The Least Expensive, Most Valuable Way to Invest in Your Team
When an employee is underperforming and hurting the team, good leaders should begin by asking these 4[...]
Michael Hyatt
Communication
Michael Hyatt
Get the Feedback You Need to Scale
The only way you can grow is to know what’s not working so you can fix it. To solicit the feedback you need, have intentional candor meetings. Here's how to[...]
Megan Hyatt Miller
4 Reasons Delegation Fails and How to Fix It in Your Business
If you want truly great results as a leader, you have to become a master delegator. Here are 4 struggle points and how to turn them[...]
Michael Hyatt
How to Sync Up Your Team for Success
Alignment doesn’t just happen. Leaders create it. Sync up your team for success with these 3 components of effective[...]
Michael Hyatt
The Lost Art of Listening
Plenty of people are good talkers. Few are good listeners. Here are some tips to practice the art of[...]
Michael Hyatt
3 Communication Fails to Avoid
You can make sure the people around you get the right message the first time—every time—by avoiding these 3 communication[...]
Michael Hyatt
5 Tips to Avoid Confusion with Clear Communication
Under-communication is a consistent problem in business. Here are 5 tips for avoiding confusion and creating[...]
Michael Hyatt
How to Stay Happily Married As An Entrepreneur
How do entrepreneurs achieve their dreams without sabotaging their marriages? You can invest in your marriage with these 4[...]
Michael Hyatt
One Simple Way to Motivate Your Team
Boosting your team's morale can be as simple as intentionally noticing and affirming your team members' everyday[...]
Michael Hyatt
Create Transparency and Trust with Cascading Communication
In 2000, I got one of the greatest opportunities in my career. I was appointed publisher over the Nelson Books division of Thomas Nelson Publishers, which was[...]
Michael Hyatt
How to Avoid Confusion with Clear Communication
Under-communication is a consistent problem in nearly every business. You can solve that by taking ownership of the communication happening around you. I’ve[...]
Michael Hyatt
Making Vision Stick
To lead others, you need a compelling vision. But lofty words are not enough. A vision statement must draw a crystal-clear picture of the future that guides[...]
Michael Hyatt
Seven Rules for More Effective Meetings
People get “trained” to come late because they know nothing significant will happen until well after the announced start time.... For example,[...]
Michael Hyatt
Words as Self-Sabotage
You are often your own worst enemy. It starts with the words out of your mouth and the voices in your head. From telling yourself that you aren’t[...]
RiShawn Biddle
The Science of Words
The idea of self-talk elicits images of less-than-sane people muttering to themselves as they stumble about less-than-safe streets. I try not to look like that[...]
Erin Wildermuth
Words That Changed History
People have delivered countless speeches in history. But even speeches delivered by the most prominent people, on the most auspicious occasions, routinely make[...]
thomaskidd
9 Mistakes Leaders Make When Communicating
He stood awkwardly in the front of the room. I remember him shifting on the balls of his feet as he read a script from behind the podium. We were called into[...]
SkipPrichard
How to Implement a Successful Culture Shift in Your Office
Company culture can make or break a business and those who are a part of it. According to a study by Deloitte, half of workers agree that culture has the[...]
Pratik Dholakiya
Guy Walks into a Board Room
Comedians refer to an audience that hasn’t heard any jokes yet as a “cold room.” It is thus the job of the comics who go first or second in the night to[...]
Jeremy Lott
The Right Way to Fire the Wrong Person
“Does it get easier the more people you fire?” someone once asked me. I’ve been in leadership for decades now, and there's no escaping letting people go[...]
Michael Hyatt
Are You a Responsive Person?
Unresponsive people drive me crazy. I hate sending an email or Slack message to someone and then waiting days to hear anything back. (Admittedly, I have[...]
Michael Hyatt
3 Ways Email Can Sabotage Your Leadership
When I was the CEO at Thomas Nelson, one of our authors was frustrated. In response to a disappointing sales report, he fired off a blistering email to one of[...]
Michael Hyatt
5 Strategies for Becoming a Better Conversationalist
Good conversationalists have great influence. In this post, I share five strategies I have learned for having better[...]
Michael Hyatt
How to Build (or Rebuild) Trust
Trust is to an organization what oil is to a car engine. It keeps the moving parts from seizing and stopping forward motion. But trust is not something you can[...]
Michael Hyatt