The Laughing Leader Greg “Geese” Giesen is a professional speaker, management coach, facilitator of the award winning program, Leading From Within, radio talk show producer / host, and author of, Mondays At 3: A Story for Managers Learning to Lead. Go to www.TheLaughingLeader.com for more information.
Even CEOs can change! April 25, 2014 by Greg Giesen 0 comments 1407 viewson Leadership Dear Geese, In last week’s blog (360-evaluation gone bad!), you showed what NOT to do around the feedback process. If I may, I’d like to counter with a story about an effective use of feedback involving our CEO. A couple weeks ...
360 Performance Evaluation Gone Bad! April 2, 2014 by Greg Giesen 0 comments 2745 viewson Business Growth & Strategy, Leadership Dear Geese, You’ve referenced the importance of getting feedback in previous blogs and I couldn’t agree with you more. With that said, what about the manager who solicits feedback and then does nothing with it? Personally, I think th...
Why Do We Need Team Building? March 26, 2014 by Greg Giesen 0 comments 2812 viewson Leadership Dear Geese, My staff cringes whenever I bring up the topic of team building. Talk about resistance! Last year we went to a baseball game as a group but I’m not sure anything was accomplished. Oh wait, we did decide to never do a base...
Dear Geese: “Been there, done that!” March 19, 2014 by Greg Giesen 0 comments 1499 viewson Business Growth & Strategy, Communication & Alignment Dear Geese, Why do senior executives stop attending management-training classes? Is it because they think they already know all there is to know about management and leadership or are they simply done learning? I ask because our director...
Dear Geese: “I disagree with your premise!” March 12, 2014 by Greg Giesen 0 comments 1428 viewson Communication & Alignment, Leadership Dear Geese, I’ve been a CEO and top executive for many years and I wanted to weigh in after reading your last blog, It’s Not My Problem! ...