Team Development

Manager’s Guide To Bridging The Credibility Gap At Work

By Howardco on Apr 4, 2024 in Employee Engagement, Everything DISC, Team Development | 0 comments

Access to credible and timely information is not just important—it’s one of the pillars of business success. It empowers leaders like you to make decisions that drive growth, respond effectively to market demands, and drive strategies across all functions, from operations to HR. But let’s face it, having information alone isn’t enough. How that...

Transform Retention With 5 Key Strategies

By Howardco on Feb 29, 2024 in Employee Engagement, Strategy, Team Development | 0 comments

Are you having trouble keeping your best employees engaged in today’s volatile employment environment? Are you looking for ways to attract and keep talented people who can help grow your business? In our recent webinar, Lauren Ayers and I provided our key tips for SMEs to stay on top of the retention challenge in 2024.   Missed the live session? Watch the...

How To Turn Your Strategy Into Reality

By Howardco on Feb 20, 2024 in Leadership, Strategy, Team Development | 0 comments

Out With The Old, In With The New!    Just like the vibrant scene above, we often kickstart the year by envisioning our aspirations and future successes.    Meet Emma, our main character in this story, a dedicated SME manager who may seem like a familiar face in your pursuit of objectives.  To kick off the year, Emma starts laying out her team’s grand...

How Employee Recognition Impacts SME Success In Australia

By Howardco on Nov 13, 2023 in Employee Engagement, Managing People, Team Development | 0 comments

RECOGNITION DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE ABOUT GRAND GESTURES At times, it’s the unexpected and impromptu acts that make a difference. To illustrate, let me share two stories with you. On one occasion, I was working on a major change initiative that was rapidly approaching rollout, and there was a mountain of training materials to review and sign off on before going...

What makes middle managers effective leaders in 2023? 

By Howardco on Jul 31, 2023 in Employee Engagement, Leadership, Managing People, Team Development, Wellbeing | 0 comments

Maybe Pizza was enough… I have been fortunate in my career to have had a variety of management and leadership opportunities. My early career was forged in the Oil Industry with BP Australia as a Graduate when I got my first taste of what it was like to lead a team.  The call came late on a Friday when I was told the Manager of the Accounts Payable team was...

The Secret to Engaging and Retaining Top Talent

By Howardco on Jun 28, 2023 in Employee Engagement, Managing People, Team Development | 0 comments

It is no secret that engaging and retaining top talent remains one of the top three challenges facing leaders in the current economic environment.* So, I thought I would start with a good news story about one of our long-term clients. This visionary business owner had a goal, to establish a sustainable team around her that would one day allow her to help over one...