognition.    

 

Today's Wishes:

As a leader and manager,

1.     Invest time in training and delegation as it will improve efficiency and increase the knowledge foundation of your team members

2.     Give praise and recognition for a job well done

3.     Remember that credit multiplies, blame divides

4.     Everyone thrives on praise and recognition

June 3, 2013 – Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall – Can you treat people right and bring financial success to your department?

Of course! 

Today's Wishes:

As a leader and manager,

1.     Be aware that some managers stand by the thought that generating profits is far more valuable than treating people with respect and dignity

2.     Keep in mind that while managing your job responsibilities and goals, treating your employee and customer base with respect in dignity, adhering to Loyalty principles, will indeed maximize growth and profits

3.     Lead others towards a path of success, inspire commitment and dedication, cement partnership and prosperity

 

May 27, 2013 – How can you instill Loyalty into your team?

Today's Wishes:

As a leader and manager, let us instill Loyalty into our team members:

1.     Keep your team members well-informed – they will appreciate being kept in the loop and will be better prepared to manage day to day challenges

2.     Be ready to cross-train team members – this will empower them with knowledge

3.     Lead by example

4.     Be fair and impartial

5.     Be a hands-on manager, roll up your sleeves, be in the trenches with your team

6.     Build team spirit by different functions – bring a cake and decorate an employee’s cubicle to celebrate their  birthday, hold a pot-luck lunch to celebrate holidays, bring breakfast during month-end activities, organize a bowling night, organize a picnic lunch, etc.

7.     STAND BY YOUR TEAM, in good times and bad times

May 13, 2013 – Loyalty is a two-way street.  Are you exhibiting loyalty principles, do your employees trust you?

As a leader and manager be aware that your employees’ behavior and attitude is communicated directly to the customer base and every stakeholder they deal with.

Today's Wishes:

As a leader and manager,

1.     Be involved in the recruiting process; make sure a new employee’s onboarding experience is positive - conducive to learning the business and buying into the company’s mission and vision statements

2.     Continue to work in partnership with your Human Resources Team to ensure employee retention by demonstrating Loyalty principles – providing a foundation of appreciation, trust, and readily offering tools for a path to success

3.     Be involved in your team’s growth process, partnering with them to answer any concerns that come up  

4.     Stand by your team, in good times and bad times – this will generate TRUST

May 1, 2013 – Would you continue to contribute and offer loyalty to your employer if your efforts were not appreciated?     

Be honest - appreciation is indeed a huge factor to ongoing strong contributions. 

As a leader and manager be aware of loyalty, appreciation and value creation as a means to superior results.   

Today's Wishes:

As a leader and manager,

1.     Be aware of appreciation and value creation towards your team

2.     Be a supporter of employee loyalty, so that valuable contributors do not leave your department  

3.     Work in partnership with your Human Resources Team to ensure employee retention by demonstrating Loyalty - providing a foundation of appreciation and offering tools for a path to success

April 19, 2013 – Do you view your employees as a disposable commodity?   

As a leader and manager we need to be aware to demonstrate loyalty to our employee base, for they are a direct link to increasing customer retention.

Today's Wishes:

As a leader and manager,

1.     Concentrate on keeping dedicated and hard-working employees

2.     Be cautious of disillusionment amongst these hard-working team members caused by lack of support and allegiance, thereby, giving them signals to search for better opportunities

3.     Yearn for high productivity?  Exhibit LOYALTY to your team

4.     Yearn for increased customer retention?  Boost your employees’ MORALE and MOTIVATION

 

April 5, 2013 – Loyalty Wishes    

 As a leader and manager we know the value of loyalty principles with our customer base to achieve growth and profits.  What about exhibiting loyalty principles towards our own team members? 

