Team Development

Tailoring Feedback: Connecting Better with Your Team

By Howardco on May 30, 2024 in Employee Engagement, Everything DISC, Team Development | 0 comments

WHAT IS FEEDBACK   Feedback is around us! We receive it not just from people, but also from living things and objects. For example, when you show a dog a leash, its excited barking or wagging tail is feedback. Similarly, when you are in your car you rely on feedback from your GPS to let you know if you are heading in the right direction. Feedback in the...

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

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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...