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Dr. Rick Goodman
It's time to be part of the "Solution Revolution" and join the thousands of leaders and companies throughout the world who are becoming solution-oriented leaders. Each week international leadership expert ,author and keynote speaker Dr. Rick Goodman will bring you inspiring leaders, messages and lessons to help you develop your solutions oriented mindset for success!
People often ask me how leaders can create a happy workplace and my answer is it all starts with questions.two-way communication is critical for any effective employment engagement strategies. You need to talk to them, soliciting their feedback and checking their pulse. It helps if you ask the right questions. SO, what are the key employment engagement questions you should be asking to create a happy workplace? I have developed 11 Key Employee Engagement Questions that will help leaders in creating a happy workplace.
Discover Dr. Rick Goodman's Visionary Leadership Strategies and Unlock Your Limitless Potentia Organizational culture really needs to come from the team, and you'll need widespread buy-in for any cultural changes to be effective.
Five Ways to Choose the Right Speaker Ask for video footage. Always ask to see some clips of your speaker in action, before you sign on a dotted line. Don’t worry—any reputable and experienced speaker will have some footage they can pass along. If your speaker seems hesitant to share video clips—well, that tells you everything you need to know right there.
Ask about credentials. There is such a thing as a certified public speaker, and inquiring about different accreditations and professional affiliations can give you some sense of the speaker’s bona fides.
Ask for referrals. You might also inquire as to where the speaker has worked before, and call some past clients to see if they are willing to leave a positive review. Again, a speaker who is hesitant to list past clients is likely not someone you want to do business with.
Ask for thought leadership. Most speakers are also publishers, and checking out your speaker’s blog posts and e-books is a good way to feel out how well he or she knows the industry.
Ask your gut. Your intuition is not something you want to ignore. You need a speaker you’ll feel good about working with—and if your gut tells you that a particular speaker just isn’t the one, that’s reason enough to continue the search.
What’s the most crucial factor in determining the ultimate failure or success of your next conference or seminar? It’s not the venue and it’s not even the food, though both of those things certainly matter. No, what really makes or breaks it, is the choice you make for the conference speaker.
Criteria for Choosing the Best Conference Speaker What’s the most important criteria you want for your annual conference ? It’s not a trick question. Though the venue and the food are both critically important considerations, it’s the actual content that people are going to come for, and it’s the content that people will remember. And the key to delivering strong content, of course, is enlisting the best possible conference speaker.
If you’re an event planner, that means really doing your homework, and choosing a conference speaker wisely. As you evaluate potential speakers, consider some of the following criteria, strategies, secrets, and tips—all of which will guide you to make the best decision possible, and to end up with a conference that participants will speak highly of.
- Watch Your Speaker perform. You wouldn’t buy a car without taking it for a test drive. Neither should you engage a speaker without actually watching that speaker perform. Any reputable speaker will be willing to send you a YouTube clip or some other video sample.
- Ask About Past Experience. If you’re looking for a speaker to present at a marketing convention, you want to ensure that it’s someone who’s presented to marketers before. Don’t hesitate to ask about past experience with your industry or niche.
- Look for speakers who want to include you in their preparation.
- You don’t want someone who’s just going to rehash tired old talking points. You want a presentation that’s tailored to your group. Try to find a speaker who will ask you questions and seek your feedback in planning his or her remarks.
Seek a Conference Speaker Who Will Stick Around. Make sure your speaker is willing to stay after the presentation and talk with people one-on-one, take questions, or just be present. You don’t want someone who’s just going to speak, then make a mad dash for the door. Be cautious about speakers who want to sell stuff.
It’s fine for a speaker to want a table to sell his or her book, but be careful in hiring anyone who seems like they only care about promoting their wares. That’s usually a bad sign.
Go with a speaker who seems interested in your organization, your mission, and your goals. As you interview potential speakers, listen for those who also seem like they’re interviewing you—because those are the ones who are really going to be invested in your event.
Be strategic in picking your conference speaker—and land on someone who will really provide optimal value to your group!
Looking for a Speaker? As a footnote, let me affirm that I’m more than willing to chat with you about my own experience and credentials; get in touch with me about your next conference or event!
How transformational leaders delegate effectively one of the most difficult things that employees and employers have to do every day. Delegate tasks. If you are a control freak like me you don't like to delegate. You'd rather get it done yourself. But the problem is it keeps us non-productive. We can't accomplish things as quickly as we want. So I developed a technique called check back.
Have you ever worked with an employee who isn’t a team player? That’s todays topic on the Solutions Oriented leader. So You’re committed to building a work environment of collaboration and teamwork—a work environment in which all your employees work together to reach common goals. The problem is, you have one employee who simply doesn’t share your team mindset. That’s where it may fall to you to step up and show some leadership—proactively working to bring that employee into the fold and instill in him or her the central fact that, in your business, teamwork is non-negotiable.
In order to assess your organizational culture to make changes its important to develop questions that will point you in the right direction and I know these ten questions for assessing your organizational culture will put you on the right path. So What is Organisational Culture? The way I explain organizational culture is that it’s a summary of how people at your business interact with each other… and, how they interact with clients and customers.
Solutions Oriented Leadership is a key focus for managers and entreprenuers around the globe. Solutions oriented leadership improves retention and helps your organization to attract top talent globally. Discover how solutions oriented leadership can help your organization in this podcast.
Great companies focus on health and wellnness. It enhances employee retention and aid in the recruitment and hiring of new team members.
When your team prioritizes personal health and wellness, it’s a win for everyone. They enjoy a higher quality of life, while the company itself benefits from higher productivity, lower absenteeism, and improved morale.
But while some employees will be totally on board with physical fitness efforts, others may need a little coaxing. Part of your job is to ensure that wellness is built into your company culture.
Here are 6 Ways that great companies Incorporate Health and Wellness into their culture
1: Only offer healthy snack options. You may have some employees who bristle if you remove candy bars from the break room or change up the vending machine selections. Because in the long run, it’s just very hard to prioritize health when there is junk food all around.
2: Initiate some physical activity. This can be as low-key as you want it to be. Maybe you arrange for on-site yoga instruction during the lunch hour. Maybe you have a formal program where anyone who wants to join can go for a walk around the building at a set time each morning. Or maybe you just want to casually get up and stroll around yourself, leading your team by example.
3: Allow some sleeping. Yes, really: Accommodating those who want to sneak off for a power nap can actually be a valuable way to let employees recharge their batteries and gear up for a stretch of fresh productivity.
4: Educate. Bring in some guest speakers who can talk to your employees about physical fitness, and to offer some practical steps for dealing with stress in a healthy and constructive way.
5: Hold walking meetings. One more approach that I personally like: Instead of meeting around the conference table, hold brainstorming sessions outside. Get everyone up and moving around a little bit. Not only does this promote fitness, but it can generate some stronger ideas, too!
6: Be flexible. If you have employees who want to take some time to work out each day, be as lenient as you can. Because as long as they still get their work done, letting them have time for exercise can be a powerful way to show how serious you are about wellness.
If you want to increase productivity and create a happy work enviornment focusing on health and wellness is a great place to start!
How do we maintain employee experience when leadership changes More importantly how does that employee experience effect the company.that's what I would like to discuss with you today.
Where does employee experience come from? That’s a more complicated question than you might think. My personal belief is that employee experience emanates largely from the people on your team—from their shared values and objectives.
With that said, I also think team leaders play a significant role in shaping and codifying that culture.
So what happens when your team leader leaves? Can the remaining employees keep that spark alive? I believe that they can—and here are some suggestions for how.
Here are five ways we can maintain the employee experience and even make it better!
#1 Look back to your statements of purpose. One thing the team can do together is to use the departure of a leader as an excuse to review their core values. Do you have a mission statement? A written document that outlines your values? Take some time to remind yourself of what those documents say.
#2 Focus on communication. If you’re in a position of leadership or management, communicate with the people who report to you. Remind them of your company’s values and commit to doubling down on them even during a season of change.
#3 Talk about anxieties. You and your team members may have some concerns about the long-term fate of your culture. Talk through those anxieties and see if you can come up with some practical ways to safeguard your shared values. It all comes back to communication!
#4 Connect with your customers. Sometimes, talking with your customers and clients is a good way to remind yourself of what your values are—and of why you committed to them in the first place!
#5 Remember your role in shaping culture. Finally, just remind yourself that employee experience doesn’t emanate from any one leader; you and your team members create the experience together through your everyday decisions and priorities.
The power to preserve your positive employee experience and culture ultimately lies with you!
Does your companies culture keep you up at night? There’s a reason why company culture has become such a big focus for companies both large and small. Studies show, time and time again, that culture can make or break performance, team cohesion, employee retention, and recruitment.
Is it Time to Rethink Your Company Culture? Maybe even time to transform your company culture? If you’re thinking about making a proactive move to enhance your company culture, that’s certainly not a bad idea—but wait. You have to be strategic, and to lay a foundation for long-lasting cultural change.
It's time to get uncomfortable that's what my mentor Dr Danny Drubin would say to me when I was not growing or strecthing to build myself and my business. Change and growth is uncomfortable, but once we stretch and grow there no turning back!
Quite often, if we look close enough the telltale subtle signs of a cultural weakness are there for everyone to see. Sometimes, when your company culture is in jeopardy, it’s pretty obvious.
Maybe you have employees leaving by droves. Or maybe you have a morale problem that is palpable. But in other instances, the signs of trouble may be more subtle. You may not even recognize them until it’s too late.
Let me share with you a few examples How a Weak Company Culture Will Cause You Problems
There are 5 common reasons that performance management systems fail and we care going to dicuss them today in this episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast.
Do You Have an Effective Performance Management System?
So What is a Performance Management System?
it is the formal processes by which you articulate employee responsibilities; monitor their performance; and provide feedback and course-corrections as needed.
There are fun employee engagement questions you can ask in an employee engagement survey that will help you to improve your employee experience. In this podcast you will discover 11 fun employee engagement questions that you can ask which will give you great employee feedback and help to improve your organizational culture and your employee experience.
The biggest challenge business owners and leaders will have is developing employee engagement strategies for 2022 that will work. In this podcast employee engagement and leadership expert Dr Rick Goodman will share best practices for engaging and retaining employees in this new global environment.
There are many leadership lessons for 2022 that we can apply from what we learned in 2021. In this podcast leadership expert Dr. Rick Goodman will share what it takes to succeed in 2022.
The Laws of Success The Alex Project The Results! To say the Alex project was an amazing success would be an understatement. The results have been outstanding and keep getting better.
The final lesson in Law of Success is the Golden Rule”, and how it is the driving force in gaining success. The Golden Rule” is defined as “the guiding star that will enable you to profitably and constructively use the knowledge assembled in the previous lessons”.
The fifteenth lesson in the Laws of Success is Tolerance which is more important in todays world as ever! Intolerance is a form of ignorance that must be mastered for you to grow and learn to communicate more effectively.
The fourteenth lesson in Napoleon Hill’s Law of Success is titled “Profiting by Failure.” In this lesson, Hill has different view of the meaning behind the word “failure”. Normally a negative word, Hill distinguishes failure from temporary defeat, and temporary defeat can at times be a blessing in disguise.
In he laws of success lesson 13 talks about the amazing success you can have through cooperation. The outstanding achievements in business, industry, finance, and technology are all based upon the principle of cooperative effort. Every day we hear about mergers and acquisitions of companies or alliances that are formed based upon cooperation. Almost every great achievement in the world has been made with cooperative effort.
In his twelfth lesson in Law of Success, Napoleon Hill discusses the importance of concentration in achieving great success. The lesson defines concentration as “the act of focusing the mind on a given desire until ways and means for its realization have been worked out and successfully put into operation.”
According to author Napoleon Hill, the eleventh lesson in his proclaimed Law of Success course is the most important, most interesting, and unfortunately the most difficult lesson Accurate Thinking!
The tenth lesson of Law of Success discusses the importance of having a “pleasing personality”. It is defined as a personality that attracts, and proceeds to explore the causes of this attraction.
The Solutions Oriented Leader with the ninth lesson of the laws of success the Alex project The Habit of Doing More Than Paid for Napoleon Hill explores another topic that is vital to achieving success in the ninth lesson of this book, titled “The Habit of Doing More Than Paid For.” Essentially self-explanatory, this rare characteristic often results in countless opportunities for a person and will add much to one’s credibility and reputation.
The eighth lesson in Napoleon Hill’s reading course discusses self-control, and its great importance to achieving success. A lack of self-control resembles the unharnessed lightning of an electrical storm – it may strike anywhere; it may destroy life and property.
In the seventh lesson in Law of Success, Napoleon Hill discusses the great importance of “enthusiasm”, and how integrating enthusiasm into your life will ultimately lead to success.
In The sixth lesson Napoleon Hill discusses the need for imagination. Hill emphasizes this as being one of the most important of the lessons for success. imagination is the one power that no person can take away from you
The Laws of Success Lesson 5: “Initiative & Leadership” Hi this is Dr Rick Goodman leadership expert and the author of the book The Solutions Oriented Leader with the fifth lesson of the laws of success the Alex project Initiative and Leadership
The Laws of Success The Alex Project Lesson 4: The Habit of Saving This is Dr Rick Goodman keynote speaker, leadership expert executive coach and the author of the book The Solutions Oriented Leader with the fourth lesson of the laws of success the Alex project The Habit of Saving
The Laws of Success The Alex Project Lesson 3: Self Confidence law of attraction. Hi this is Dr. Rick Goodman keynote speaker, leadership expert, executive coach and the author of the book The Solutions Oriented Leader with the third lesson of the laws of success the Alex project self confidence.
The second of lesson in Law of Success is referred to as “A Definite Chief Aim”, which is exactly what Hill is instructing the reader to find. I call it using your strengths for the highest and best use.
The Laws of Success The Alex Project Lesson 1: The Mastermind Principal Hi This is Dr Rick GOODMAN and today I would like to share with a you a project and the results 9 years later. It's called The Laws of Success The Alex Project Project.
When times are tough I remember the mantra I Can , I Must, I Will!
This simple mantra has kept myself and many others focused on their goals and what they could accomplish on the field and in life!
Check out the podcast and make this mantra work for you!
What really is thought leadership? I have been asked by clients, organizations and the media. It's todays topic on the solutions oriented leader podcast.
In this episode of the solutions oriented leader podcast we have a conversation with Chef Jose Gonzales for Eddie V's Seafood Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, a member of The Darden Restaurant Group. Chef Gonzales has a great story about his journey on the road to success while developing an amazing leadership style all is own!
Hiring a transformational leadership expert to help guide you in building your business in a changing world, is crucial if you want to stay ahead of the competition. In This episode of the solutions oriented leader podcast you will discover how to hire a transformational leadership expert and the key questions to ask.
As a Keynote speaker on leadership, attendees want to know how to tell if your team is solutions oriented? There are a number of signs of a solutions oriented team and I am going to share them with you in this episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast.
Planning in the work place is critical for the success of your organization today and in the future. In this episode of the Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast you will discover how preplanning with your team and sharing your goals in advance increases productivity and success!
Why employees leave and how to keep them has always been a question for human resources. As an executive leadership coach I get asked this question often.
On the one hand, the equation is pretty simple: Employees like to be at a company where they feel important and valued. They want to feel like they are able to use their talents and their time effectively, to really make an impact; and they like to feel like that effort is noticed and appreciated.
It takes time to be an effective leader in today's business world. In this episode International Leadership Expert, Dr. Rick Goodman will share with you how to start building your own team of solutions - oriented leaders who can thrive in any business environment.
I have been asked by leaders managers and supervisors over the last 30 years is employee feedback necessary and Important.
Today I would like to share with you 5 Key Strategies for Giving Employee Feedback.
- Have a Standard Time for Giving Feedback?
The timing of your feedback is very important, so you want to take this into consideration.
Setting date for regular scheduled feedback is important for the continual improvement of your employee.
If your employee is not in a good mindset or if you are not in a good mindset, waiting till the mood is neutral will provide a more conducive environment to reinforce or redirect employees using constructive feedback
- Preparation is Crucial
Your preparation for each employee should be thorough before you provide them with feedback.
The way you approach each team member will certainly be different according to the feedback that you deliver.
When you are prepared your team members will notice by the amount of information you provide them regarding their work.
This helps the feedback to be meaningful for the employee’s continuous improvement.
3.Provide Specific Examples for Improvement
In order for any feedback to be effective you must present the employee with specific examples on what needs to be improved as well as examples of what is going right.
This will help them to focus on their strengths repeating the tasks they are doing well, while working on their weaknesses.
- Be Transparent and Real
In the world we live in today transparency is crucial in producing improvements and creating a happy work environment.
The feedback that you provide should be honest and genuine. You want to make the employees feel comfortable receiving feedback from you.
Your actions will speak louder than your words, so remember be yourself, your goal is to coach the team member to reach their highest potential!
- Deliver Actionable Feedback
In order for feedback to be effective you must make it actionable so that the employee knows exactly what they need to do to improve and what steps they need to take first.
The goal is to avoid personal criticism on things that your employees can't change.
Your feedback should always be motivational, positive and with a focus on what your employees can do to reach their goals and objectives.
As you can see giving your employees feedback is crucial to building a culture of positivity.
Your employees will love to come to work focused on constant improvement in a happier work environment.
Those are some of my guidelines for effectively coaching and critiquing employees.
If you’d like to hear more about how transformational leaders deliver feedback, I’d love to tell you!
Reach out today and let’s chat together. You can contact me at info@rickgoodman.com or call 888-267-6098 and lets schedule a call today!
Today on the Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast we have a conversation with career coach expert Paul Silitsky. Paul built the largest technology and sales recruiting firm in the country, winning “best places to work” 12 times. From entry level to top executives, he placed thousands of candidates in some of the country’s most well known companies.
