The best leadership tips often come from the stories of great leaders. In this story You’ll see how George Washington’s leadership tip was to put his troops first. Travel with me, if you will, to 1777, to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. George Washington has just suffered another brutal defeat by the British Army, who have conquered…
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 secret to great leadership strategies begins with positive reinforcement. Now, I’m not talking about employee…
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 have committed employees who deliver the results we need in business we have to…
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 Leadership development and how it affects employee behavior. The words “I quit” have…
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 things that “roll downhill” are expected to be unpleasant, negative, or punishing. This is why…
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. Next we see a bunch employees goofing off only to be mauled and tackled by Terry…
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 and shared a wonderful story with me of what happened to him while he was waiting…
Here are the questions for the story – “Basic Training” – which will appear in the April issue of CANVAS magazine. The story looks at how companies can incubate new age employees and build the right team for their respective markets (in this case, the printing services industry). Do generational gaps exist? Generational gaps are…
I always enjoy hearing when readers liked “Green Beans and Ice Cream” so much that they had to share it. Cindy Worell, a branch manager at Prospect Mortgage in Massachusetts, recently sent me an email saying she did just that. Worell’s family has been involved in fundraising for a number of community groups for the past 10 years,…
The lights flickered and went out. There I was, about to give my Green Beans & Ice Cream presentation at the American Society of Safety Engineers Seminar Fest, and it was completely dark. My presentation was at the LVH, the Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, where Elvis Presley once played 837-sold out shows. At this…
A new venture unfolds with The Paradies Group When Greg Harmon with The Paradies Group invited me to a book signing at the Atlanta International Airport, I was honored. Both Charlotte and Atlanta are my “second home” as I connect to travel around the world, and I felt like they would be a great place…
The ability to motivate employees is one of the greatest skills an entrepreneur can possess. Two years ago, I realized I didn’t have this skill. So I hired a CEO who did. Josh had 12 years in the corporate world, which included running a major department at Comcast. I knew he was seasoned, but I was still…
From CBSNews It’s graduation time and once again we say “Stand back all bosses!” A new breed of American worker is about to attack everything you hold sacred: from giving orders, to your starched white shirt and tie. They are called, among other things, “millennials.” There are about 80 million of them, born between 1980…
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”Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator and feel better” is something we often hear or read in the Sunday papers. Few people actually follow that advice. Can we get more people to take the stairs over the escalator by making it fun to do?