 Today's Wishes:

As a leader and manager,

1.     Be conscious of the impact each of your customer service representatives has in relation to the customer

2.     Be ready to provide support and coaching to the customer service team members, as they are at the forefront of customer communication and know the pulse of the business

3.     Be ready to acknowledge that the members of each of your departments have a direct effect towards customer loyalty

4.     Be ready to exhibit loyalty - give thanks, reward, coach, and mentor these team members, as  they in turn build the loyalty path, brick by brick, towards increased growth and profits

 

March 21, 2013  - A leader sets the “tone” in his/her department – in the organization.   

As a leader - set a tone of open communication, a desire to find solutions and new ideas, and create an atmosphere where there is an ongoing connection with your team members.  

As a leader and manager - exemplify the highest integrity in your daily interactions.  

Today's Wishes:

As a leader and manager,

1.     Be aware and observe your team individually and collectively

2.     Provide supportive feedback to each member based on their capabilities

3.     Be thoroughly engaged in the business so the right questions can be asked and the right solutions found

4.     Walk Integrity, Speak Integrity, Be Integrity – Be consistent in all of your actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes

March 12, 2013  - As a leader and manager, you have a direct impact on others.  You impact personal achievement and organizational performance by the daily positive, motivational, and coaching interactions you have with your team - expressing your passion for a job well done.

As a leader and manager, you create and direct the various formulas of success that your team members execute.  You are the fire that ignites the fulfillment of success.

Today's Wishes:

As a leader and manager,

1.     Be the fire that ignites your team’s belief in their unique abilities, capabilities, knowledge, and intelligence

2.     Watch as that fire ignites you and your team, and propels you to the achievement of goals and higher success

3.     Be as a bonfire to your team – Be the Light - representing your Guidance; Be the Heat - representing your Mentoring; Be the Flame - representing your Motivation

 

March 5, 2013 – Day by day, as leaders and managers,  we strive for solutions to problems and difficult situations.  We constantly seek improvement of departmental processes - all in an effort to magnify our capacity to achieve excellent results. 

Day by day, while we ponder for solutions and improvements, we must not think we are alone. 

Take a look  around, take a look at your core team and co-workers.  See them as a foundation and source of new possibilities, eager minds waiting to offer their thoughts to you.     

Day by day, value every input and every idea generated by your team members and co-workers.  Expand your awareness and sincerely and respectfully allow others to share their thoughts and ideas. 

 

We all yearn for the creation of solutions and new perspectives which can lead us to many paths of success – and those ideas and solutions can come at unexpected times and from unexpected sources. 

Keep an open mind and be receptive and appreciative of the input generated by those around you.        

Day by day - in appreciation, in collaboration - we add to the bottom line when we open our minds to endless possibilities.   

Today's Wishes:

As a leader and manager,

1.     Seek and appreciate new ideas and thoughts from your team members and co-workers

2.     Value every input and every idea generated

3.     Expand your awareness

4.     Sincerely and respectfully allow others to share their thoughts and ideas

5.     Keep an open mind

 

February 25, 2013 – Commit yourself to your team.  As you change and move to new directions, so will your team members move with you.  Be the example they see.  There will be an understanding within them, that as you offer generous and bountiful coaching and mentoring, you are deeply bonding with each human being in your team. 

 The bottom line of your organization is affected in positive and immeasurable ways by this commitment.

 

Today's Wishes:

As a leader and manager,

1.     Commit yourself to your team

2.     Offer generous and bountiful coaching and mentoring

3.     Watch for the amazing results (productivity, quality, effectiveness, morale, ownership)

February 16, 2013 – Step outside the arena of your daily thought patterns and move beyond what is routine and normal – seek the extraordinary, be the extraordinary.  Be exquisitely kind. 

 

Today's Wishes:

As a leader and manager,

1.     Leave the routine of your normal thoughts behind and embrace new and uplifting thought patterns

2.     Seek and move beyond the limits of your daily frame of mind, leap over your normal emotional scope - be extraordinary

3.     Give of yourself in new ways – in purity, with selfless purpose

4.     Be exquisitely kind and see the world unfold in a new and glorious sweetness