I have been asked by leaders managers and supervisors over the last 30 years is employee feedback necessary and important?
Giving employee feedback is important for a number of reasons that will be discussed in this video podcast.
Engaging teams and leaders of those highly engaged teams understand that so much of life comes down to the habits and discipline of the team members.
Highly engaged teams have systems and rituals they use to give them great results and you team can have the same results as well.
If you want your team to be more engaged—well, there are some habits to form for that, too. I recommend these five, in particular:
- Plan to engage.It’s difficult to be engaging when you’re making everything up as you go along. Of course, you may find yourself in unexpected situations, with some surprise opportunities to talk to employees or to potential customers—but most of the time, you will have a chance to plan. Want to run an engaging team meeting?
Take some time to plan your approach before the meeting. Want to engage a new client, rather than bore him to death? Plan your pitch in advance.
- Listen. Get into the habit of understanding before you try to make yourself understood. This means getting out of the habit of talking over other people or struggling to assert your point of view first and last. Make sure you always take time to figure out where other people are coming from.
- They Think win-win.One of the best ways to engage people is to present your case in a win-win manner—explaining not just why you want a given outcome, but why it’s also good for the other person. Be proactive about it; force yourself to always think win-win, and to lay out benefits and values.
- Focus on the outcome. Always know what kind of outcome you’re looking to achieve, and lead with it. Don’t bury the lead: Whether you’re talking to a customer or a team member, be upfront about what you hope to achieve. This will give your conversations direction.
- Follow up.Engagement is a two-way street—and while I don’t necessarily think you need to micromanage; I do think you need to give people room to ask questions or to offer you feedback. Get into the habit of asking for these things if you’re not already.
Highly Engaged Teams Morning Rituals
- Morning affirmations and goals review
One of my favorite leadership lessons comes from Stephen Covey's book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. The Habit is: “Begin with the End in Mind”.
Many of the executives that I coach implement a morning ritual of positive affirmations while reviewing their goals. They see themselves achieving these goals as if the task has already been accomplished.
They understand what most champions in sports and business have come to understand when they say.
“When They Believe It, They Will See It!”
- The Walkabout
Whenever I get to the office or even start my day virtually, I like to do a walkabout. There was a company in Argentina called Neutrona Networks International, where I was the executive coach for the founders and their management team.
I would fly to Buenos Aires three times a year to work with the team and each morning when I arrived at the office, I did my walkabout. I went and greeted each team member in the company to exchange pleasantries and asked him if there was anything, they needed to do their job better.
I also asked them about their families and how they were doing. If you want to be an engaging leader it's important to also understand this principle.
“People do Business with People Who They Like Who are Like Them!”
In other words, if your team truly like you and you are engaging and sincere, chances are they will work even harder to help reach the organizations and your goals.
- The Morning Huddle
One of my favorite morning rituals and I believe to be one of the most important for any organization is the morning huddle. It's important to understand the philosophy behind the huddle.
The goal is to have everyone on the team communicating with the leader what they will be working on for the week.
It's also an opportunity for the leader to ask team members if they need any support to achieve their goals and objectives for the week. It's important to note that the morning huddle is not a meeting, in fact my team leader in Argentina contacted me and said the huddles were lasting too long.
Our solution was to call it a coffee huddle, when the coffee is done the huddle is over! Think of a huddle in the National Football League, the quarterback calls the plays instructs the team what to do and says break and they come out of the huddle.
I recommend that you have the huddle on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This way you could start the week off communicating, check in with the team halfway through the week and on Friday review what had been accomplished and set the goals for Monday.
I believe by implementing these morning rituals in addition to the five habits, you'll be well on your way to becoming a more effective and engaging leader.
It takes time and diligence to be an engaging leader—and it takes the formation of good, healthy habits. Do you have any tips to add to this list on how you engage with your team or with your customers?
As a keynote speaker I am constantly asked by audience members why leaders use executive coaching and should they hire a coach.
Today I would like to share with you 6 benefits of executive coaching so you can make that decision for yourself and even the team you lead.
How do balance work and Life while working remotely that's a question I get asked all of the time by my clients and its today's topic on The Solutions Oriented Leader podcast
Discover how to make the most of your time in 2021 and put the year of the pandemic behind you!
In 2020 when much of the world as we know it shut down due to the pandemic, many of us found we had too much free time on our hands and we were not quite sure what to do with it.
As an executive coach to Fortune 100 companies it became evident that my top-level clients were falling into time management traps. I believe there are 4-time management traps for leaders to avoid in 2021 that will enhance their success!
What happened to employee engagement in 2020? As a keynote speaker and an executive coach, I’ve been closely monitoring the changes taking place concerning employee engagement in our new world.
As you think about your company’s own engagement standards and company culture are you thinking about ways to make improvements?
Here are a few significant employee engagement trends that I have found to be interesting. It’s the big picture of what my virtual workshops have been focusing on going into 2021.
There is a reason why the power of positive thinking is not enough for success. In today's episode of the solutions-oriented leader podcast.
We will examine why the power of positive thinking is only 50% of the equation towards reaching your goals. You will discover what else it takes in addition to the power of positive thinking to be successful!
Would you like to know how to engage and lead your team successfully?
This is the number one question I get asked by my executive coaching clients and audience members and its today's topic on the Solutions Oriented Leader podcast.
I'm Dr Rick Goodman leadership, team building and business growth expert.
Learning how to engage and lead your team successfully will lead to more productive and motivated employees in addition to a happy work environment.
I'm here to tell you that effective leadership isn't something that you can achieve overnight. In fact, it’s something you can spend an entire lifetime mastering and
The best leaders know that providing vision and motivation to a team isn’t something you ever “perfect,” but rather an area for continuous improvement.
The real question is where do we begin? If you would like to know more about engaging and leading your team check this out!
Dr. Rick Goodman with this special edition of the Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast. I hope you're staying safe wherever you are in the world. The Solutions Oriented Leader 'Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve World-Class Results was chosen as one of the best leadership books in Singapore.
The Top Best in Singapore is a respected guide to all the best things in one of the most progressive countries in the world. To have your book chosen as one of the best leadership books in Singapore is truly a great honor.
The reviewers said, "The world needs more solutions-oriented leaders." And this book gives you specific action steps to achieve success. We are faced with problems every day. And the key to leadership success is to focus on solutions. The modern workplace and our new global reality pose many challenges. And the Solutions Oriented Leader provide you with specific solutions that you can implement immediately. The results can be unbelievable.
The things that you can achieve are endless with the Solutions Oriented Approach. The reviewer said that he wanted to focus on four major areas that the Solutions Oriented Leader addresses. They felt you could gain success with these four areas. The Solutions Oriented Leader shows you how to implement transformational leadership tools to help you achieve balance in business and your life.
It also helps you to utilize communication systems and increase employee engagement and workflow. It also helps you to develop positive attitudes that motivate your team and increases retention. And, how to handle conflict and manage workplace burnout. These are just a few of the topics in the book for a solutions focused leader who wants to achieve positive results by developing that solutions-oriented mindset.
I'm excited that people around the world are focused on solutions because the world needs more solutions right at leaders than ever before.
And the lessons in this book have stood the test of time. If you're interested in discovering how you can be a solutions-oriented leader, contact us to see how we can help you and your team achieve world-class results.
Well, those are just a few ways to improve your leadership skills. Another one, contact me today and ask about Individualized Executive Coaching. You can contact me at www.rickgoodman.com or call 888-267-6098. The Solutions Oriented Leader book is also available to order online at Amazon or you can receive an author signed copy by going to my website at www.rickgoodman.com
To all my friends around the world, stay safe and keep making it happen. Take care.
Dr. Rick
Delivering a presentation is essential to the success of your organization that’s why it’s critical that you have the latest strategies for successful virtual presentations.
I have been asked recently by C-Suite executives and associations about delivering successful virtual presentations and exactly what makes a presentation engaging and productive for the attendees.
Having delivered hundreds of presentations virtually in the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia I have discovered three key elements that are the cornerstones of a successful virtual meeting.
What Are the Components of a Successful Virtual Presentation?
The three key components for running a successful virtual presentation are real-time actionable content, audience interaction and stable reliable virtual technology. Let's Take a look at each one of these elements and see how they contribute to a successful virtual presentation.
- Real-Time Actionable Content
Content is King and you must have good content in addition to having a strategies for successful virtual presentations. Solutions oriented leaders need real time actionable information to make accurate decisions in an ever-changing global work environment.
Delivering accurate real time information is one component of a successful virtual presentation. The other component is to make sure that your attendees receive actionable takeaways during the meeting.
It has been proven that when actionable takeaways are included in a training program or keynote speech, it increases the attendee's attention span and they become highly engaged!
- Audience Interaction
Audience interaction needs to be one of the cornerstones of your strategies for successful virtual presentations. When conducting a virtual presentation, it is imperative that the delivery is highly visual.
There are different ways that you can increase interactivity in your meetings. You can incorporate polling, hand raising, Q&A, and other interactivity in the program to enhance the experience and deliver a great ROI!
When I'm delivering a virtual program whether it's a training session or a keynote speech, I always give the attendees information on how they can contact me after the event to answer any questions.
This way the lessons and skills learned by the attendees in the program will have a better chance of sticking and being implemented at work.
- Stable and Reliable Virtual Technology
Successful virtual meetings rely on technology. This means the platform that you're using must work and you also need to have a backup plan in case things go wrong. And they will!
Whether you're using Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, or a proprietary program things can still go wrong, and you must master the technology.
Experienced and professional speakers generally have a tech team to create landing pages, registrations, and email reminders to enhance the attendee experience.
Also, it's important that the quality of your program stands the test of time. This means audio quality, lighting, background setting and overall ease of presentation are critical.
Many companies and organizations are also requesting prerecorded programs to assure the successful delivery of their program while avoiding possible technology glitches.
These are just a few major components that you should focus on to assure that your next virtual presentation is a huge success!
For the first time since 1995 Dr. Rick Goodman is making his Executive Coaching and Business Growth Processes available to a select group of entrepreneurs who want to achieve certainty in their business and their lives. This special membership only group is “The Solutions Oriented Mastermind” and space is limited. For more information and to see if you qualify go to www.solutionsorientedmastermind.com or contact us at 888-267-6098
This weekend I discovered how to find the best lobster roll in America fifty yards from my hotel. I would like to share my experience with you and why I believe out of the hundreds of lobster rolls I've had in my life around the Unites States this was by far the best!
I decided this January to finally sell my house and make some major life changes. I had built it over 18 years ago and I wanted to let another family enjoy “The Goodman Groves”. Little did I know that my house would sell in three days in the middle of a global pandemic and I would have to relocate immediately.
This did not leave me with much time to find my new dream location on the water. My good friend and speaker buddy Bruce Turkel suggested I give myself a chance to breathe before making a kneejerk decision, because now I was literally homeless!
My whole life I have focused on solutions, not problems because anybody can point out a problem and sometimes when you're in the middle of it you can't see the solutions.
I'm glad I listened to my buddy Bruce and decided to breathe and look for a short-term fix to achieve my long-term goals. Driving down Interstate 95 I decided to get off on Commercial Blvd and head towards the beach. When my car crossed over the intercoastal bridge something weird and special happened.
I could literally feel the stress leaving my body. In a split second I knew I was in the right place. As I continued driving East towards the beach I looked forward and saw a sign at an archway entrance. It was the last stop sign where I was about to make a left before arriving at the beach.
The sign above the archway entrance to the beach said.
Relax ... you're here
Lauderdale-By-The-Sea
This was the perfect place to spend a time out. To think, regroup and design my plan to move forward. Rarely have we had an opportunity in our lives for a time out!
Selling my house in the middle of a pandemic when much of life as we knew it was put on hold. This was a blessing! In fact, I found the most perfect location fifty yards from the ocean at an amazing hotel called The El Mar Boutique Hotel, where I had been the only tenant for a month.
How could this get any better? Until it did! This past Saturday I was feeling a little bit down, maybe even sorry for myself because I was not making progress as rapidly as I would have liked on several projects. This is a problem for many high achievers.
When I feel this way, I know I'm going to be dealing with one of my major challenges in life ... Stress eating! Oh yeah, “I eat a lot of stress along with pizza pies” as the late comedian John Candy would say.
Just before I left my hotel, I was having a conversation on the phone with a friend of mine Silvia who is a fashion designer and of owner of Olivia Preckel Fashions.
She was having a trunk show on Nantucket island and told me she was going to have a couple of days free before returning home.
I suggested that while she was there, she get a lobster roll, because they have some of the best ones in the United States based on my travel experiences. My goal today was to learn how to find the best lobster roll in America.
Off I went walking from my new place to the downtown area which was packed on this beautiful Saturday at the beach. As I walked past multiple restaurants that I pass every day I could not decide. What was I going to stuff into my face to make me feel better?
Note to anyone reading this, watching On YouTube, or listening to the podcast; the gratification is instant, but the consequences of overeating are long term.
After walking by what seemed to be 20 restaurants I headed directly to my favorite sign on the beach:
Relax ... you're here
Lauderdale-By-The-Sea
Now you should know that just to the right of the sign is a long fishing pier heading out to the ocean. At the entrance to the pier is a small restaurant with outside tables overlooking the beach and a few tables that are inside - outside. Giving you just enough shade while allowing you the experience of sitting on the beach.
The name of the restaurant is the Anglins Beach Cafe. Out front is a chalkboard sign and the first two items on the list are New England Clam Chowder and of course a Lobster Roll! That's it, I figured I must be getting some type of message from the universe and I looked for a seat.
The restaurant was doing a great job of social distancing with only three tables being used for the inside outside accommodations. I did not know what I was in for yet, however once I sat down the stress truly started to leave my body.
The waitress walked over with her mask on delivering the menus to my table. I made my decision the minute I saw the sign and ordered the lobster roll. As I looked out over the ocean and the beach with distress leaving my body, I reflected on the choices I had made to take a timeout, regroup, adapt, and move forward.
Sometimes, in fact most times in my experience I have found that I needed to slow down in order to move forward. This time in history would be no exception. As if the seafood heavens opened and the Angels started singing my waitress delivered the most beautiful lobster roll and plate I had ever seen.
When I took my first bite of this delicious roll, looking out over the ocean and reflecting on my decisions and choices I realized I was eating the best lobster roll in America! In fact I learned how to find the best lobster roll in America.
Still in deep reflection in the middle of this experience I knew there was a lesson to be learned about the best lobster roll in America. My lesson is that our experience is what we make of it! We are the captains of our ship, our lives, and our beliefs.
I hope the next time or the first time you have a lobster roll it's the best one in America wherever you are in the world because the choice and experience is up to you.
Keep making it happen!
Dr Rick
Millions of people around the world has had to learn to work remotely since the pandemic has begun. Its more important than ever before that we learn how to remove some common remote working mistakes.
Virtual soft skills training is critical in today's world with the increased number of employees working from home. Many companies and organizations have had to adapt to the new normal and the uncertainty we face.
Businesses continue to move forward and the need for hiring new employees and onboarding them successfully is essential. To help meet the demands of an ever-changing workforce the need for virtual soft skills training and leadership coaching is critical to engage your team and move them forward in a positive direction.
Companies and organizations around the world have had to pivot especially when it comes to virtual meetings using technologies such as zoom, Skype and Microsoft Teams to stay connected since the outbreak of the corona virus.
Employees still need to be updated on the changing landscape and direction of their organization and its outreach to their customers.
Creating a successful virtual meeting takes planning
Creating a successful virtual meeting takes planning and is an art. Many different elements must be utilized to optimize the experience and create engagement for the employees.
I have identified 7 strategies for creating successful virtual meetings that when implemented your results will be much improved .
7 Strategies for Creating Successful Virtual Meetings
- Create a detailed outline, Do your homework.
Organization is the cornerstone of creating a successful virtual meeting. By creating a detailed outline including exercises, polling and question and answers planned out in advance you will be able to keep the attendees engaged and on topic.
It is essential to have a guideline to ensure all the vital content is covered. Also, it's important to design companion material for employees to support the virtual training long after the meeting is over.
- Understand the goals and objective outcomes of the meeting.
When planning your virtual meeting it's important to have a clear understanding of what the primary goals and objectives are for the attendees.
This will keep you focused on the material any interactivity and engagement necessary to achieve outstanding results!
If your team needs to learn specific skill sets during the virtual meeting, you can incorporate exercises, discussion topics, and real-world examples that can help them develop those skills.
- Make sure to communicate details about the meeting/training well in advance.
It was one said that “luck is when preparation meets opportunity”. If you want the full participation and engagement of your team for the virtual meeting you must prepare. Make sure to constantly communicate the details of the meeting and the benefits of the attendees for showing up.
Since so many of us are operating remotely sending out reminders, emails an including the details in your company newsletter and message board will help to assure full participation.
- Make it easy to access.
Your virtual meeting should be easy to access, even for team members who are not tech savvy. Access and navigation should be simple and straightforward, and everyone should know how to log onto the system to attend the live event or webinar.
Another alternative is to record the virtual event and upload it to the company's website for future reference or for those who have missed the live event. In addition, some companies may prefer a recorded version to assure there are no technology glitches for their live meeting.
- Include polling, Q&A, and interactivity to drive engagement
Creating a virtual meeting or event is always enhanced when polling, Q&A opportunities and interactivity of the attendees are included. Many times, using breakout rooms and pre-planned interactivity drives retention and assures a positive experience and results for the attendees.
- Encourage and promote group collaboration on social media.
Social media platforms such as Facebook and LinkedIn can be valuable tools in supporting collaboration and discussion before, during and after the event.
