Increasing Leadership Influence & Employee Engagement with Perry Holley

Increasing Engagement: Are You a FROM Leader or a FOR Leader?

John Maxwell commented that John Wooden wanted more FOR his players that he wanted FROM his players. Can you say that about the individuals on your team?

Manage Your TeamPerry HolleyJanuary 28, 2020Leadership, employee engagementComment

5 Tips for Developing the Discipline Required for Remarkable Success

Why do we often struggle with the daily disciplines required to do what needs to be done to get where we want to go? Why Does it Require Discipline to be Disciplined?

Manage YourselfPerry HolleyJanuary 21, 2020Leadership, personal leadership, personal growth, personal developmentComment

8 Reasons Why the Feedback You Are Giving is NOT Helping

You may have the best intentions when you deliver feedback to your team, but the interpretation of the one receiving the feedback is really all that matters.

Manage Your TeamPerry HolleyJanuary 14, 2020Leadership, feedback, high performanceComment

If You Don’t Like Feedback, You’ll Like a Disengaged Team Even Less

For your team to be highly engaged and the people of your team to be personally motivated, they need to know that what they do matters and that they are making progress in their ability to do their job.

Manage Your TeamPerry HolleyJanuary 7, 2020Leadership, feedback, employee engagementComment

52 Tuesdays and Now We Start Again

I made a commitment to myself to publish an article every Tuesday in 2019. Today is the 52nd Tuesday and I am happy to report that I did it, but not without struggles and learnings.

Are You Answering a Question or Solving a Problem?

How often are we guilty of being quick to answer someone’s question without taking the time to understand what they are really asking?

Guiding BehaviorsPerry HolleyDecember 24, 2019Leadership, influence, personal growthComment

One Year From Today

If I have heard one person say it, I have heard a dozen say, “I can’t believe it’s 2020 already!” As we begin a new decade, what would you need to do to make real progress in your life one year from today?

7 Ways to Make Your Team Better Because You are There

Is your team better because of you? Whether you are a member of the team or the leader of the team, you can use these 7 ways to develop your influence and take the team to the next level.

Manage Your TeamPerry HolleyDecember 9, 2019Leadership, influence, mindset, employee engagementComment

Does a Leader Need to Develop Cultural Intelligence?

Cultural intelligence allows me to suspend my assumptions and my quick rush to judgment and instead exhibit more patience, empathy, and understanding.

Manage YourselfPerry HolleyDecember 4, 2019Leadership, culture, cultural intelligenceComment

5 Questions Coaching Leaders Use to Teach Decision Making

Delegating the act of making decisions is the ultimate coaching-leader activity. Just like my parents coaching me on how to make the decisions instead of them, you need to be regularly working to develop the skill of decision making in the people on your team.

Manage Your TeamPerry HolleyNovember 26, 2019Leadership, influence, high performanceComment

5 Hallmarks of Elite Level Performers

Becoming and remaining an elite performer is something that takes work, discipline, and courage. It doesn’t come to those who don’t embrace these five hallmarks.

Manage YourselfPerry HolleyNovember 19, 2019Leadership, high performanceComment

Building a Winning Culture Through Standards & Expectations

Whether your team is at home or work, a culture will develop. The question is, will you (the leader) design the culture you want or default to the culture that appears.

Manage Your Team, Manage Your BusinessPerry HolleyNovember 12, 2019Leadership, Culture, employee engagement, excellenceComment

Is it Your Job as a Leader’s to Motivate Your Team?

Is it the job of a leader to motivate his or her team? No, but there is a lot a leader can do to help the members of his or her team find motivation within themselves. 8 Ways to Increase Motivation.

Manage Your TeamPerry HolleyNovember 5, 2019motivation, Leadership, influence Comment

10 Strategies for Becoming a World-Class Networker

It’s easy to think you are too busy to network, but it really is the lifeblood of great leadership, and it is the way opportunity magically finds a way to appear.

Manage Your BusinessPerry HolleyOctober 29, 2019networking, LeadershipComment

The Vulnerable Leader: Increasing Influence, Connection & Engagement

Vulnerability in leadership is being talked about a lot these days. And in many cases, it is still viewed as something to be avoided. Vulnerability done correctly can be a leader’s best friend.

Manage Your TeamPerry HolleyOctober 23, 2019vulnerable, Leadership, personal leadership, employee engagementComment

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