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Eric Swenson's Letter to Leaders
Eric's "Letter to Leaders" covers current leadership and workforce topics.
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Dec 11, 20202 min read
Letter to Leaders – The Gratitude Reset
We’re still here. It’s kind of hard to think about everything we’ve gone through this year, isn’t it? I was talking with my coach this...
Nov 5, 20202 min read
Letter to Leaders – November 2020
Anxious much? I can’t imagine why. After all, we just “kinda sorta” concluded the most dramatic presidential election in history. We’re...
Sep 30, 20202 min read
There are No More Rules
Tomorrow, the final quarter of the year begins. For lots of people, the year’s end can’t some soon enough. For others, it’s more of “what...
Feb 6, 20203 min read
How I Learned To Delegate
The best lesson I ever learned on delegation came in 1997. I was running teams for AAA (the Automobile Club) in our Burbank and Glendale...
May 20, 20193 min read
The Best Performance Review I’ve Ever Seen
Ditch the old way you’ve been doing things and get back to basics. Performance metrics should set your standard, so people will do the...
Jul 29, 20112 min read
The Importance of Your First Job
The first job a person gets is, in many ways, the most important job you’ll ever have. If – that is – you look upon it as what is should...
Jul 20, 20102 min read
Ten Truths for the Boss
Anyone who’s read this blog over the years, or who knows me personally, is aware that one of my heroes is Michael Josephson. Mr....
Mar 4, 20102 min read
Employee Communication is a 2-Way Street
The most frequent criticism of management, in every 360 survey we’ve done (and seen on a national basis) is “I don’t get enough feedback...
Oct 27, 20081 min read
Employee Morale and the Economic Crisis
From the incomparable Tom Peters: Tough times are in fact golden opportunities to get the drop, and the longterm drop at that, on those...
Sep 15, 20081 min read
Onboarding a New Employee
Employee turnover is a major reason why businesses don’t succeed. There is an enormous cost to replace a new employee – from recruiting...
May 27, 20081 min read
How To Become A Caring Boss
Maureen Moriarty, a Seattle-based executive coach, offers some excellent tips for becoming a more ‘caring’ boss in this article in the...
Mar 17, 20082 min read
Perenchio’s Rules of the Road
Jerry Perenchio is one of the savviest managers I’ve ever seen. He is a multi-billionaire through a long career ranging from a...
Feb 4, 20081 min read
Dealing With Problem Employees
The Employment Law Alliance conducted a study showing that 44% of all employees have violated workplace rules or regulations. No surprise...
Feb 4, 20081 min read
Sharing Information With Your Employees
Believe it or not, some bosses are loathe to share corporate information with their rank-and-file employees. There are so many good...
Jan 11, 20081 min read
Discrimination and the Costs To Employers
Even a careless remark by a supervisor or employee can create huge discrimination lawsuits. In one case, a woman was awarded back pay,...
Dec 26, 20071 min read
Re-Connecting With Your Employees
When I received my first promotion in 1990, my fellow workers repeated the same phrase to me that we’d done with all the other ‘suits’:...
Dec 5, 20071 min read
How To Host a Company Party
Fisher & Phillips is out with their annual “Top Ten Ways To Host a Holiday Party“, written by Michael Mitchell. It’s excellent and...
Oct 19, 20071 min read
A Democratic Workplace
Wow. Many of the things Traci Fenton is talking about go to the core of today’s modernized management principles, but in a much more...
Oct 16, 20071 min read
Office Romance and The Employer
I generally advise clients to adopt a ‘bright line’ approach to employee romances; that is, prohibit supervisors from dating direct...
Sep 21, 20074 min read
Immigration Enforcement Affecting Small Businesses
Here is a reprint of an article recently forwarded to me and is used with the permission of Clark & Trevithick. What do temporary...
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