Entertaining questions from people who are on the platform or watching the live stream enhances the meeting and encourages and motivates the attendees to collaborate long after the event is over.
- Avoid information overload.
When delivering a virtual meeting it's easy to want to pack 25 pounds of information in a 5-pound bag. That's a mistake! Try to keep the sessions as short as possible and include only the information that is necessary.
It's important to still have fun to keep the attendees engaged while staying on topic.
I believe if you follow these seven strategies for creating successful virtual meetings you will find that your attendees are more engaged, motivated, and productive, even if they are operating remotely.
Since 2006, Dr. Rick has successfully delivered virtual programs for his clients the United States, South America, Asia, and Europe.
The Solutions-Oriented Virtual Experience™ is a unique and powerful process designed to deliver phenomenal results, your team will be highly focused refreshed and reenergized to serve your customers.
To Book Dr. Rick for your next virtual meeting or for more information contact us at info@rickgoodman.com or call 888-267-6098 or check out or website at www.rickgoodman.com
Hi, Dr. Rick Goodman here and it's Monday, it's time for some motivation and today I'd like to discuss you bouncing back. That's right, it's time for you to bounce back and get in the game again.
The other day I was in my backyard and in the good mangroves.
We've got a lot of coconut trees and those coconut trees were filled to the top.
In fact, one or two of them were bending over completely. So, we called up the person that comes over and climbs up the tree and he cut down those coconuts and let them down with a pulley.
And about two hours later, those coconut trees were standing completely tall and strong. They were completely erect when they were bent over before
Well, a lot of us get stressed out. We feel like we're being bent over we feel like we're going to snap and we're not going to make it happen. But you know what, you are just like that coconut tree you have that inner strength that you can bounce back also
Sometimes it's just relieving stress by going out and exercising or meditating or being quiet but understand that you were built to succeed.
You were built to win. Just like standing tall like those strong coconut trees in my backyard. You will bounce back; you will be tall you are very strong.
You've got to start focusing and putting your game plan together, focusing on the solutions. Anybody can point out the problem.
But it's only solutions-oriented leaders that stay focused on the solutions, remember when that horses in a race they put blinders on that horse, so it stays focused on the finish line.
My goal and my wish for you is that you stay focused on the finish line also that you stay strong like the coconut trees and today starts the beginning of your bounce back
Go out there. Make it happen. And let me know what you're doing to bounce back today is Dr. Rick Goodman from the solutions-oriented leader, saying, go out there and make it happen.
The power of your self talk in your life is critical in meeting your life goals. What we say about ourselves and to ourselves can make the difference between success and failure. In this episode of the Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast I will discuss the power of self talk and its ultimate affect upon your success. How do you look at yourself when you start your day? What are you saying to your self? How you start your day determines your outcome! Everyday I do my affirmations, a set of positive statements to get my mind focused on accomplishing my goals and building my team. You can accomplish anything you set your mind to as long as you monitor your self-talk and look for the abundance of opportunities around you! To Receive this affirmation click here
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Many people in businesses around the world are finding themselves working from home and in many cases having to reinvent themselves. In this episode of the Solutions Oriented Leader podcasts Dr. Rick Goodman has a conversation with author and Self Leadership expert Andrew Bryant as they discuss how to use Self Leadership to reinvent yourself in today's world.
As a Global Influencer on Self-leadership and Effective leadership, Andrew Bryant is on a mission to ‘Wake People Up’ to the power of taking ownership for your thinking, feeling and actions.
Andrew Bryant is a best-selling author, Certified Speaking Professional, and an Executive Coach. He has spoken for TEDx and for audiences as large as 12,000. He facilitates breakthrough learning sessions and cultural change for senior leadership teams and helps C-level leaders scale themselves and their companies through 1 to 1 coaching.
Andrew is the author of ‘Self-Leadership: How to Become a More Successful, Efficient and Effective Leader from the Inside Out’ (McGraw-Hill 2012) and the Best-Selling, ‘Self Leadership: 12 Powerful Mindsets & Methods to Win in Life and Business’
With his expertise on Self-leadership and Leading Cultures he has transformed individuals and teams to be more intentional, influential and impactful. Through greater ownership, he empowers people to become more resilient and agile to face the complexities and uncertainties of our modern world.
Andrew is on the Women in Leadership Faculty of Singapore Management University, The Leadership faculty for IE University (Madrid), but is most proud of the work he does coaching Self-leadership for at-risk and disadvantaged teenagers.
English by Birth, Australian by Passport, Singapore by Residence and Brazilian by wife – he is truly Multi-cultural in his approach.
Dr. Rick Goodman is one of the most sought-after leadership and engagement experts today. His keynote presentations and workshops have produced transformational results leading to highly engaged employees, increased productivity and HIGHER PROFITS.
Dr. Rick has delivered over 1,000 presentations in all 50 states and in 23 countries. He is a “Certified Speaking Professional” (CSP), which is the speaker profession’s international measure of speaking experience and skill. Fewer than one percent of all professional speakers worldwide hold this designation.
In addition to his 30-year speaking career, Dr. Rick is the author of three books: His first book titled “Living A Championship Life - A Game Plan For Success” combined his success philosophy with stories compiled during his tenure as one of the team physicians for the Super Bowl Champion St. Louis Rams.
His quest to solve our world’s newest challenge, communicating with our children in the age of social media and cell phones led to the book “Jamie’s Journey - Travels with My Dad” written by his then 16-year-old daughter. Dr. Rick’s latest book “The Solutions Oriented Leader - Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve World-Class Results” was #1 on Amazon Kindle when it was released.
Dr. Rick is also a successful entrepreneur who walks his talk and shares his winning philosophies with his audiences. He has built several extremely successful multimillion-dollar businesses and uses those experiences to provide solutions for his clients and audiences throughout the world.
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Today on the solutions-oriented leader podcasts we're going to learn how to modernize the sales process with serial entrepreneur an author Steve Nudelberg. Steve Nudelberg is an author, expert sales trainer, consultant, keynote speaker, and serial entrepreneur. Steve created On the Ball – a company that invests time and talent in emerging businesses and corporate teams to help them grow.
Steve is an energetic powerhouse who infuses adrenaline and ideas to ignite individuals and teams to sharpen overall performance
Steve’s 27 core Leadership Rules of Engagement within this book, Confessions of a Serial Salesman, have been developed over decades of corporate and entrepreneurial leadership endeavors.
These rules and/or actions are called the Rules of Engagement and are Standard Operating Procedures that have been cultivated from over 40 years of sales experience and relationships with top performers all over the world.
Steve’s specialty within organizations centers on creating daily sales processes, sales acceleration and development, Social Selling, The Art of Building Relationships, Storytelling to make conversations engaging, Pipeline Development
Today Steve's going to discuss how he's implemented a modern process of sales on LinkedIn that is growing his business.
Dr. Rick Goodman is one of the most sought-after leadership and engagement experts today. His keynote presentations and workshops have produced transformational results leading to highly engaged employees, increased productivity and HIGHER PROFITS.
Dr. Rick has delivered over 1,000 presentations in all 50 states and in 25 countries. He is a “Certified Speaking Professional” (CSP), which is the speaker profession’s international measure of speaking experience and skill. Fewer than one percent of all professional speakers worldwide hold this designation.
In addition to his 30-year speaking career, Dr. Rick is the author of three books: His first book titled “Living A Championship Life - A Game Plan For Success” combined his success philosophy with stories compiled during his tenure as one of the team physicians for the Super Bowl Champion St. Louis Rams.
His quest to solve our world’s newest challenge, communicating with our children in the age of social media and cell phones led to the book “Jamie’s Journey - Travels with My Dad” co-written by his then 16-year-old daughter. Dr. Rick’s latest book “The Solutions Oriented Leader - Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve World-Class Results” was #1 on Amazon Kindle when it was released.
Dr. Rick is also a successful entrepreneur who walks his talk and shares his winning philosophies with his audiences. He has built several extremely successful multimillion-dollar businesses and uses those experiences to provide solutions for his clients and audiences throughout the world.
If you would like to discover how Dr. Rick can help you achieve your goals contact us at info@rickgoodman.com or call us at 888-267-6098
Dr. Rick Goodman International Leadership Expert, Author and Executive Coach interviews Leadership Expert and Keynote Speaker Scott Lesnick about the new normal and how to successfully navigate change in this new world we face since the outbreak of the Coronavirus.
Because of the COVID-19 outbreak many people around the world finds themselves working from home. This is the new normal and for many of us we need to find out how we could successfully navigate the change that is happening in our lives.
Transformational leadership expert and motivational keynote speaker Dr. Rick Goodman has a conversation with a fellow transformational leadership speaker Scott Lesnick who shares some of his strategies for navigating change.
5 keys for Successfully Navigating Change
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Make sure to get enough sleep - During these stressful periods it's important for us to get a good night's sleep or even take some mini naps. There's nothing wrong with it and you must listen to your body in order to keep your mind fresh.
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Get some exercise every day -You don't have to be an athlete in order to exercise all you need to do is walk for 20 to 30 minutes at a brisk pace to get your heart rate going and bring down stress. We need all the energy we can get in order to navigate change successfully during the new normal.
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Make sure you're eating healthy and also treat yourself during a stressful time - it's important to eat healthy during stressful periods, however we also need to be realistic and give ourselves a treat every once in a while, In order to keep sane.
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Get into a routine and plan your schedule - It's important to get into a routine when navigating change especially during stressful times. Make sure that you're giving yourself regular breaks and don't schedule every minute of every day. I would prefer 4 hours of focus time over 8 hours of wasted time.
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Stay connected! - Social distancing does not mean disconnecting with others it's important to keep your connections and keep the conversation going especially when you're navigating change. We all need a team and a support structure for us to successfully navigate change during stressful times.
When you implement these five keys for successfully navigating change you will be reducing stress and, on the road, to achieving your goals and dreams. If there's any way that we can assist you in your journey connect with us at www.rickgoodman.com or give us a call at 888-267-6098 or send me an email to www.rickgoodman.com
The coronavirus Is affecting many people around the world. It's important as a leader for you to stay productive during the COVID19 outbreak and help your team to be productive also.
Here is a list of 7 strategies that leaders can use to remain productive during this stressful time.
7 Strategies for Leaders to Stay Productive Even When Stressed
- Lose your phone for a portion of the day
It's important that we put our phones away in order to stay focused. Our phones have become a major distraction from what's truly important in life, relationships! So, hide your phone from yourself for a few hours or lock it away and see what you can accomplish.
- Brainstorm ideas on a notepad
Brainstorming ideas on a notepad is a great way to stay focused and visualize what you need to accomplish for a day. Many people are visual and if the idea is in front of them it will go into their mind and their subconscious will begin to go to work on solutions to accomplish their goals.
- Don't schedule every minute of your day
Staying productive during the coronavirus breakout can be a stressful experience. Leave some time in your schedule for relaxation and thought. it's a great time to work on your business as opposed to in your business.
Determine what you want to accomplish each day and make it no more than three tasks. Once you've accomplished those tasks focus on you.
- Put your health first
If you're going to be more productive and fight through stress you're really going to need to have energy. Make sure to eat right and get enough sleep that your body is going to need to be more productive.
- Give yourself time between meetings
Many leaders tend to book back-to-back meetings which can be very stressful. It's important for a leader to give themselves a break in between meetings to review the information presented. By giving yourself time to reflect and review you are also giving yourself more time for innovation and better results!
- Focus on three goals to accomplish each day
I have worked with thousands of executives over the last 30 years and none of them gets everything on their to-do list done in a day. In fact, the executives that I have coached who focused on three major goals ended up accomplishing more than the executives with giant to-do lists.
- Focus on your highest and best use of your talent
When a leader learns to focus on the highest and best use of their talent, they are more productive and less stressed. Delegate work and projects to team members to develop their talents and your productivity will increase immediately.
If you would like to discover how Dr. Rick can help you achieve your goals contact us at info@rickgoodman.com or call us at 888-267-6098
Leadership expert, Keynote Speaker and Author of The Solutions Oriented Leader Dr. Rick Goodman has a conversation with Ed Rigsbee CSP CAE known as the ROI Guy for associations and professional societies about how trade associations and professional societies are operating under fire do to the COVID19 Pandemic.
Ed Rigsbee, (CSP) Certified Speaking Professional, (CAE) Certified Association Executive, is the ROI Guy. He is obsessed with helping you to give and receive more return on investment (ROI) in everything that you do. He will help your organization to elevate your business relationships from ordinary to extraordinary; in service, results and profitability.
Ed is the President of Rigsbee Enterprises, Inc., established in 1981. He is recognized internationally for his expertise in the areas of strategic alliance development and implementation and non-profit organization member recruitment and retention. He has authored the following books:
The Art of Partnering Developing Strategic Alliances
PartnerShift-How to Profit from the Partnering Trend
Kids, Parents & Soccer
The ROI of Membership-Today’s Missing Link for Explosive Growth
Dr. Rick’s latest book “The Solutions Oriented Leader - Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve World-Class Results” was #1 on Amazon Kindle when it was released in April 2019.
Because of COVID19 many people in this world are under stay at home orders and are conducting their daily affairs via zoom.us .
In this episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast Dr. Rick Goodman has a conversation with media expert Jess Todtfeld on how to look good on Zoom.
Jess Todtfeld, CSP, is one of the leading communication and media training authorities in the U.S. With more than 15 years as a media trainer and consultant, Todtfeld helps CEOs, business executives, spokespersons, public relations representatives, experts, and authors to become more confident, more in control, and to create more results from their speaking engagements and media appearances.
He brings with him 13 years experience as a TV producer for NBC, ABC, and FOX, having booked and produced over 5,000 segments. Jess’ time in front of the camera includes features reporting, guest spots on national / international news programs, and hosting of “America’s Premiere Experts” and “Times Square Today” (2015-2017) which has been broadcast on ABC, NBC, FOX and CBS affiliates in the U.S. Dr. Rick Goodman is one of the most sought-after leadership and engagement experts today. His keynote presentations and workshops have produced transformational results leading to highly engaged employees, increased productivity and HIGHER PROFITS.
Dr. Rick has delivered over 1,000 presentations in all 50 states and in 23 countries. He is a “Certified Speaking Professional” (CSP), which is the speaker profession’s international measure of speaking experience and skill. Fewer than one percent of all professional speakers worldwide hold this designation.
In addition to his 30-year speaking career, Dr. Rick is the author of three books: His first book titled “Living A Championship Life - A Game Plan For Success” combined his success philosophy with stories compiled during his tenure as one of the team physicians for the Super Bowl Champion St. Louis Rams.
His quest to solve our world’s newest challenge, communicating with our children in the age of social media and cell phones led to the book “Jamie’s Journey - Travels with My Dad” written by his then 16-year-old daughter. Dr. Rick’s latest book “The Solutions Oriented Leader - Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve World-Class Results” was #1 on Amazon Kindle when it was released.
Dr. Rick is also a successful entrepreneur who walks his talk and shares his winning philosophies with his audiences. He has built several extremely successful multimillion-dollar businesses and uses those experiences to provide solutions for his clients and audiences throughout the world.
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The Best Ways to Improve Your Brand on Social Media
There are a number of ways to improve your personal brand on social media that can be effective. In this episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast I am going to share the best ways to improve your personal brand that I have used with amazing results!
Here are my best ways to improve your personal brand for you to use as a guide. I used these steps when I released my new book The Solutions Oriented Leader Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve World Class Results
The Solutions Oriented Leader Strategy to Improving Your Personal Brand
- Change your thought process
If you are going to build your personal brand you have to change your thought process and put yourself out there especially when it comes to social media. If you are not engaging on a regular basis your brand will be invisible.
The purpose of being visible on social media is for you to demonstrate your superpowers across multiple platforms that can be seen and heard by a variety of audiences worldwide.
- What is your expertise
It’s important to know what you are great at where is your expertise its important to know because that is where your brand needs to focus. It's important to assess your strengths and weaknesses in addition to assessing which industry would benefit the most from your expertise.
- What groups will you focus on
Knowing the groups that you want to focus on is critical. It's impossible to reach your goals if they are not specific. The same goes for your personal brand. You can't build your brand effectively if you have not determined what groups you will focus on.
- Do your research and come up with a plan
Research some of the top experts in groups you are focusing on. Look at the industry publications to see the types of articles they publish. This way you can start positioning material for yourself.
- Create an editorial calendar for posting
An editorial calendar will help you plan and map out your social media postings. Suffice to say, you need to be everywhere and, on every platform, where your target market consumes information.
Those platforms could be LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit. The best platforms in my opinion are your own website, your own podcast and your own blog. People consume information in many different ways, and you need to be prepared to deliver in all of them.
- Give away everything you know
Make sure to share and give away everything you know especially content in consumable bites. Our attention spans have gotten shorter over the years so if you can communicate in sound bites your message has a better chance of being retained by your target audience.
- Develop a positioning statement
I have been asked by clients over the years what is the purpose of having an positioning statement? My response is simple. You have less than 30 seconds to make an impression on someone. They are judging you from the second you connect with them. If you want to succeed in promoting your brand you only have a few seconds to accomplish this.
We call it a positioning statement it explains your superpower in a concise and succinct manner within seconds.
- Grow your personal network
Growing your personal network will help to boost your brand when you engage and share helpful information. It’s just as important to engage with others content as you do post your own. Communication is a two-way street.
- Ask your friends and clients to make introductions where needed
You should never be afraid to ask for an introduction, you’re only risking a yes! I always say “if you don't A.S.K. you won't G.E.T.” What's the worst thing that can happen? If the person says no, you're in the same position you were a few seconds before. If they say yes you just went to the next level. I have found that people love to help others so why not just ask for help in making a connection.
