Many organizations just don’t get it. Supervisors are key to employee retention. All too often, leaders allow poor supervisors to churn through great employees without intervening. In this video, we lend our thoughts in a way that might help sway you or other decision-makers about the dangers of allowing poor supervisors to remain unchecked.

You probably cringe, too, when the boss refers to you and your colleagues as “family.”

Dysfunctional family, maybe. Your team at work isn’t your family, and referring to it as such is problematic.

As leaders, we can’t be all things to every employee. But, there are some basics to what employees do and don’t want from us. We’ve compiled a brief list for you.

Have you noticed that most organizations change their strategy a bit each year, yet they rarely change their organizational structure? When the organizational structure doesn’t fit the strategy, we can expect supoptimized results. We discuss the issue in this article and offer advice on realigning the effort.

It’s hard to get good feedback. Many leaders are unwilling to take the time or risk, to be honest with their employees.

It’s not right, but it’s common. Here are a few ways to feed the feedback need.

Sure, it’s hard to point out seemingly small things to an employee. No one wants to be accused of micro-managing. However, being proactive in correcting small things can ultimately benefit the employee.

This article gives some tips for being helpful without being micro.