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John Graci
Apr 30, 20203 min read
You Pay for Training Whether You Intend To or Not
How often have you seen managers shorten the length of employee training in order to get the employees back to the floor sooner?
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20202 min read
Using Memos to Address Poor Performance Hurts Your Credibility
How many times have you been on the receiving end of a “shotgun memo”?
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Is it ever ok to be friends with an employee?
At some point, all managers will struggle with the issue of becoming friends with an employee.
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20202 min read
Walking the Walk: Leaders as Role Models
Sometimes, as we find ourselves caught up in the daily grind, we lose track of a simple fact: leaders, you are a role model!
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20202 min read
Delegating the Deck Work: Effective Delegation in Your Workplace
A few years back, my wife asked me to stain our large backyard deck. It’s an enormous task, needing no less than 8 hours to complete, and...
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20202 min read
Cool Hand Leadership: 3 Steps to Avoid Failures to Communicate
No matter how open your lines of communication are, sooner or later a miscommunication is bound to occur.
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Faith Over Fear: Empowering Employees to Better Your Business
Authority. It is the confidence and power to act and make decisions. It is, at the basic level, empowerment.
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20202 min read
Into the Unknown: Preparing Employees to Handle Change
People fear the unknown—your employees are no exception. We like to know where we stand. It’s why people develop habits and routines.
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20202 min read
Hit and Run: Avoiding Drive-By Assignments
It goes by many names: drive-by assignments, the dump and run. We may call it something different, but we know it when we see it.
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Stay Interviews and You
It’s safe to say that we’re all familiar with Exit Interview when an employee makes the decision to leave their current position and company
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Good to Great: Communicating With Your Employees
Experience show that a factor for employees deciding to seek out new employment rests in those employees feeling seen, validated and valued
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Influential Leadership: Building up Through Humility
After all, leadership is about influencing the people around you.
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Employees: Your Number One Renewable Resource
If you had to pick one of these resources, which do you think is the most vital?
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20202 min read
Don’t Reward Employees for Poor or Unwanted Behavior!
Picture this: a scheduled meeting is due to start at 8am. But by 8, only 60% of your team has arrived. What to do?
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Leaders, Do Not Punish Employees for Doing What You Asked!
Punishing an employee for doing what you wanted them to do? Sounds absurd! And it is absurd—absurdly common, that is.
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20203 min read
The Gray Zone
Let’s face it: we live in an either-or society. You’re either with Us, or you’re with Them. You are either for it, or you are against it.
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Leaders, Don’t Punish the Many for the Mistakes of the Few!
All for one, and one for all! This saying might work for the Three Musketeers, but when it comes to disciplining your employees it might no
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Leaders: Think Your Employees Trust You? Think Again!
We trust complete strangers to drive our loved ones and us around via Uber and Lyft, it might seem like common sense to think that trust is
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20202 min read
Leaders, Your Time is NOT Worth More Than Others!
Part of becoming a good leader is learning how to respect the time and work of the people who report to them. Leaders have lots of tools...
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John Graci
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Band-Aid Leadership
In my work as a leadership speaker, sometimes I must ask clients, “do you want me to give you what you want, or give you what you need?”
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