- You are your brand
You are your brand and your personal brand is not just online it follows you wherever you go. In today's highly engaged planet everyone is watching whether you see them or not. Your reputation is everything so its important to protect your brand!
If you're interested in repositioning your brand or reinventing your business by building your personal brand reach out to me directly at info@rickgoodman.com. Or call us at 888-267-6098.
Ask us about our personal brand building strategy sessions that can reposition your brand for today's changing world.
How to Be More Productive When Working from Home
Many people around the world have had to learn to be more productive when working from home to stop the spreading of the coronavirus pandemic. In this episode of the Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast I will give you five tips that you can implement to make you more productive when working from home.
Five tips to make you more productive when working at home
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The first thing that you can do to make you more productive when working from home is to define a start and stop time along with the things that you need to accomplish each day. It's very important to devise a routine and stick to that routine the same way you would follow your schedule when you were in school. This will help you to separate your work time from your personal time especially if you're not used to working from a Home Office.
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Make sure you do whatever it takes to have her a separate work environment so that you can focus on your goals and objectives. There are many distractions especially if your family is in the house when it's time for you to work. Explain to your family the importance of sticking to your routine in order to maintain normality as best as possible.
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Be sure to make time for yourself it's best if you can keep your morning routine the way it was before you started working from home if possible. Make sure you take time to eat the right foods and exercise daily. Studies indicate that the more time you spend in a disciplined routine the more you will accomplish!
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Make sure to keep all of your meetings and do them face to face with video chats if possible. There are many different applications that you can use including us, Skype, WhatsApp and go to meeting . You could use these video platforms to connect with new prospects, meet with your staff and work with your clients.
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Make sure to set realistic goals especially based on new circumstances and make sure to reward yourself when you have accomplished these goals. It's important to maintain your focus including your goals and objectives when you're working from your home environment by placing them in front of you at all times. It’s also important to end your work day by preparing for the next day.
If you’re interested to see how our team can help you with your organizational needs
reach out to me at your next opportunity. Contact me at www.rickgoodman.com email us at info@rickgoodman.com or call 888-267-6098.
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Dr. Rick Goodman and International Branding Expert and Author Bruce Turkel discuss solutions oriented leadership and what needs to happen during the coronavirus in Part 2 in this series.
The coronavirus is just starting to have a major effect on our lives and our businesses in the United States. In this two part episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast Dr. Rick Goodman interviews branding expert and author Bruce Turkel about steps you can take to protect your brand during this crisis.
5 Leadership Lessons We Can Learn from The Iowa Caucus Debacle
Iowa Caucuses Debacle: 5 Leadership Lessons We Can Learn
I was recently interviewed on I Heart Radio by Doug Wagner from 600 AM WMT in Cedar Rapids Iowa about the 5 leadership lessons we can learn from the Iowa Caucus Debacle. I think we can all learn from some of these leadership lessons and apply them to our own lives and businesses.
Dr. Rick Goodman international leadership expert and author of The Solutions Oriented Leader “Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve World-Class Results” shares what our future leaders must do to focus on solutions and not problems! He understands how solutions-oriented leaders assess and solve problems in a methodical fashion by following “The 5 Solutions Oriented Rules of Change”
There are 5 leadership lessons the we can learn from the Iowa Caucuses debacle.
5 Rules Solutions Oriented Leaders follow when implementing any type of change.
- Assess your present situation and systems to see if there is even a need for change.
- Create a step-by-step plan for testing and evaluating potential changes successfully before implementation.
- Have at least 2 contingency plans should any unforeseen problems arise.
- Keep all lines of communication open, transparency equals trust.
- Accept responsibility for any issues that arise and discuss action steps taken to prevent problems in the future.
If the leaders in Iowa had followed these 5 simple rules, we would not be talking about this today!
What people are asking Dr. Rick:
- How can leaders create a culture of change and innovation?
- How can I tell if someone is a solutions-oriented leader?
- Why is it important for leaders to create systems to assess and evaluate any change initiatives?
- What is the most difficult part of the challenge?
- How can leaders in politics and business improve communications with employees, customers and constituents?
Even though the Iowa Caucuses were a debacle there are 5 leadership lessons we can learn from this starting with, you need to have a plan! You can create a culture of innovation and improvement that inspires others for a lifetime.
Dr. Rick says, “with the solutions-oriented mindset, you now have the business and life playbook promoting productivity, boosting employee engagement, and creating a happy and productive work environment.”
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10 Rules for Building Your Teams Leadership Skills
What if there were 10 rules that you could implement and live by that would build your teams leadership skills effectively, would you be interested? In this episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast I am going to share with you my 10 rules for building your teams leadership skills successfully.
It’s simply a matter of creating the right organizational culture. Specifically, you’ll want to build a company culture in which your team members can all develop effective leadership skills. As a transformational leadership keynote speaker, I've worked with many companies and associations who have recognized the importance of building their teams leadership skills
The question is how? How can you encourage the people who work with you to develop effective leadership skills? Let me share my 10 rules for building your teams leadership skills and you will be on your way!
10 Rules for Building Your Teams Leadership Skills
Rule #1 Be the example
Your team is going to be watching every step you make it's no different than your children they do exactly what you do. You must set the example of true leadership. When I deliver a transformational leadership keynote speech, I use examples of leaders who are walking their talk because that’s what works!
Rule #2 acknowledge and recognize your team members strengths
As a solutions-oriented leader if you attempt to do all the work yourself you will never be successful. There are many people on your team that have strengths that you do not possess it's important to acknowledge their strengths and utilized them to benefit the team. This will have a positive effect empowering your team members and growing their leadership skills at the same time.
Rule #3 empower each member of your team to make decisions
if you want your team to grow their transformational leadership skills and become solutions-oriented leaders, they need to make decisions on their own. Of course, they're going to fail and make wrong decisions that's all part of the growing process. If you don't allow this to happen, you will stagnate the team and prevent the growth of their leadership skills.
Rule #4 people like responsibility
if you really want to retain your best employees and see them grow it's important to add additional responsibilities to their plate. This has an empowering effect on their leadership skills and growth potential as a transformational leader. It also shows them that there is a possibility of growth opportunities in their future.
Rule #5 trust is the key
when you help your team members to develop their leadership skills it's important that you place a large level of trust in what they're about to do. Understanding the importance of trust when you are developing your teams transformational leadership skills is not easy, however the benefits are enormous.
Rule #6 future pace your team to victory
Another way you could use transformation of leadership skills to grow your team's leadership skills is by future pacing them to victory! This simply means showing them what things will look like when they become transformational leaders by keeping them focused on the goals and objectives of the team.
Rule #7 push your team to be the best
As a transformational leadership keynote speaker and executive coach, I understand the importance of pushing your team to be the best. The best athletes and entrepreneurs in the world push their teams to achieve goals they never thought they could accomplish! The key is to understand when to push and went to hold back.
Rule #8 give respect
One of the hallmarks of transformational leaders is that they command the respect of their colleagues and peers. If you want to develop a whole team of transformational leaders who are making a difference you must give respect to get respect! Whenever I'm delivering a transformational leadership keynote speech the first people, I make sure to acknowledge are the audiovisual team who are in charge of the cameras and the audio. They are also in charge of my life when I'm working so I give them the ultimate respect as soon as I entered the building.
Rule #9 praise, visualization and affirmation
Everyone wants love appreciation and respect and if you want to become a solutions-oriented leader and develop your teams skills you must praise, visualize and affirm your message consistently. This can truly help motivate your team to achieve goals above their expectations.
Rule #10 don't feed into fear
Too many people fall into fear and I always say fear stands for (false evidence appearing real). Most of the things we worry about never happen! However, if we do focus on all of the worst things that could possibly happen, we will eventually attract that into our lives. That’s why it’s important to keep future pacing your team with a motivational message.
I believe if you implement these 10 rules for building your team's leadership skills your results will far exceed your expectations and you will have developed through your transformational leadership skills, an entire team of solutions-oriented leaders
One more thing you might consider is bringing in a motivational keynote speaker or coach to help inspire your employees. If that’s something you’re interested in, by all means give me a call!
Connect at www.rickgoodman.com or call 888-267-6098, and let’s get deep into the details of developing transformational leadership skills for your entire organization.
6 Steps for Building Your Personal Brand
There are 6 steps that you can take as a leader to build your personal brand that will get results. In this podcast you will discover why every leader should take this seriously and how these 6 steps for building your personal brand will impact your personal and professional life.
Why is Personal Branding Important?
Let’s start by answering this basic question: Why is personal branding important?
Your personal brand is important because your team members will inevitably see you as the face of the company, or at least one of its most influential representatives. When you’re in a leadership position, your values and priorities are naturally going to be assumed to be the values and priorities of the company as a whole, so it’s important to be aware of this.
Also, a personal brand can very easily be parlayed into thought leadership. In a lot of ways, I think branding yourself is all about identifying your superpower or your key strengths, then building a brand identity around that. When people in the business community learn what your superpower is, they’re going to start calling on you to use it. That can lead to amazing opportunities for your business.
Lastly, branding yourself can also make your employees more likely to buy into your initiatives and your ideas. That’s because they’ll feel like they have a clear sense of who you are and what drives you, they get to know The REAL YOU!
6 Steps for Building Your Personal Brand
I have found that some people are naturals at building their personal brand and others would like a roadmap for success. That is why I put together these 6 steps for building your personal brand that are easy to implement with great results!
- Assess yourself and Understand Your Strengths and Weaknesses. Before you can start branding yourself and before you can begin offering effective team leadership, you need to assess your strengths, weaknesses, and values. There are a number of leadership assessment tests out there that can give you a good idea of where you stand, including your personal team leadership style.
- Write your personal mission and vision statement. I find it helpful to actually create a written statement of your personal brand. This doesn’t have to be something you make public; this is simply for you to focus on your brand and your team leadership style. I’ve worked with a lot of leaders who have real “breakthroughs and transformation” while drafting their personal branding statements.
- Establish your thought leadership through the production of good content. Your personal brand needs to be shared in a in a way that it gets noticed. You can do this through keynote addresses, videos, blogs, or even a smartly employed Twitter account. What’s important is having your personal branding strategy articulated in a way that people will see and understand what your superpower is so they can buy!
- The importance of having an elevator pitch. I think it’s important to have an elevator pitch for your business, but it’s also important to have a personal elevator pitch. When you meet someone at a conference or event and they ask what you do, what do you tell them? What’s your succinct, one-or-two-sentence way of sharing your superpower? And how do you convey your team leadership style?
- Be authentic and Real. People can sense if you are being real and authentic and they judge you within the first 30 second of meeting you. Being real means not speaking to things you’re not knowledgeable about, and not pretending to be an expert when you’re not; and, sticking to your basic values, allowing them to guide all your decision-making rather than just going with the crowd. After all, it’s that set of values you really want to become known for.
- Be consistent everyone is watching. Do what you say you’re going to do, show up when you say you’re going to show up, and deliver on what you pledge to deliver. This is crucial for how to be a good team leader, and it’s crucial for branding yourself effectively. Simply put, if you’re not consistent, the only thing you’ll be known for is your inconsistency!
Learn More About How to Be a Good Team Leader Through Executive Coaching
A personal branding strategy can help you advance your career, and it can also help you offer effective team leadership. Every great leader and athlete have a coach. Let us show you how executive coaching can get you immediate results! If you’d like to talk more about what how we can help Reach out today and let’s talk. Contact me at www.rickgoodman.com or call 888-267-6098.
And don’t forget, my Solutions Oriented Leader book is now available to order online. In this first-of-a-kind, comprehensive guide, I’ll lead you through the everyday challenges of the modern workplace while providing you with easy-to-implement solutions to achieve world-class results!
6 Steps for Building Your Personal Brand
There are 6 steps that you can take as a leader to build your personal brand that will get results. In this podcast you will discover why every leader should take this seriously and how these 6 steps for building your personal brand will impact your personal and professional life.
Why is Personal Branding Important?
Let’s start by answering this basic question: Why is personal branding important?
Your personal brand is important because your team members will inevitably see you as the face of the company, or at least one of its most influential representatives. When you’re in a leadership position, your values and priorities are naturally going to be assumed to be the values and priorities of the company as a whole, so it’s important to be aware of this.
Also, a personal brand can very easily be parlayed into thought leadership. In a lot of ways, I think branding yourself is all about identifying your superpower or your key strengths, then building a brand identity around that. When people in the business community learn what your superpower is, they’re going to start calling on you to use it. That can lead to amazing opportunities for your business.
Lastly, branding yourself can also make your employees more likely to buy into your initiatives and your ideas. That’s because they’ll feel like they have a clear sense of who you are and what drives you, they get to know The REAL YOU!
6 Steps for Building Your Personal Brand
I have found that some people are naturals at building their personal brand and others would like a roadmap for success. That is why I put together these 6 steps for building your personal brand that are easy to implement with great results!
- Assess yourself and Understand Your Strengths and Weaknesses. Before you can start branding yourself and before you can begin offering effective team leadership, you need to assess your strengths, weaknesses, and values. There are a number of leadership assessment tests out there that can give you a good idea of where you stand, including your personal team leadership style.
- Write your personal mission and vision statement. I find it helpful to actually create a written statement of your personal brand. This doesn’t have to be something you make public; this is simply for you to focus on your brand and your team leadership style. I’ve worked with a lot of leaders who have real “breakthroughs and transformation” while drafting their personal branding statements.
- Establish your thought leadership through the production of good content. Your personal brand needs to be shared in a in a way that it gets noticed. You can do this through keynote addresses, videos, blogs, or even a smartly employed Twitter account. What’s important is having your personal branding strategy articulated in a way that people will see and understand what your superpower is so they can buy!
- The importance of having an elevator pitch. I think it’s important to have an elevator pitch for your business, but it’s also important to have a personal elevator pitch. When you meet someone at a conference or event and they ask what you do, what do you tell them? What’s your succinct, one-or-two-sentence way of sharing your superpower? And how do you convey your team leadership style?
- Be authentic and Real. People can sense if you are being real and authentic and they judge you within the first 30 second of meeting you. Being real means not speaking to things you’re not knowledgeable about, and not pretending to be an expert when you’re not; and, sticking to your basic values, allowing them to guide all your decision-making rather than just going with the crowd. After all, it’s that set of values you really want to become known for.
- Be consistent everyone is watching. Do what you say you’re going to do, show up when you say you’re going to show up, and deliver on what you pledge to deliver. This is crucial for how to be a good team leader, and it’s crucial for branding yourself effectively. Simply put, if you’re not consistent, the only thing you’ll be known for is your inconsistency!
Learn More About How to Be a Good Team Leader Through Executive Coaching
A personal branding strategy can help you advance your career, and it can also help you offer effective team leadership. Every great leader and athlete have a coach. Let us show you how executive coaching can get you immediate results! If you’d like to talk more about what how we can help Reach out today and let’s talk. Contact me at www.rickgoodman.com or call 888-267-6098.
And don’t forget, my Solutions Oriented Leader book is now available to order online. In this first-of-a-kind, comprehensive guide, I’ll lead you through the everyday challenges of the modern workplace while providing you with easy-to-implement solutions to achieve world-class results!
4 Strategies for Delivering Solutions Oriented Feedback
As a motivational keynote speaker, I receive solutions-oriented feedback regularly from my clients. Delivering and receiving feedback as a leader is crucial for your growth and your teams growth. In this podcast I am going to share 4 strategies for delivering solutions-oriented feedback that produces results. As a motivational keynote speaker its important for me to receive feedback in order to improve my performance and the truth is that it’s necessary.
But both kinds of feedback can ultimately be valuable: We need the affirmation just as surely as we need the correction. I review some of the best motivational keynote speakers in the world to improve my skills and sometimes the feedback is painful, but that’s what makes you want to get better
And, as a leader, part of your job is delivering feedback as needed. That means offering both kinds of feedback to your employees—and frankly, it can sometimes be hard to know what to say and how to say it.
Let me offer my advice—some basic tips for transformational leaders looking to deliver employee feedback as effectively as possible.
4 Strategies for Delivering Solutions Oriented Feedback
Ask your team members for feedback on you and it will encourage them to receive feedback. When someone actually requests feedback, it’s a lot less threatening… and thus, they’re much more likely to really listen and absorb it. As a motivational keynote speaker, it’s important for me to lead by example. I am always actively seeking out feedback on my own performance which opens the door for them. Also make it clear to your employees that you’re happy to have a low-key conversation about their performance any time they like.
Focus on growth opportunities and solutions. When your feedback is all about results, it can make your team members feel pressured. You can defray this by encouraging them to think in terms of learning, growth, and personal development. Don’t make your feedback about the bottom line; make it about effort. This means that you have to provide training and growth opportunities which will lead to better retention.
Take the Yoda approach. Yoda was famous for teaching by asking questions—guiding his young jedi to discovering insights on their own. You can take a similar approach when you give employee feedback, asking team members to reflect on their own performance and come up with some of their own insights. As a motivational keynote speaker, I regularly invite other speakers to critique my performance and they always start my asking me questions about how I feel it went and what I would improve.
Understand your teams personality. When you’re praising an employee, it can often be best to do so publicly—unless you know the employee to be shy, or to eschew public shows of affirmation. Meanwhile, when you criticize, it’s almost never wise to do it in front of an audience; better to take those opportunities one-on-one. This is no different than when I am about to deliver a motivational keynote speech, I send out a pre-program questionnaire so that I can understand the demographics of the audience in order to deliver a more focused message at the event which gets better results!
Those are some of my guidelines and strategies for effectively coaching and delivering solutions-oriented feedback to your employees. If you’d like to hear more about how transformational leaders deliver solutions-oriented feedback, I’d love to tell you! Reach out today and let’s chat together. You can contact me at www.rickgoodman.com or call 888-267-6098.
