GBL Blog
10
Oct
Thanks for sharing this story Robert… another touching reminder of the importance of safety & positive reinforcement in our lives. – Bill Sims Robert’s...
17
Sep
Bill Sims, Jr, President of Bill Sims Company and Ben WIlson, Managing Director of Wilson Consulting Group announced the formation of Global Safety Institute, at...
11
Mar
“While doing some spring cleaning, I came across this letter to OSHA from a few years back. As we all know, OSHA made lagging incentives illegal...
1
Feb
Buddy the golden retriever is an expert in behavior change and positive reinforcement. Buddy’s master is a perky lady named Misty who heard my Greenbean...
29
Aug
The questions now being asked by business leaders around the world are very similar. How can we succeed now and into the future? How can...
16
Apr
Chris, Brandon and Javier were my best employees when I worked as a superintendent years ago… Javier was a devoted “family man” who seldom consumed...
12
Mar
Got this letter from the president of a midwestern energy company . . . I was in your breakout session in Fort Worth at the NRECA...
22
Jan
Think about it. We can try our best to give specific, focused reinforcement all day long. But if people don’t trust us, our re- inforcement...
22
Jan
Proper employee engagement is critical; sometimes conventional methods need to be re-examined to ensure the right effect. While surveying the employees of one of the top...
20
Jan
It’s a business no-brainer that happy employees make better employees. But how do you get happy employees to deliver their best work on a consistent...
May
26
2015
The best leadership strategies are the ones that cause you to be better at developing committed employees. Employee performance is that extra something you’ve been looking for to move profitability, quality, safety and customer satisfaction to the next level.
The...
May
22
2015
Every leader wants to know how to design their business for success, but what few realize is that business is behavior. That means that in order to improve the results you’re getting, you have to change the behavior of...
May
11
2015
Positive Reinforcement Systems For Leadership Development
Every leader or manager’s nightmare is a recognition program that is perceived as playing favorites. We’ve all heard employees or coworkers remark about how they do twice the work of someone else, but the...
May
11
2015
How To Get Results From Employees
Employee performance is a key element in the success of any business. Every leader wants to know how to get results from employees. Every leader wants employees who are committed, but in order to...
May
11
2015
Leadership Development Systems
Leadership Development Systems are crucial for the success of any business. Management style plays a key role in employee engagement and ultimately in the employees attitude towards the business and it’s customers, quality, safety, etc…
Harnessing The Remarkable...
May
11
2015
EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION IS AS IMPORTANT AS A PAYCHECK
I was asked to travel to Puerto Rico to give a keynote presentation to a group of CEOs.
After arriving at the airport in San Juan, I had to board a bus and take...
Apr
07
2015
How To Change Employee Behavior
Bill Sims first book "Green Beans and Ice Cream" is garnering rave reviews and is available at Greenbeanleadership.com and on Amazon.com
I would like to thank you for taking just a few minutes to chat with me about...
Nov
30
2014
How leadership affects behavior
Leadership always has an affect on Employee behavior, but great leadership understanding how to use Positive reinforcement in the workplace to reinforce the behaviors that drive profitability.
Positive reinforcement may seem like an obvious thing for a...
Sep
23
2014
How do your employees behave when you're not looking?
It is clear that in most work environments, there is a gap between employee and management. There tends to be a lack of openness and trust on the part of the employees, and...
Sep
20
2014
Some anonymous soldier once observed that when bad things happen to the leadership, somthing bad inevitably happens to the soldiers in his command. The principle was immortalized in an expression about the stuff that rolls downhill.
For many people, the...
Aug
10
2014
In an award winning Super Bowl commercial, Reebok poked fun at “tough guy” leadership styles. “We asked Reebok to help us improve office productivity, we had no idea how effective their methods would be” says the CEO in the commercial....
Aug
10
2014
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Jul
09
2014
This week I received some great feedback from a friend in Australia who is spreading the “Green Beans & Ice Cream” message to the leadership in his company. Stephen works as a business improvement adviser for a company in Australia...