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The Ten Best Questions for Assessing Your Organizational Culture
In this podcast I am going to share with you my ten best questions for assessing your organizational culture. In order to assess your organizational culture to make changes its important to develop questions that will point you in the right direction and I know these ten questions for assessing your organizational culture will put you on the right path.
What’s difficult sometimes is defining your organizational culture, putting a finger on what makes it distinct. With that said, I think this quick questionnaire can be vital for just getting you started in thinking critically about what your organizational culture is and how it might be improved.
What is Organizational Culture?
Before we can assess our organizational culture it’s important that we understand what is organizational culture, generally speaking?
The way I explain organizational culture is that it’s a summary of how people at your business interact with each other… and, how they interact with clients and customers. More formally, you might say that organizational culture is the mixture of beliefs, assumptions, values, and habits that comprise the psychological environment of your workplace.
Organizational culture comes in different varieties, and some are healthier than others. So, how do you assess your company’s culture? That’s what we’ll address next.
Assessing Your Organizational Culture
Here are my Ten Best Questions for Assessing Your Organizational Culture
- What is the mission/purpose of the organization? Is this mission statement written or codified in some way for people to view? Would you say that most team members can articulate the mission? Or, if you asked 10 different employees what the mission is, would you get 10 different answers?
- What motivates your employees? Are team members motivated into action by a sense of mission or by promise of a reward, or the threat of corrective action? What’s the motivating force at your company?
- What’s the organizational structure? Would you say that the structure of your company is hierarchical? Or is it more of a flat structure, where team members all feel like they’re on pretty much the same footing? How does this structure impact your daily productivity and employee relationships?
- Is your company overall collaborative? How often do different departments work together with one another? On a typical project, is one employee holed up in their office, or do you see a lot of instances of teamwork and cross-disciplinary unity?
- Do people in your company feel respected and appreciated? Actually, start with yourself: Do you feel respected, both by people who work under you and by the people to whom you report? Do colleagues appreciate your particular skills and subject matter expertise? Do you feel like you have opportunities to add value, and is that value welcomed and appreciated by the rest of the team?
- Is there freedom to fail with new initiatives? What happens if a team member tries something innovative and new and it doesn’t quite work as intended? Is punitive action taken? Is that employee scolded by the boss? Or do you have a work environment where effort and experimentation are rewarded and encouraged, even when things don’t quite pan out?
- How does employee morale impact the end client/customer experience? This is a tough one to assess, maybe, but think about the general mood of your employees. Does it seem like their disposition carries over into friendly, attentive, courteous customer service? Or do you notice that lackluster attitudes lead to a chilly demeanor with customers?
- How would you characterize leadership at your company? Leadership and organizational culture go hand in hand. I’d encourage you to ask whether the managers/bosses/supervisors/executives at your company lead by example; whether they micromanage; whether they delegate; whether they ultimately trust employees with some real autonomy and freedom.
- Can you name three specific areas where your organizational culture could be improved? Simple question… simple but crucial! No company culture is ever perfect. It’s always going to be a work in progress and thinking critically about specific areas for improvement can be a really helpful exercise. What are a few things that immediately spring to mind? And do you think other team members would share your assessment?
- On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your organizational culture? Would you recommend it to a friend? Again, this may sound simple, maybe even simplistic. But I think there’s real value in just doing a quick gut check: How much do you like your organizational culture, really? Your instincts here may be more revealing than you can imagine.
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5 Strategies for Fixing a Toxic Work Culture
There are many things that can contribute to a toxic work culture such as high stress, constant turnover, low morale and no teamwork. In this podcast I'm going to share five strategies for fixing a toxic work culture that you can use immediately with great success! Ask yourself a question; Is that the kind of workplace you have? It’s been my experience that often people who work in a toxic environment don’t quite realize it; they question their own reality, or simply blame themselves for their unhappiness.
But if you and your teammates struggle with engagement, with high anxiety, and with the constant interruptions of office politics and team discord, that may mean that your culture is simply poisonous.
That’s the bad news, but there’s some good news too: Leaders shape culture, and as such they can be proactive in fixing a culture that’s broken. It won’t be easy and it won’t be overnight, but there are some things you can do to remove the toxicity in your work environment.
Here are 5 strategies that you can use immediately to fix your toxic work culture
Focus your employees on their highest and best use. Instead of assigning work to each employee find out what they love to do both inside and outside of work, allow them to gravitate toward teams and projects that they feel passionate about—as long as they are working on initiatives that benefit the company. You may find that they possess a skill that will help the team and you didn’t even know about it!
Firing continues until morale improves. A big part of reserving healthy company culture is getting rid of the people you identify as toxic. I always make sure you counsel and coach them beforehand and try to make the save it’s much more effective. Don’t create a work environment where employees are constantly afraid, they could get axed without warning. However, if they won’t fit into the culture of the company you have to let them go and find a place where they will be more successful and happier.
Spend time and invest in training and developing your people. Don’t offer them a job; offer them a career, and a professional journey which means investing in your people especially leadership skills. This means mentoring, coaching, and using your annual review system to learn more about what your employees really want—and showing them how you can help them achieve it.
Don’t hire people just to be bigger. Don’t hire a person just because you need a warm body in the room to make your team look bigger. Hire because you find people whose gifts and passions align with your culture and will add value to your team.
Encourage and insist on teamwork. If you want to build your team its best to create projects that are designed to be tackled by several team members working in tandem. This will help to strengthen your team and build a bond and culture of family.
Again, these strategies won’t stamp out your toxic culture immediately—but they will help you to build something truly healthy and positive.
Dr. Rick Goodman CSP is a motivational keynote leadership speaker who provides solutions globally that help people and organizations lead, engage, and grow their business.
For more information on how you could bring Dr. Rick Goodman into your organization for keynote speech, a leadership workshop or executive consulting and coaching contact rick@rickgoodman.com
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The Best Employee Engagement Strategies for 2020
The best employee engagement strategies are crucial to your business success moving forward, I don’t’ believe that there is a one-size-fits-all approach. In this podcast I will share with you the best employee engagement strategies for 2020.
In fact, I’d urge skepticism regarding most cookie-cutter approaches to retaining high levels of employee engagement. The fact is that all companies are different, and it’s important to choose your employee engagement strategies based on culture, company size, goals, etc.
There are a few principals that if implemented will surely bring you success because they are employee engagement strategies that work well across all different types of organizations. I’m not saying these are completely foolproof, but if you execute them properly, I think you’ll see your employee engagement numbers start moving in the right direction. Also, these principles can lay a firm foundation for more stronger and more advanced employee engagement effort in the future.
The 5 Best Employee Engagement Strategies for 2020
Give your employees a roadmap that will ensure their success.
Most people on planet earth prefer to have some sense of where their lives and their careers are headed. Your employees are no different. Younger employees are especially eager to have some sense of what’s coming down the road; they want to know if they have a real future within your organization or need to plan a career trajectory that involves a few employer changeups.
The best things you can do to facilitate employee engagement is provide your team members with positive feedback that they have a real future with your business with chances to grow new skills and have more responsibility. This can be as simple as holding regular career discussions with your employees, asking them where they see themselves in the years to come and providing them with some ways in which they can position themselves for advancement within your enterprise.
Always acknowledge and praise good work.
People like to have their efforts and accomplishments recognized.
It may seem like a small thing to highlight your team members’ achievements or to celebrate their successes… but actually, it’s no small thing at all for hard-working professionals to receive accolades from their upper management.
Statistics consistently show that most employees worry their efforts go unnoticed; and when employees feel like their hard work is never appreciated, they quickly lose their motivation to do anything but the bare minimum. I even believe some employees are just doing time until the next opportunity.
One of the most effective employee engagement strategies you can muster is to provide a few simple words of recognition when the situation calls for it.
Keep open lines of communication and even an open-door policy
Ensuring consistent, two-way communication between managers and employees is vital to a good employee engagement program.
All leaders should be proactive in sharing news and updates with team members. Nobody likes to be left in the dark, so make sure your employees have a good sense of where the company is headed, how things are going, what big projects are coming down the pipeline, etc. Dispensing such information on a “need to know” basis only can cause your team members to feel like you don’t really trust or value them.
Also, make sure you have channels in place for employees to present their questions, concerns, or suggestions, without fear of any kind of retaliation. It’s important to have an open-door policy, but you should go a step further and make sure employees know that their comments and feedback will be truly received by a leader or manager and treated with due seriousness.
For your organizational culture to thrive, it’s critical that you provide consistent two-way communication.
Give team members a sense of purpose and instill pride in their work.
Don’t assume that your team members are content to simply show up each day, do some grunt work, and collect a paycheck.
This may be true of some employees, but many of them want to do work that actually makes a difference. This is especially true of younger employees. They want to know that what they do matters.
Understanding that this is a powerful and motivational tool it can be helpful to provide a clear set of business values and principles, and to show each team member how their daily efforts connect to those values and principles. Make sure your employees know the mission of your organization and feel like they’re helping to further it.
Be fair with Everyone.
Sometimes the best strategies are the simplest of all to implement. I’ll offer a simple yet seismic suggestion: Treat your employees with fairness.
What do I mean by this? For one, it’s critical that employees feel like they are being judged on the basis of the effort they put in, not external factors that are outside their control.
Also, it’s important that leaders and managers hold themselves to the same standard (perhaps even a higher standard) as their employees.
Be sure that your team members consistently feel like they’re getting a fair shake; that so long as they work and behave to a specified standard, they will be rewarded in kind.
Questions About Employee Engagement Strategies?
These are some vital principles that I think will serve your organization well, and that translate pretty well from one business setting to the next.
Do you have additional questions about formulating or implementing employee engagement strategies? I’d love to chat with you! Connect with me and let’s have a conversation about employee engagement strategies. Contact me at www.rickgoodman.com or call 888-267-6098.
Three Keys to Scaling Your Company Culture
There are three keys to scaling your company culture successfully if your organization as grown in the past year. In this episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast I am going to share with you the three keys to scaling your company culture successfully.
Every entrepreneur wants to see their business grow—but in some ways, that growth can be a two-edged sword. For instance, you may feel like your unique company culture is a key component of your success—and a primary factor in your growth. But when you achieve that growth, you may find that your culture is difficult to hold onto.
This is by no means an uncommon realization that a 10-person team become more difficult to uphold when there are 25 or 50 or 200 of you.
The good news is that there are three key steps you can take to develop a culture that will grow with you—in short, a culture that scales.
Here are my Three Keys to Scaling Your Company Culture
How to Scale Your Company Culture
- Define your ideal culture
It’s always best to define success, setting a clear goal for what your company values should be. This isn’t about logistics like snacks in the break room or where you have the company holiday party. It’s more a matter of defining those intangible things that you’d like your company to be defined by—like collaboration, or relationship, or improving the lives of customers, or whatever else. These intangible things can easily be adapted as your business evolves.
- Build a culture team.
This is something more companies should do. Assemble a group of employees—ideally from different levels within the corporate hierarchy—and let them get together once a month or so to initiate cultural initiatives. Task them with creating and refining a statement of culture, and of reviewing the company’s activities to ensure ongoing cultural alignment.
- Make culture a part of your onboarding process.
One final suggestion: If you want new employees to fit into the culture, and to contribute to it in a meaningful way, make sure you talk about culture early in the hiring process. And, ask for their take—solicit their thoughts on what kind of culture they’d like to see.
These are just a few of my recommendations for building a company culture that will scale with you—but it’s something I’d love to talk with you about even more. Reach out and let us know we can help you! You can reach me at www.rickgoodman.com or call 888-267-6098.
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5 Ways to Overcome Decision Fatigue
In Today’s world some of us are becoming exhausted from making hundreds of decisions weekly that affect our business and our personal lives. In this episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast I am going to give you 5 ways that you can overcome decision fatigue today!
5 Ways to Overcome Decision Fatigue
Use lists to make fewer decisions. A lot of your daily decisions can actually be avoided if you make a list and stick to it. The next time you are at the grocery store rather than walking through the supermarket trying to decide what you should buy, simply adhere to a grocery list. Daily to-do lists can have the same positive impact.
Delegate, Delegate, Delegate Hopefully, you’re surrounded by team members you trust—and if so, that means you have people to whom you can delegate decision making, especially on comparatively minor matters. Save your own decision-making energy for the really big and impactful items not the five-dollar activities!
Your best decisions are made in the morning. There is a lot of research to suggest that the best time to make big decisions is in the morning, which is when most of us have the most energy and the highest degree of decision-making tolerance. If you know you’ve got to decide about something, try to do it earlier in your workday.
Limit your options to less rather than more. For example, trying to decide between 100 different pieces of software can be maddening—so why not research two or three options, compare price points and overall value, then decide? Don’t allow yourself to become swamped by infinite choices.
Develop Daily Routines. Finally, one way you can minimize the decisions you have to make is by developing rituals and habits. For example, develop a routine of going to the gym every day at 8—and then, you no longer have to decide on each day’s workout time. Decide you’re doing to eat a salad for lunch every day, and then stop fussing over what to pack for your daily meal. Nobody likes to fall into a “rut,” but having certain rituals can really be helpful.
I hope these tips will be useful to you as you seek relief from decision fatigue. To learn more about being a decisive leader, reach out to me directly. Connect with Dr. Rick at www.rickgoodman.com or call 888-267-6098.
My Top Ten List of The Most Underrated Leadership Skills
There are many leadership skills that one must possess in order to be effective in their job in this episode of the solutions oriented leader podcast I will share my Top 10 list of the most underrated leadership skills that are essential for your success!
Because these leadership skills don’t quite receive their due, I thought I’d highlight a few of them today. Don’t make the mistake of underappreciating these skills, because possessing them could give you the competitive advantage you’ve been seeking!
Here’s my top ten list of the most effective leadership skills that seem to fly under the radar.
- Employee recognition. This is at the top of my list for a reason because without your team the odds of your success diminish greatly. It’s no small thing to pause long enough to tell an employee that you notice and appreciate their good work, or to commend them on a recent project where they exceeded expectations. Indeed, some leaders find it rather difficult to give a pat on the back to deserving team members, but it’s actually a critical skill that can help you motivate and engage the people who work for you.
- Sense of humor. Some leaders need to lighten up a bit! You know what they say about all work and no play! While leaders obviously need to be focused and know when it’s time to get down to business, there is also a need to show a sense of humor from time to time. For one thing, a little levity can help to alleviate stress and defuse workplace tension. Also, it can help you come across as a little less intimidating; when team members see that you have a sense of humor, it can make them feel more comfortable approaching you with questions or concerns.
- Gut instinct. This is one of the questions I ask my team, what does your gut say? I highly recommend that leaders seek data and analytics before they make any big decisions, ensuring they’re being prudent and informed. At the end of the day, though, you’ve got to reach a conclusion, deciding what needs to happen for your team. Sometimes, that may mean listening to your intuition. Gut instinct may not be unerring, but sometimes it saves you from being paralyzed in indecision.
- Respect. You must give it to get it! Do your employees feel like you respect them? And if so, can you name some specific ways in which you exhibit respect? If you don’t respect your employees, it’s unlikely that you’ll keep them motivated or engaged for very long. This is a critical workplace skill for you to hone.
- Empathy. I mentioned the importance of active listening above. Empathy is a close cousin, and an important way for you to show employees that you care about them. Work on your ability to understand what your employees are going through, professionally and personally, and to show understanding when they’re facing tough times. You are in this thing together and having empathy can go a long way!
- Trust. Trust is a two-way street. Naturally, you want your team members to trust you, but you also need to feel comfortable trusting them. For example, how often do you delegate? Do you give your employees space to work on projects without micromanaging them? Do you have confidence in their ability to do the things you hired them to do? If not, maybe you shouldn’t have hired them; or maybe, you need to develop your ability to trust!
- Dedication. You can’t ask your team to do something that you would not do! Of course, you’re dedicated to your business… but are you showing it to the team? Are you willing to roll up your sleeves and help out with big projects, especially if deadlines are looming or the employees are struggling? And during a tense or busy season, are you there to offer your support, or ducking out early to play golf? Dedication is high on my list of crucial, effective leadership skills.
- Positive thinking. Teams go where you go! Are you good at emanating positive vibes, and helping everyone around you to look on the bright side? The thing is, negativity tends to spread pretty quick, and it can suffocate workplace morale. A good leader is able to keep the mood fairly positive, and the outlook hopeful, even during tough times.
- Inclusivity. Inclusivity is more than a buzzword. It’s an important strategy, a way to ensure that everyone on your team is positioned to offer their ideas and to contribute to final outcomes. You need everyone to feel included in order to create team cohesion and to foster employee engagement. So, are you good at fostering an environment of inclusion? Are you skilled in helping all employees feel like they are valued members of the team?
- Curiosity. I’m a big fan of curiosity, and an admirer of curious people. When you’re curious, it means you’re constantly looking for new ways to learn, new skills to develop, new avenues for expanding your knowledge base. And, curiosity can be a catalyst for creative problem solving and out-of-the-box thinking.
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6 Ways to Create More Engaging and Fun Meetings
One of the most common complaints that I receive from my audiences when I am delivering a keynote speech on employee engagement or organizational leadership is “how can I make my meetings more fun and engaging?” Most meetings are ineffective they last forever, with a lot of words being spoken but no decisions being made, and no action steps taken. Meetings like that are pretty obviously a waste of time—and that’s equally frustrating for leaders and employees, all of whom have things they’d rather be doing.
But there’s another problem with meetings that are unengaging and boring: If all your meetings are unengaging, you’ll basically condition your team to arrive at each new meeting already expecting it to be a dreadful bore. You’ll have lost them before the meeting even begins.
So, what can you do? Is it possible to make your meetings fun and engaging? Absolutely it is. You’ve just got to be intentional in making each meeting engaging.
How to Make Your Meetings More Engaging
A few basic ways to do that include:
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Have a “hook” at the beginning of each meeting. Tell a funny story, show an entertaining YouTube clip, or simply take a show-of-hands poll—anything to get people engaged right from the start.
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Start your meetings with a clear definition of the meeting objectives—what you hope to accomplish and what all participants can expect to learn.
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Allow emotions into your meeting. Ask people how they’ve been feeling about work since your last meeting. Take a temperature check of office morale.
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Have a strong visual component to your meeting. In particular, have a way to showcase the brainstorming that’s happening and the thought that’s at work. A marker board, pin-up board, or even a sticker voting system can be useful here.
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Build positivity into your meeting. Share success stories that have happened since the last meeting. Consider implementing a rule that the team must say three positive things about an idea before anyone is allowed to criticize or to shoot it down. Also creating a game or competition is a great way to motivate and engage your team.
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Make your meeting more active. Ditch the chairs from your meeting space, and instead encourage your meeting participants to stand together in a huddle—a great way to engage their bodies and, hopefully, their minds!
Engaging meetings don’t just happen: They’re planned and executed with intention. You too can make your meetings more engaging and fun by implementing these 6 tips!
Dr. Rick Goodman CSP is a thought leader in the world of transformational leadership and employee engagement and is known as one of the most sought-after team building experts in the United States and internationally.
He is famous for helping organizations, corporations, and individuals with systems and strategies that produce increased profits and productivity without having the challenges of micromanaging the process. Some of Dr. Rick’s clients include AT&T, Caterpillar, J&J Snack Foods Corp, Heineken, IBM, and Hewlett Packard.
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7 Different Leadership Styles for Your Organizational Culture
As a transformational leadership expert I am often asked "what is the best leadership style to use with my team"? There are many different leadership styles you can use to change your organizational culture or improve employee engagement.
In this episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast we will discuss the seven different leadership styles you can use as a leader to bring about organizational change.
What is the relationship between leadership and organizational culture? The answer is more complicated than you might think. On the one hand it’s very difficult to impose organizational culture, taking a top-down approach.
Organizational culture really needs to come from the team, and you’ll need widespread buy-in for any cultural changes to be effective. At the same time, I do think companies need leaders who set the tone, articulate a clear sense of mission, and embody organizational culture through the daily example they set.
The good news is there’s more than one way to apply leadership within your organizational culture… and some leadership styles are more effective than others. As you consider the best way to lead your culture-building initiative, allow me to share with you seven basic leadership styles, along with my comments on how effective each one is.
7 Different Leadership Styles for Your Organizational Culture
Democratic Leadership
A leader will gain feedback and insight from each team member, then make a final decision based on the group’s consensus.
This doesn’t necessarily mean everyone is on equal footing, as the senior leader or manager may still have basic veto powers, but it does empower everyone on the team to feel like they have a say, and some authority over what the organizational culture looks like. For this reason, I’d consider democratic leadership to be one of the more effective approaches.
Autocratic Leadership
Autocratic leadership, meanwhile, is the polar opposite of democratic leadership. In this leadership style, there’s one manager or executive who makes the decision all on their own, without soliciting input from anyone else on the team.
In my opinion this just isn’t a good way to run an organization. Yes, sometimes, you may have a situation where you will just have to make a tough call, and it may be a decision that team members don’t especially like. But that should be the exception, not the rule. Taking a full-on dictatorial approach will cause resentment to fester, and it can destroy your best-laid employment engagement strategies.
Let Them Do What They Want
This third category of leadership is almost like the democratic approach taken to an extreme. It basically means that the “leader” leaves all authority to the employees, allowing them to call the shots without any checks or balances.
Trusting your employees to simply work however they like, whenever they like, can actually be a decent approach in smaller and younger companies; indeed, you’ll generally see this leadership style used in startup environments. In more mature companies, though, it can often lead to trouble… a lack of purpose, a lack of unity, a lack of cohesion.
Transactional Leadership
Another leadership style to consider for your organizational culture is; Transactional leadership. With this approach, employees are always rewarded on the basis of the work they do; so, the team that brings in a big new account will receive an increase in their paycheck or bonus. In other words, transactional leadership is all about incentivizing.
I believe that there are some strengths here, but also some limitations. On the one hand, it’s helpful to clearly lay out roles, responsibilities, and expectations. At the same time, it can actually encourage employees to put in bare-minimum effort they really need to do to get the desired reward.
Coaching-style Leadership
Still another form of leadership to consider is the coaching style. And yes, this works much like a sports coach: The leader will work on identifying and then honing the strengths of the team as well as each individual employee. Most of the time, a coaching-style approach will lead to each employee having a few areas of expertise; hopefully, when you bring all the skill sets of the team together, it results in something cohesive and impactful.
I think this is a fairly effective way to lead a team, and in fact it has a lot in common with my favorite leadership style, which is transformational leadership.
Bureaucratic Leadership
Another leadership style to think about is bureaucratic. Leaders who adopt this strategy strictly adhere to company policies and procedures. They may sometimes solicit employee input, but they’ll reject it any time it contradicts existing standards, practices and routines.
As with autocratic leadership, the bureaucratic approach may stifle your employees, making them feel too closely controlled; again, it can really deflate your employee engagement strategies. I’d generally recommend against it.
Transformational Leadership
Lastly, there’s transformational leadership. This is the model where you are always looking for ways to improve a company’s existing systems or processes. It is goal-oriented, participative, and aspirational.
I think it’s the best way to lead a team and develop organizational culture because it provides employees with a lot of autonomy, but also keeps everyone focused on the same big-picture objectives.
I’m proud to call myself a transformational leadership expert and coach, and one of my favorite things is talking with managers and executives about how they can adopt a transformational approach. If you’re looking to revolutionize your organizational culture, the transformational leadership style may be just what you’re looking for. Reach out and let’s talk!
Contact me at www.rickgoodman.com or call 888-267-6098, and let’s get into the details of your cultural needs.
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Why Changing Your Organizational Culture Is Not Working!
Have you ever wondered why it's so difficult to change the culture of an organization? Learn why it's so hard so you know what to do in this episode of the Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast. All companies have a culture, but not all leaders are aware of their culture. It's only when you really assess your situation and know the values and routines that drive your team and shape your business then you can truly make an organizational cultural change.
As a motivational speaker and transformational leadership expert who has worked with global organizations and Fortune 500 companies, I have discovered that there are a few reasons why organizational change fails! The number one reason I see is that leaders are not aligned with the message and vision of the organization. As I always say, “you can't sell what you don't own”! If a leader does not believe in the mission or vision, they will never be able to sell the message.
Another reason organizational change does not work is when there are no foundational elements in place. The foundational elements I'm speaking about or a statement of values and mission or vision statement that's been memorialized and shared with the whole team. Another reason I have discovered is that managers aren't empowered to do the job they are strictly in a supervisory role equipped to guide team members through the smallest of changes.
Many of the companies I work with focusing on employee engagement have told me that the employees just don't see the point in change and that's why they're not moving forward. It's critical to have open communication and share your message with your team especially when it comes to making an organizational change if it is to work.
It's important also to get your HR team involved in any type of organizational change because they will have to be dealing with key HR processes, including recruitment, onboarding and any performance management systems you have in place.
Lastly, if organizational change is going to be successful there needs to be open communication and feedback channels so that the team feels included in decisions that will affect their lives and the focus of the company.
These are just a few of the reasons why your organizational change may not be working. If you'd like to learn more, or have any specific questions, I'd be thrilled to talk with you. Reach out anytime you want to discuss the needs of your company culture and contact me directly at info@rickgoodman.com or call directly at 888-267-6098
Employee Engagement Strategy Resolutions
The year end is fast approaching and it’s time to reassess our employee engagement strategies to see what’s working and what can be improved. It doesn’t really matter if your employee engagement strategies are working well or if they’re failing! Maybe you haven’t even thought about it yet, but the time to do that is now.
Let me suggest a few different ways in which you can more effectively implement employee engagement strategies in the coming months and years with outstanding results. As an employee engagement keynote speaker, I am often asked buy fortune 500 company leaders and associations “how can they attract better employees and retain their best people?”
In this episode of “The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast” I am going to discuss how you can resolve to improve your employee engagement strategies for the future.
Resolve to Pause and Assess Your Situation:
One of the best resolutions that you can make is to be proactive about pausing to seriously think about the state of your employment engagement approach. When was last time that you really thought about what was working and what was not working in your overall strategy to employee engagement? And how frequently you discuss employee engagement strategies with the rest of the members of your leadership team?
Communication is the key the building a highly engaged employee strategy, but it takes time and effort.
Resolve to be a better goal setter and communicate those goals often:
So much of employee engagement comes down to better communication systems including the frequency with which leadership communicates with the rest of the team. It’s important to make opportunities for team members available to communicate with managers and leaders in addition to giving them the tools that they need to communicate effectively. These are all critical considerations on the D umbrella of your employee engagement strategy.
Resolve to bring in an executive coach or consultant to help you implement and improve your employee engagement strategy:
If you really want to be serious about improving your employee engagement strategies, Think about enlisting a transformational leadership expert who can come and speak with you and your team.
When you have a transformational leadership expert assess your culture and offer tips for improving your approach to employee engagement and business growth you will soon be on your way to achieving world-class results.
In fact, I’d be honored if you contacted me. Reach out anytime you’re ready to talk about employee engagement strategies. We are here to help you and your leadership team implement a successful employee engagement program which will help you retain your best team members while attracting world-class employees all in the setting of a happy and healthy work environment.
If you want to contact us and discuss this further contact Dr. Rick and his team at info@rickgoodman.com or call directly at 888-267-6098.
The Top Ten Most Effective Employee Engagement Strategies
One of the most common questions I’m asked after delivering a motivational keynote speech is; “How do I develop an employee engagement strategy at work”? It’s been my experience that one-size-fits-all employee engagement strategies are not very effective!
I do believe however there are number of key ingredients that most employee engagement strategies have in common in order to be effective. I’m going to call them my Top 10 Most Effective Employee Engagement Strategies in this episode of the Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast.
- Make sure that your employees have the right tools to perform at a high-level. Employees who don’t feel they have the right tools including computer programs and other essential technologies become apathetic and never be fully engaged.
- Investing in ongoing training: a Harvard University study recently was published and said that employees who don’t feel a Companies invested in improving their skills leaving find other avenues of work
- Employee engagement starts with on boarding. When I am working with HR professionals and business owners, I’m always telling them that the engagement process starts during the interview process. This is where you will be articulating your company culture and mission to new recruits.
- Recognition activities: Recognition activities are essential for the positive growth of your team. Everyone wants love, appreciation and respect for a job well done. People like to be told when they’re doing a good job.
- Feedback is essential to employee engagement: did you make an effort to provide employee praise and affirmation, also remember to be clear, consistent and timely with employee feedback.
- Create open lines of communication: I believe one of the keys to employee engagement is transparency and open communication. There are a number of different ways you can accomplish this, but make sure to have an open-door policy!
- What gets calendars gets done: Metrics is a crucial part of employee engagement. Your team needs to know the goals and objectives in order to increase productivity.
- Embrace your culture: one of the keys to employee engagement and retention is having a good work culture and making sure that your team understands how they play a role in the success of the organization in maintaining the company culture.
- Make opportunities to destress workplace stress and burnout are very real problems, and if you let them faster, it could eat into your employee engagement numbers. Make sure to make time for fun activities especially off-campus activities.
- Create a sense of balance: if as a leader you are out of balance it will be very difficult for your team to be in balance either. There’re a lot of ways you can provide employees with a greater sense of balance including Remote work options, flexibility to leave a little early to handle family matters and time for exercise.
As you can see, developing effective employee engagement strategy is a large undertaking. As you head into another year discover how employee engagement strategies can make your life easier today.
For more information contact us at www.RickGoodman.com or call 888-267-6098.
Why Hiring a Transformational Leadership Expert Increases Your Success!
If you’re trying to motivate your team and engage them at a high level hiring a transformational leadership expert as a consultant will increase your success. It Is been my experience as a consultant over the last 20 years that bringing in an outside transformational leadership expert helps to assess your business needs and increase your success much faster than if you’re doing it alone.
In this podcast I will discuss 10 reasons why you should hire a transformational leadership expert immediately.
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A transformational leadership expert will help you clearly define your goals and objectives.
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A Transformational leadership expert sees things from a different point of view which brings independence and credibility.
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When you hire a transformational leadership expert as a consultant you will get an unbiased and fair assessment of your business including areas for improvement
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A Transformational leadership expert can help you set benchmarks and defined your metrics so that you could monitor progress into the future.
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A good consultant can give you some examples of transformational leadership in action because they have experience from various professions and industries.
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A Transformational leadership consultant and coach will customize their coaching to meet your needs and core values.
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Hiring a transformational leadership expert can help you initiate a big change from the top of your organization to the bottom resulting in an organizational culture that is productive, happy and highly engaged.
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When you hire a transformational leadership expert can help bolster your employee engagement did you turn can reduce turnover costs.
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Once you get started focusing on thought leadership you will be able to unlock the transformational leadership mindset and become a solutions oriented leader.
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Working with the transformational leadership expert opens the doors to continuous improvement and self-satisfaction.
If you’re ready begin your path to success and higher transformational leadership expert reach out to me and let’s talk one-on-one and see how we can help you achieve your goals and objectives. Connect with us at www.RickGoodman.com
or call us directly at 888-267-6098
5 Keys to Choosing The Best Keynote Speaker
Choosing the best keynote speaker for your next meeting is one of the most important decisions you could make that can help determine the positive outcome of your meeting and a return on investment for your attendees and your organization. In fact, having the right speakers in conference lineup can help to increase your attendance numbers year after year!
There are number things that you need to know about choosing the best motivational keynote speaker for your conference. Here are five that I feel are crucial in order to make the best decision and choose the best keynote speaker.
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What will be unique and different about your speaker? Do they have a book? Is there point of view new and different?
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Will the speaker be available, or will they deliver their speech, pick up their check and head for the door?
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Does the speaker’s material fit with the theme of your event? A speaker could be World class however if their material is contrary to the goals of your event it’s not a fit.
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Will the speaker help promote the event on social media or by providing pre conference video to help increase and drive attendance?
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Will the speaker act like a diva who needs special attention making your life difficult?
These are all important considerations which will also provide you with questions to ask your potential keynote speakers in the future.
If you’re considering hiring the best motivational keynote speaker for your next meeting give us a call or connect with us by email to see how we can add value to your meeting. You can reach us at info@RickGoodman.com Or call us at 888-267-6098
6 Ways to Boost Employee Engagement
Employee engagement is critical if you want to retain and build a culture of solutions oriented leaders. In today’s podcast I will share with you six ways that you can immediately boost employee engagement and create a happy and productive work environment.
Studies today indicate that CEOs and see sweet executives agree the best way to retain and attract new employees is through ongoing Learning and development.
Here is six quick ways you can boost employee engagement in your organization
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During the on boarding process make sure that employees are fully trained and an understanding of the additional Learning opportunities available to them.
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Encourage cross functional training so that your team has an understanding of how other departments function while building their own skill sets.
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Make sure that learning an education is ingrained in your companies mission and values and continually to reinforce that message to your team.
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Bring in outside consultants and speakers to work with your group most CEOs and C-Suite executives agree that this is the most effective way to train their own teams.
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Offer flexibility to your team members who seek additional learning opportunities, after all it’s only going to help your team and you as a leader
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Encourage your team members to think outside the box. Don’t let them worry about failures because that’s always going to be a way they can learn and move to the next level.
If you would like more information on how we can help your team reach the next level contact us at info@rickgoodman.com or call 888 267-6098
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I’m often asked by leaders around the world what is transformational leadership? They hear the words used but they don’t understand the benefit or the true meaning a transformational leadership. In this episode I will share with you the benefits of having a transformational leadership culture in the five steps that you can use to implement one immediately in your organization.
In order to understand why we recommend implementing a transformational leadership culture in your organization it’s important to understand some of the benefits.
A transformational leader can enhance employee morale and performance providing a strong sense of purpose to motivate change and ultimately create a work environment it’s characterized by trust.
Five steps for implementing a transformational leadership culture:
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Focus on your situational awareness this includes performing interviews and employee assessments to determine each individual’s highest and best use within the team.
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Practice what you preach and lead by example! Teams go where you go, and your employees will always be looking to make sure that you’re doing exactly what you said you were going to do. When you are a leader that walks their talk, your team will start follow-through.
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Create an open and transparent feedback process. Make sure that process is constructive and that you have an intentional, dynamic and value adding approach to giving feedback.
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Have an open-door policy: transformational leaders that are willing to accept feedback from their employees find that their employees are more willing to cooperate and be open to change.
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Invest in the professional development of the members of your team. There’s nothing more important than constantly developing your team members and improving their skills. This long-term investment will always pay the greatest dividends including an increasing retention and attracting even more talent.
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How To Empower Your Team Members to Be Leaders Episode 27
Have you ever had people on your team that showed signs of being a great leader? In this episode you will discover for ways to empower your team to become better leaders in this episode of the solution during leader podcast.
It’s been my experience that many times there’ve been people on my team that could do a better job in certain areas of the business than I could. In the past I have micromanaged my employees and thought I could do everything on my own however that’s not a scalable model to grow your business. I discovered for ways that you can immediately empower your team to become better leaders and grow the team exponentially.
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It’s important to understand that you can’t do everything on your own if you’re going to truly scale your business. Transformational leaders who are solutions-oriented leaders understand that delegation and the development of other leaders is the key to success.
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The best transformational leaders inspire their team with a sense of vision. They make sure that their team understands the “Why” in everything they do because they understand the communication is the key to a transformational leader’s success!
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The focus of a solutions-oriented leader is to develop a culture of open communication. They understand that most employees are afraid to step up and take leadership or responsibility for fear of failure. The best transformational leaders make it clear that their employees need to speak up and express their opinions without any fear or retribution in order for the team to grow.
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A solutions-oriented leader understands that they need to make opportunities available for their team to attend professional development seminars, webinars, and even engage them with an executive coach. The more emphasis that is put on development of the leaders of our team, the more the team will grow producing a happy and healthy work environment.
As a leader your role for inspiring other leaders around you is vital. You have the ability to make positive changes on other people’s lives as well as your own. To talk with me Burger about ideas, reach out directly and connect with me at www.RickGoodman.com
or call us at 888-267-6098
The best leaders in the world understand the importance of strategic planning and their success. In this episode of the solutions aren’t leader podcasts we’re going to discuss why the best leaders have a strategic plan and the importance of the strategic planning process in their business growth and success.
There are a number of reasons why you should implement a strategic planning process in your organization. The number one reason is that no plan is the plan to fail!
It’s important to understand the definition of the strategic planning process wherein managers set short-term and long-term goals for the organization. It is also important to establish metrics in order to gauge where you are and what you need to do in order to accomplish your goals.
Benefits of strategic planning:
- It gives your team the big picture of what needs to be accomplished and why.
- It helps you to use your resources more efficiently, saving money and time.
- It helps to define your culture and the way that you do business.
- It makes team members accountable for their actions and productivity.
- It adds to the overall value of your company, Association or organization.
Six quick steps to designing a strategic plan:
- Look at past strategic planning documents and evaluate how well the business attained those goals or fell short of those goals.
- Draft a vision statement and allow input from all your key stakeholders.
- Use the vision statement as a guide to create a mission statement and the list of company values to support your strategic plan.
- Understand and assess any potential roadblocks to meeting your strategic plans, making notes of the limitations an understanding who your competitors are.
- Decide how you can to communicate your plan to the entire team in order to get buy-in.
- Last create some action steps for your team how will it work towards goals? What should the resource allocation look like? And who is ultimately responsible and accountable for that portion of the plan.
These are general considerations to think about you start to design your strategic plan. Reach out and let’s discuss your goals objectives and how we can add value to your company. You can connect with me at info@rickgoodman.com Or call us at 888-267-6098.
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Building the right leadership skills in today’s world is crucial for your success as a leader. In this episode we will discuss the importance of having the right leadership skills and the seven key leadership skills that will bring you the results you desire.
I am often asked buy leaders and executives that I coach if I believe that leaders, we’re born that way or if they have developed their skills over long period of time. I believe both are true, I think that there are some natural born leaders however they always have to develop their skills and are constantly working on themselves.
I believe there is seven key leadership skills that we need to develop in order to be successful.
Seven Key Leadership Skills for Success!
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In today’s world leaders must be agile things can change in a minute and I have to be flexible enough to respond.
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Leaders need to develop their sense of vision and be able to communicate that effectively to their team in order to achieve their goals.
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Delegation is going to be the key to a leaders success. It’s impossible for you to do everything on your own and sometimes you’re going to find people on your team that we’ll be able to do a better job than you can.
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A leader is going to have to motivate their team to reach levels they never thought possible. I always say, “teams go where you go” and “you can’t sell what you don’t own.” So, it’s imperative that you walk your talk!
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Leaders in today’s world need to be able to develop talent. You have to put the wooden before you go to get the fire out and one of the biggest mistakes leaders make is not fully training the members on their team.
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Stress management is another skill that today’s leaders need to develop. The workplace can be a stressful place and the leader needs to know how to roll with the punches. We work to live we don’t live to work, and balance is going to be the key.
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A true leader always sets the example. Your team is always going to be watching your every move so act the way you want your team to act and you will be developing Solutions oriented team.
For more information on how you can develop your leadership skills if you want to know about our executive coaching services reach out to me today and let’s chat.
You can contact me at www.RickGoodman.com
or call 888-267-6098
If you are like me there have been many times when you’ve worked hard a whole day and felt like you got nothing accomplished. There were distractions, meetings and drains on your time. I call these the productivity killers that live in your workplace.
On today’s episode of the Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast we are going to discuss four ways that you can conquer productivity killers and create more time to accomplish your most important goals and objectives with ease.
The 4 ways to conquer your productivity Killers:
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Use a time log to track your time and find out what the biggest drain on your productivity and time are throughout the week. If you do this I guarantee you will find several hours of wasted time that you can refocus to be more productive in the future.
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Give yourself a break! Taking a break throughout the day for as little as 10 minutes can help increase your productivity and decrease your stress levels. Go out and get some fresh air, stretcher muscles and come back ready to rock.
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Make sure that your meetings are productive. Wherever I speak I hear CEOs and leaders complain about the number of meetings and the time that is wasted in them. Make sure that you have a focused agenda and you know what you want to accomplish before you even begin the meeting. As many people know I’m also a big fan of the morning huddle a 15 minute meeting three times a week accomplishes a lot more than a long drawn out meeting in the middle of the day.
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Start with the one task that you dislike the most often is one of the most important tasks that you can accomplish in a day. Another great thing to do is tackle 3 to 4 mini tasks which will also give you motivation and make you feel good about yourself.
For more information and how we can help you accomplish more and grow your business send us an email to info@rickgoodman.com.
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In Today’s world the top leaders develop and protect their personal brand biggest thing know we could make them a fortune or lose everything for them in an instant. Discover six ways that you can build your personal brand that will make you stand above the crowd.
There are a number of reasons why your personal brand is so important for you as a leader. It’s not just for entrepreneurs, C-suite executives and politicians anymore. It is something that all leaders should take seriously if they want to help to motivate their team and grow their business.
Here are six steps you can take immediately to build your personal brand:
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Do a self-assessment before you start branding yourself. What are your strengths and weaknesses and where do you add value to an organization?
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Make sure to memorialize everything by writing it out! This is something personal so you don’t have to share with everyone. It will just help you to clarify who you are and what your team leadership style truly is.
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Decide how you are going to establish your thought leadership. Your personal brand needs to be in a consumable form for people to know who you are and what you are all about. This may mean keynote speeches, blogs, or any other form of social media or podcasting.
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Make sure to have an elevator pitch. This means when you meet someone whether it’s in an elevator or for a couple of minutes and they ask you what you what you do for living, you can explain with ease
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Always be authentic, or like I say be Real! People do business with people who they like or like them! It’s important to be honest and transparent in all of your communications especially when conveying your personal brand.
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Make sure to always be consistent! Always do what you say you’re going to do and make sure you always show up when you say you’re going to show up!
If you can implement the simple six steps your personal brand will quickly improve and your career Will surely advance!
Learn more about building your branding strategy or improving your leadership skills!
A Personal branding strategy can help you in advance your career. If you like to talk more about branding yourself really means, I’d love to have a conversation with you. Reach out today and contact me at www.Rick Goodman.com we’re send us an email to infor@rickgoodman.com
As an executive coach and consultant, I’m constantly asked by new team leaders and veteran team leaders about what they can do to become more effective. In this episode of the Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast I am going to share with you seven key steps you can take to become a more effective leader right away!
The best transformational leaders I know provide vision and motivation to their teams. They are certainly not perfect leaders however; they focus on constant improvement. There are seven key steps that you can take to become a more effective leader right away whether you were just beginning on your journey to become a more effective leader or are already a veteran leader who is looking to improve their skills.
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Understand your own leadership style by undergoing a self-assessment. It’s important to know the style of leadership that you use, whether your introvert or extrovert or someone who likes to delegate versus someone whose a micromanager. If you’re not sure asking friend and tell them to be honest!
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The best transformational leaders make time in their schedule to lead. I like to take what I call a walkabout in the morning and greet each and every team member to see if they need any help. Most of the time the answer is no, however I wanted to know that I have their back and that I’m interested in what they’re doing.
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You must have a good understanding of your people exclamation point! Transformational leaders take the time to engage with each member of their team really getting to know them. It’s important to another strengths and weaknesses so that you could focus them on their highest and best use within the team structure.
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The best team leaders know how to communicate effectively. It is critical that you’re intentional and the way you communicate. (https://www.rickgoodman.com/build-better-culture-key-communication/ ) Make sure you set expectations and let your team know when is the best time to communicate with you so that you could be one-on-one focused with that member of the team
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Transformational leaders are always setting the example for others. “Your team goes where you go” as I always say! They will be constantly looking at your every move so you need to set the example if you want them to follow.
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The most effective team leaders know the importance of delegation. Many times we have people on our team that can do a better job than we can. After all when the team does well the team leader looks the best. It’s important to build trust and your team, after all if you can’t trust your team members they shouldn’t be on your team.
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The best leaders make rapid decisions! After all you got a 50-50 shot if you get it wrong and make a new decision. As I say the baseball players that are in the Hall of Fame struck out 70% of the time. If you have a 300-lifetime batting average you’re most likely in the baseball Hall of Fame. However, if you don’t get up to the plate and take a swing you have no chance of getting a hit.
If you can implement these seven key steps right away you will already be in the process of becoming a more effective team leader!
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His programs on transformational leadership are legendary. Dr. Rick Goodman, CSP, is renowned as one of the most sought-after leadership and engagement experts in the world today.
His keynote presentations and breakout sessions have produced transformational results leading to engaged employees, increased productivity and, most importantly, HIGHER PROFITS.
Dr. Rick has the distinction of delivering over 1,000 presentations in all 50 states and 23 countries. He earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, which is the speaker profession’s international measure of speaking experience and skill. Fewer than one percent of all professional speakers worldwide hold this designation.
Dr. Rick is the author of three books: Living a Championship Life: A Game Plan for Success combines his success philosophy with stories compiled during his time with the Super Bowl champion St. Louis Rams; My Team Sucked: Ten Rules That Turned Them Into Rock Stars is a Small Book with Big Solutions on leadership, engagement and business growth; and his latest book, The Solutions-Oriented Leader: Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve World Class Results being published by sound wisdom books.
Dr. Rick’s writing style integrates transformational leadership stories with innovative solutions to real-world challenges. The Solutions Oriented Leader™ Book Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve Success It’s time to be part of the “Solution Revolution” and join the thousands of leaders and companies throughout the world who are becoming solution-oriented leaders.
It’s all based on the lessons in this step-by-step guide developed by author, keynote speaker, and international leadership expert Dr. Rick Goodman. You’ll discover how to Transform Your Thinking, Optimize Your Assets, and Accelerate Your Connectivity to achieve world-class balance and results in your business and in your life.
In this first-of-a-kind, comprehensive guide, author Dr. Rick Goodman leads you through the everyday challenges of the modern workplace while providing you with easy-to-implement solutions to achieve world-class results!
The Solutions Oriented Leader™ shows you how to: Implement transformational leadership tools to help you achieve balance in business and your life Utilize communication systems that increase employee engagement and workflow Develop a positive attitude that motivates your team and increases retention Handle conflict and manage workplace burnout Now you can be in control of your destiny—giving yourself permission to be successful!
You can become a leader who inspires others for a lifetime. You can harness your positive attitude and share it to propel your business to new heights. With the Solutions Oriented mindset, you now have the business and life playbook promoting productivity, boosting employee engagement, and creating a happy work environment.
ORDER THE BOOK TODAY AT:
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-…
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Solutions-Orie…
CEO READ: https://800ceoread.com/products/solut…
Seven Questions to Ask Your Potential Keynote Speaker
Hiring a keynote speaker for your next conference or meeting is a critical decision which can affect the overall outcome and success of the meeting. There are many ways to screen for potential keynote speaker and in this episode of the solutions oriented leader podcast I’m going to share with you seven questions that you can ask your potential keynote speaker that will enhance your screening process so that you can make the right choice!
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Ask the speaker how they prepare for their presentation. What is their methodology and how do they deliver their programs?
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Find out what the speaker will do to make the presentation memorable for all attendees. Ask them to give you several concrete examples.
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Find out if they interact with their audience and if they do, how did they go about it?
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Ask them about their background and professional credentials. Also, their general life experiences are important, especially if they’re going to be speaking internationally.
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Asked him what other speakers they admire especially in the industry. This will help you determine their familiarity with your industry and your attendees.
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Asked them how long they feel they’re speak should be. You never want to have a challenge with someone who runs overtime or someone who does not have enough information to present an entire keynote speech.
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Lastly, asked them why they should be chosen as the keynote speaker for your event. You want to hear their elevator speech big is a good speaker will be able to give their pitch in a short burst.
Choosing a keynote speaker represents a major commitment-So make sure to vent your candidates thoroughly to ensure the success of your meeting.
For information on Dr. Rick’s programs go to www.RickGoodman.com or send us an email to info@RickGoodman.com
His programs on transformational leadership are legendary. Dr. Rick Goodman, CSP, is renowned as one of the most sought-after leadership and engagement experts in the world today.
His keynote presentations and breakout sessions have produced transformational results leading to engaged employees, increased productivity and, most importantly, HIGHER PROFITS.
Dr. Rick has the distinction of delivering over 1,000 presentations in all 50 states and 23 countries. He earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, which is the speaker profession’s international measure of speaking experience and skill. Fewer than one percent of all professional speakers worldwide hold this designation.
Dr. Rick is the author of three books: Living a Championship Life: A Game Plan for Success combines his success philosophy with stories compiled during his time with the Super Bowl champion St. Louis Rams; My Team Sucked: Ten Rules That Turned Them Into Rock Stars is a Small Book with Big Solutions on leadership, engagement and business growth; and his latest book, The Solutions-Oriented Leader: Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve World Class Results being published by sound wisdom books.
Dr. Rick’s writing style integrates transformational leadership stories with innovative solutions to real-world challenges. The Solutions Oriented Leader™ Book Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve Success It’s time to be part of the “Solution Revolution” and join the thousands of leaders and companies throughout the world who are becoming solution-oriented leaders.
It’s all based on the lessons in this step-by-step guide developed by author, keynote speaker, and international leadership expert Dr. Rick Goodman. You’ll discover how to Transform Your Thinking, Optimize Your Assets, and Accelerate Your Connectivity to achieve world-class balance and results in your business and in your life.
In this first-of-a-kind, comprehensive guide, author Dr. Rick Goodman leads you through the everyday challenges of the modern workplace while providing you with easy-to-implement solutions to achieve world-class results!
The Solutions Oriented Leader™ shows you how to: Implement transformational leadership tools to help you achieve balance in business and your life Utilize communication systems that increase employee engagement and workflow Develop a positive attitude that motivates your team and increases retention Handle conflict and manage workplace burnout Now you can be in control of your destiny—giving yourself permission to be successful!
You can become a leader who inspires others for a lifetime. You can harness your positive attitude and share it to propel your business to new heights. With the Solutions Oriented mindset, you now have the business and life playbook promoting productivity, boosting employee engagement, and creating a happy work environment.
ORDER THE BOOK TODAY AT:
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Solutions-Orie...
CEO READ: https://800ceoread.com/products/solut...
Your team is your company’s most valuable asset! That’s why it’s so important for you as a leader to care about employee engagement. Today I’m going to share with you five key benefits of an employee engagement program and why you need to have one immediately if you want to retain your best people and attract new talent into your organization.
The five key benefits to employee engagement:
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Engagement helps increase productivity. Employees were highly engaged and have a sense of purpose and contribution on the team tend to work harder which leads to more productivity.
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Engaged employees have a stronger sense of the company mission and vision. When employees are engaged you can keep everybody on the same page, focused towards the same goals and end results.
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The more employees are engaged the more creative they become. When employees are engaged, they tend to brainstorm ideas and come up with new ways of doing things. Unengaged employees go through the motions or as I say “they look like they’re doing time”.
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With an increasing employee engagement there is a decrease in employee turnover. When employees feel like they are part of the team and they’re appreciated for their dedication and hard work they don’t quit. In fact, those employees tend to refer other team members that are just as good if not better than they are!
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Your clients and customers will know what difference if your employees are engaged and support the company mission. Employees were engaged tend to offer a higher level of customer experience. They also tend to be happier and more willing to solve problems which leads to customer satisfaction.
So, you can see how important employee engagement is to the bottom line in any organization. To find out more about implementing an employee engagement program you can contact us at info@RickGoodman.com Or call us at 888-267-6098
Dr. Rick Goodman’s Solutions Oriented Leader Book is now available to order online. In this first-of-a-kind, comprehensive guide, author Dr. Rick Goodman leads you through the everyday challenges of the modern workplace while providing you with easy-to-implement solutions to achieve world-class results!
Dr. Rick Goodman CSP is a thought leader in the world of leadership and is known as one of the most sought after team building experts in the United States and internationally.
He is famous for helping organizations, corporations, and individuals with systems and strategies that produce increased profits and productivity without having the challenges of micro managing the process. Some of Dr. Rick’s clients include AT&T, Boeing, Cavium Networks, Heineken, IBM, and Hewlett Packard.
For more information on Rick’s speaking programs, audio programs, and learning programs, contact (888) 267-6098 or Rick@rickgoodman.com, or visit www.rickgoodman.com.
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The morning huddle is a powerful tool for leaders, business owners, managers, supervisors and entrepreneurs to better communicate with their teams resulting in an increase in productivity, better communication and transparency and a happy workplace environment.
In today's episode of the solutions oriented leader podcast you will discover how to implement a morning huddle effectively to accomplish your goals and objectives while keeping your team and your clients informed and in the loop at all times.
If you haven't gotten your copy of "The Solutions Oriented Leader Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve World-Class Results" what are you waiting for? The reviews are in and they have been fantastic so far all are five-star reviews! You could pick up your copy on Amazon or Barnes & Noble in addition to independent bookstores around the country.
Here are some review from Amazon for The Solutions Oriented Leader
5.0 out of 5 stars Grab a pen and highlighter - terrific leadership advice
April 20, 2019
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase
Actionable, smart strategies and insights about leadership at every level. If you lead people - even one - you need to buy this terrific book. Read it, dog ear it, mark it up. Then start using the principles and practices with your team.
— David Newman, author of Do It! Marketing and creator of the Speaker Profit Formula
5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Nails It
April 28, 2019
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase
This book takes a hard look at leadership from a unique angle. There are so many authors who write on leading others but Dr. Rick Goodman has taken his sports medicine background - and the time he spent in the Ram's locker room - and brought it to life. I really enjoyed this one.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great lessons on changing your corporate culture
April 24, 2019
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase
As a leader I’m always looking for new things that I can do to motivate and engage with my team. in the first few chapters I got 10 ideas and action steps that I could use instantly to help improve the culture at my company. I highly recommend it to women who lead!
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is for real.
April 26, 2019
Format: Kindle Edition
Most books on leadership are full of platitudes. You know, the “it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog” kind of nonsense. But this book is different. Author and leadership consultant Rick Goodman has written a book full of actionable information on how to be a leader, how to employ leadership, and how to foster leadership in the people who report to you. What’s more, the book is organized so carefully that after you’ve read through it, it’s easy to use the book as a reference guide and quickly refer back to whatever issue, problem or point you need clarification on. I enjoyed reading Goodman’s book and I learned a lot. I believe you will too.
I am also so excited to announce That “The Solutions Oriented Leader” is now a skill on Amazon ALEXA and you can click on the link below to enable regular flash briefings on leadership, employee engagement and business growth strategies.
ALEXA Link:
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Carolyn Strauss sold over one million dollars of her Carolyn Strauss clothing line on Home Shopping Network in just one day! Today she is going to share the three keys for selling to woman and she should know!
In 1997, Carolyn Strauss created the Carolyn Strauss Collection later rebranded as CSC Studio and spent 18 years as the inspiration, CEO and on camera spokesperson exclusively sold on the Home Shopping Network. She created “easy wear, easy care clothing for busy women, so that after they get dressed in the morning, they don’t have to think about themselves for the rest of the day.” Her experience running this multi-million clothing company gives her the credibility and flexibility and knowledge to speak and train all over the world.
Carolyn Strauss has studied and worked with some of the foremost experts in the world on gender communication, transacting in the marketplace and voice dialogue. Through years of continuous practice, study and learning, Carolyn brings unmatched expertise to serve her clients. Her passion to create workplaces that support team members, the executive suite and the goals of the business is evident, and she communicates her hard earned knowledge to each of her clients with a keen sense of humor and an engaging delivery.
Through a lifetime of entrepreneurial ventures, a successful modeling career, years of retail experience and a television career, Carolyn has a varied background where she has been exposed to nearly every type of enterprise. This unique set of experiences has honed her ability to work successfully with almost any type of business.
To Contact or Book Carolyn7555 W Amherst Ave. Suite 36371
Denver, CO 80236carolyn@carolynstrauss.com
303.578.2362
I am also so excited to announce That “The Solutions Oriented Leader” is now a skill on Amazon ALEXA and you can click on the link below to enable regular flash briefings on leadership, employee engagement and business growth strategies.
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Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you’re not, I want to encourage you to do that today. I don’t want you to miss an episode. I’m adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the mix and if you’re not subscribed there’s a good chance, you’ll miss out on those. Click here to subscribe in iTunes!
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There are many ways that world champion athletes and teams stay motivated to succeed and win the big game. However, few can compare to the power of self-talk and affirmation which are the topics that we will discuss in this episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast.
Dr. Rick Goodman’s Solutions Oriented Leader Book is now available to order online. In this first-of-a-kind, comprehensive guide, author Dr. Rick Goodman leads you through the everyday challenges of the modern workplace while providing you with easy-to-implement solutions to achieve world-class results!
Dr. Rick Goodman CSP is a thought leader in the world of leadership and is known as one of the most sought after team building experts in the United States and internationally.
He is famous for helping organizations, corporations, and individuals with systems and strategies that produce increased profits and productivity without having the challenges of micro managing the process. Some of Dr. Rick’s clients include AT&T, Boeing, Cavium Networks, Heineken, IBM, and Hewlett Packard.
For more information on Rick’s speaking programs, audio programs, and learning programs, contact (888) 267-6098 or Rick@rickgoodman.com, or visit www.rickgoodman.com.
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Many of us have to deal with difficult personality styles in our professional and personal lives. In order to master and manage our communication effectively to achieve the maximum results we must understand what make these styles difficult and how we can use them to drive solutions for our clients and customers.
The four personality style that we will examine in this episode are:
Victims
Complainers
Egomaniacs
Absentees
Although there are many different personality styles that we need to manage in our careers, these are the ones I most commonly see while working as a consultant for Fortune 500 companies.
Today on the Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast we are going to discuss the number one way you can connect and engage with your team!
Are you communicating and connecting with the people on your team?
Are you talking more than you're listening
In today's email driven world communication is sometimes a one-way conversation instead of a dialogue.
We need to have more conversations with the people on our team and create more of a dialogue to get the information that might possibly take us to the next level.
The reality is that the people doing work for us are in touch with what they're doing on a regular basis.
Sometimes they see things that us leaders don't generally see so we've got to have that dialogue, that conversation and it's the best way to get feedback from the people on your team.
Just remember what my grandmother says we have two ears and one mouth to listen twice as much as we speak.
When you start to listen twice as much as you use too, you can start to hear twice as much as you've heard before and you'll be able to take action on twice as many projects than you ever have before.
The end results double the production, success and satisfaction.
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How to Use Conflict to Make a Connection!
Many times, leaders would rather avoid conflict than to confront it. As I said before I believe that conflict can be good and can even help us to make a connection with our team. On this episode of the solutions oriented leader podcast we are going to discuss how we can take conflict and use it to make a connection by taking a number of steps.
It's always important to start with a self-assessment and look in the mirror to decide what type of personality do you have and what is the best way that people can communicate with you. Once you have this figured out you need to communicate that to your employees.
It's also important to be mindful of your habits and communicate them to your teammates and family and remember that people think and buy from emotion. So, if you truly want to connect with people even when you're involved in the conflict you have to think about your emotions and also their emotions.
When a transformational leader begins to confront conflict, they will soon start to see conflict dissipate and engagement in connection begin.
Check out this episode to find out more how you can use conflict to make a connection.
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What is a Resilient Leader
What is a resilient leader? Many times, I'm asked what some of the most important traits are that a leader can possess? My first answer is always persistence and resiliency! A person who is resilient maintains a positive attitude and is always looking for opportunities even when business is down.
On today's solutions oriented leader podcast we are going to examine what is true resiliency and how will it help you to achieve your goals as a leader. If you are looking to achieve more of your goals as a leader make sure to check out the solutions-oriented leader book which is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com and all other fine bookstores.
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The Seven Traits of a Resilient Leader
Many studies have indicated the importance of resilience is both an individual and leadership trait. On today’s solutions-oriented leader podcast you will discover seven traits of resilient leader. A resilient leader is a person who sees failure as temporary setbacks and they believe they can recover from them quickly. They always maintain a positive attitude and a strong sense of opportunity during tough times.
When a resilient leader faces a roadblock, they find a way to move forward and avoid getting stuck. Many resilient leaders are also transformational leaders who are constantly looking to develop other leaders in their organizations who could provide solutions that achieve excellent results.
Here is a list of the Seven Traits of a Resilient Leader:
- Powerful Communication:
Resilient Leaders have an ability to communicate their message in a powerful manner so that their team members understand the challenges of any situation and are developing solutions for a positive outcome.
- Resilient Leaders Are Coachable:
Any great athlete or entertainer or businessperson knows the importance of constant improvement. This is the case for resilient leaders they are open to feedback and often ask others for feedback also. Once they receive the feedback, they also demonstrate an ability to take action in a positive way. They are truly transformational leaders.
- They Are Risk Takers:
Resilient leaders understand that with no risk there is no reward they understand that to be very successful you have to take risks sometimes. They understand if you continue to do the same thing you can get stuck in a rut.
- They Develop Other Leaders:
Resilient Leaders understand the importance of developing other leaders. Developing everyone helps them to learn from their mistakes. It is been demonstrated that leaders who want feedback for themselves are more likely to give productive feedback and coaching to others, because they want honest feedback as well.
- They Believe in Change:
Resilient Leaders overruling the change in their able to provide leadership to ensure that the organizational culture is one that is change oriented. Resilient leaders embrace change and also encourage other members of their team to embrace change also.
- They Are Relationship Builders:
Resilient Leaders build strong teams by creating strong and positive relationships with members of their team. Individuals may be willing to make changes but requires a positive environment and supportive relationships to be able to make that change successfully.
- They Are Decisive:
Resilient Leaders understand that making decisions is always difficult because no person has all the data or understands everything. They also understand that organizations cannot move forward until a decision gets made. The most resilient leaders are effective at making decisions moving forward. They make the wrong decision; they are quick to make a different decision and move in another direction.
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Building Your Team with Remote Employees
I believe that if you are going to have remote employees you must bring them together for a team building exercise at minimum once a year. When done right, these activities can improve communication, foster cohesion, and bolster morale.
It’s a lot harder to include employees in your group activities when those employees don’t work in the same building—or in some cases, when they don’t even work in the same town!
Here are three quick solution to help you build virtual or remote teams successfully.
Build Rapport One of the disadvantages of being a remote employee is that you don’t get to participate in everyday small talk, like on-campus employees do. Make it a point to go around to each employee, and especially each remote employee, and ask them something about their family or about how their week is going.
Set up meetings off-site. With Wi-Fi accessibility, it’s easier than ever for your employees to spend an hour or two working outside the office—in a Starbucks, for instance. This can be a good way to include employees who live in the same community but don’t come into the office each day. Set up an afternoon for employees to get together in an external location—somewhere the remote employees can be in the mix!
Create a Buddy or Mentor System A simple suggestion: If you have a project requiring two people, encourage one in-house person to work alongside a remote employee. Have them get together over Skype or Facetime to work on the assignment together. Simply facilitating these partnerships can be very valuable to building team cohesion!
Of course, one final suggestion is to contact a team building expert who can come in and make some specific recommendations—and that’s something I’d love to help with. Reach out now and let’s talk about your company culture and team building needs.
You can contact me at www.rickgoodman.com or call 888-267-6098.
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5 Tips for Making Your Day More Productive
I’ve talked before about the importance of having the right morning routine—It’s not enough to have a to-do list these days. What we really need to do is think about when you’re going to do things according to highest and best use of our time
Here are Five Actions that you can take to make your day more productive!
Plan your weeks in advance. Let’s start with the big picture: You should begin each week with a clear agenda, including the major projects you need to complete or commitments you need to uphold. Write down what your main areas of focus need to be each day and stick to it.
Set daily goals. It’s good to have long-term goals, but I also recommend having three to five main things you want to achieve each day. Review those items as your day begins, and block it off in your schedule. It’s always wise to structure your day around the biggest goals.
Schedule uninterrupted work time. You can’t simply hope for a block of time to do creative work and get things done. You actually put it on your schedule, then turn off your phone and desktop alerts so that you can make it happen. Many studies suggest the best time to schedule uninterrupted work time is in the morning.
Schedule administrative tasks. Checking email, listening to voicemails, updating your company’s social media—these “little” things can really eat into your productive time. That’s why I recommend setting aside one or two times each day where you focus on these things—maybe in the morning and then again before you leave the office.
Plan meetings for the afternoon. If you have your creative time in the morning, then you can save administrative tasks—including meetings and conference calls—for the afternoon, which is when a lot of us start to lose a little steam anyway.
Those are just some of the action steps that you can take to make your day more productive!
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Hi this is Dr. Rick Goodman international leadership expert, keynote speaker and author of the Amazon Kindle best-selling book The Solutions Oriented Leader in this episode of the Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast our topic is "Why Leaders Fail"
There are many reasons why leaders fail, however in this episode I'm going to examine four of the most common reasons that I have found over the last 30 years to be the core reasons why leaders fail.
1.They Lack Self-Awareness
I have discovered that many leaders lack self-awareness of their behaviors or their communication styles. In order to be a successful leader, you have to be aware of your communication and be prepared for life of never-ending improvement.
2.They lack communication skills the drive engagement in connection
Some leaders communicate through social media, email, texts and tweets when real engagement is through connection and conversation.
3.They Fail to Communicate across All Generations
Many leaders fail to communicate across all generations instead of just the ones that they like to spend the most time with. That's the easy thing to do! Stepping out of your comfort zone is a hard thing to do, but that's what true leaders do.
4.They Fail to Connect with People on a Personal and Emotional Level
A leader must touch people personally and emotionally with their vision and their goals. Emotions drive sales, productivity and direction. The key is to be forthcoming and transparent with yourself and your message.
For more information on how you could bring Dr. Rick Goodman into your organization for keynote speech, a leadership workshop or executive consulting and coaching contact rick@rickgoodman.com
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There are many things that we get wrong about company culture. Today I am going to share and dispel four myths that are frequently discussed by the business community around the world so that you can be aware of them and develop your own solutions and results!
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I've written so many times about the importance of company culture and in fact many of my keynote speeches recently are focused on that general theme also on how it can be a tool for your recruiting how it helps with engagement and how it improves performance and gives your company and your team the competitive edge in order to compete in today's very competitive environment.
As a business leader you can't just overhaul your old company culture with a simple decree, you can't just say this is what we’re going to be doing moving forward especially if you been doing it differently for many years.
Even before we implement a program to begin to change the culture in any organization, we first must assess what some of weakest areas that need improvement may be found.
It has been my experience as a consultant who has implemented transformational leadership systems into companies around the world successfully for over thirty years that there are four common areas that we all need to focus on to improve workplace culture.
Here are a few:
Ensure that employees are empowered to make decisions:
- Employees quickly get discouraged when they feel like they don’t have the ability to make decisions.
Align your employees with the mission of the company
- Show each person how his or her role aligns with the big picture.
Allow your employees to innovate
- One of the hallmarks of a strong company culture is that employees feel like they have room to try new things and potentially fail. If your response to failure is punishment, employees will never try anything daring or new.
Create a culture of feedback.
- Your team members want to feel like they can come to you with their new ideas and projects. Be willing to listen and hear them out without getting defensive and give them honest feedback.
Once you have assessed how you are doing there are a few simple steps that you can take to start improving your workplace culture immediately.
1.Talk to your employees.
Simply by involving your employees in regular communication, you’ve already made your culture better.
2.Be Flexible.
Think about ways to inject some flexibility into your employee experience.
3.Encourage professional development.
This can be as simple as providing some flexibility for employees who want to pursue some continuous education courses.
4.Recognize employees.
There are a number of ways in which you can recognize employees, whether it’s by giving them the day off on their birthday; creating an Employee of the Month honor; or simply giving public shout-outs for employees who make a difference.
5.Make room for innovation.
Consider ways in which you can give your team members more room to try new things and innovate new solutions—without the fear of failure. Often, this is what gets people excited about coming into work.
For Information on how Dr. Rick Goodman can help your organization improve their organizations workplace culture contact us at info@rickgoodman.com or call us direct at 888-267-6098.
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Dr. Rick Goodman International leadership expert and author of the book The Solutions Oriented Leader, sits down to have a conversation with MISL great and St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame member Daryl Doran. Daryl Doran (born March 29, 1963) is a U.S. indoor soccer player. His 827 games are the most of any player in American professional indoor soccer history. Doran previously coached the St. Louis Ambush in the Major Arena Soccer League from 2013–2015.
Today, Daryl discusses what was behind the making of a champion and a championship team.
Please let us know what you would like to hear on the show and we will do our best to make it happen!
Dr. Rick Goodman has recently released his latest book The Solutions Oriented Leader Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve World Class Results which is available at Barnes and Noble, Amazon and Audible.com to contact Dr. Rick email us at info@rickgoodman.com
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Hi this is Dr. Rick Goodman and welcome to another episode to solutions oriented leader podcast today
I'm going to share with you seven ways that you can grow your leadership skills right now to achieve world-class results.
Sometimes I am asked by new leaders and people that are just getting opportunities to grow especially new college graduates how do I get ahead what's important for me to learn?
I was just reading a study from Price Waterhouse Coopers that 77% of new CEOs are looking for two key skills and those skills are innovation and creativity. What I've also found out is that leaders are not born, leaders are developed!
Sometimes you can have somebody with natural leadership skills, however, most of us out there have got to learn to develop our skills on a regular basis. I will also let you know that my skills were not very good right from the beginning.
In my new book The Solutions Oriented Leader I discuss how I went through over 200 front desk assistants my first two years of practice because my communication skills were quite poor and what I was missing is one common key that I've seen that is missing from so many would-be leaders on this planet and that is self-awareness!
It took me over 200 people revolving through my doors and one employee who came into my office and said if you ever speak to me like that again I'm out here for me to realize that it wasn't them it was me!
I needed to work on my communication skills so one of the first things that I decided to do was go around and meet people that were doing the things that I wanted to do! They were the leaders that I wanted to be and they also possessed certain skills and the first skill that they possessed was a self-awareness.
One of the first things that you could do in order to improve your leadership skills is take a leadership assessment go get out there and assess yourself. You can use a DISC assessment or you can go to the solutions oriented leader.com and take the free leadership style assessment
When we are doing consulting and coaching with individuals and corporations, we give people assessments right up front!
To learn more about our coaching and consulting programs contact us at 888-267-6098 or write us at info@rickgoodman.com
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