Author: Dave Edwards
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Making Faster and Better Decisions
On today’s LEADERSHIP PLUS: Making smart decisions can be difficult but quality internal discussions and strategic planning can help.
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Protect Your Data By Planning For The Worst
If you manage a nonprofit, how certain are you that the data you keep on your donors is safe and secure? Recent security breaches should serve as warnings. The experts offer some ideas on how to protect yourself.
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Leadership During Times of Crisis
While you are still managing your way out of the Coronavirus, there are things you should be thinking about before you face the next crisis.
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How To Start A New Job As The Boss
Making a good first impression as a new boss is extremely important. Here are some tips that will help you get started on you new job when you are the boss.
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Managing Up, Down, and Sideways
Today on LEADERSHIP PLUS, effective leaders learn to manage up, down, and sideways. That means effectively “managing” your boss, your peers, and your employees.
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Do People Hate Your Workplace Culture?
The leaders of even the smallest of the organizations can take steps to create a positive work environment for their employees…and it will make a difference.
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Leaders Need To Learn To Listen
Today on LEADERSHIP PLUS, effective leaders know that they need to be good listeners. By listening, you will learn about things that you couldn’t know. Front line workers have a unique perspective. Plus, by engaging your staff in an open discussion, you will get more buy-in on the outcome of the discussion.
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Why Do People Contribute to Your Non-Profit?
Given the changes in the tax law and the growing number of worthwhile causes, it will be increasingly important for nonprofits to build a case statement for their annual campaigns. That also means answering five fundamental questions from donors.
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How Can I Help You?
What would make you a better leader? Do you need help managing people, your time or even your boss? I would like to help you find solutions to your problems.
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Job Interviews Have Changed – Be Prepared
Anyone looking for a new job should expect the process to have changed thanks to the Coronavirus and the economic downturn. But opportunities await. I have some tips to help your search.
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Leading Your Way Out Of The Pandemic
Since the arrival of the Coronavirus we are learning new ways of leading our organizations. We still aren’t out of the woods yet. I want to share some thoughts to think about.
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The Importance of Administrative Support
There are many reasons an administrative assistant could be a game-changer for you. Yes there is a cost, but perhaps you can’t afford to be without one unless you have a very tiny team.
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Why Do You Want To Change Jobs or Careers?
Are you tempted to change jobs or even careers? There are many reasons to look for a job, but there are some things you may want to do first.
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What You Need To Know As You and Your Staff Head Back to The Office
With more and more employees returning to their offices, employers need to create a safe and legal environment for their staff.
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Looking For A Job During The Pandemic
Looking for a job during the pandemic and recession is not impossible. As long as you have patience and are willing to take some extra steps, your application go to the top of the stack.
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Never Be Late Again
Are your chronically late for appointments? It can negatively impact the way people perceive you and may not want to do business with you. Here are five simple steps so that you will never be late again.
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Is It Time To Look For A New Job?
Are you planning to look for a new job but are concerned about your chances during these difficult economic times? Are you stuck in a job or career that no longer inspires you? It’s time to take a step forward. Since I launched my executive coaching and consulting service, a significant portion of my conversations have…
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Lessons From Leaders: Phil Jackson
“In basketball—as in life—true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.”
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I’m Truly Honored
Tom Langmyer, is one of those most respected and talented managers in the broadcast business. He caught me pleasantly off guard recently with a post on his Facebook page. Langmyer is CEO of Great Lakes Media Corporation and was previously Vice President and General Manager for WGN in Chicago, KMOX in St. Louis, WTMJ and…
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All Good Things Must Come To An End
Dear Public Broadcasting Colleagues, We are fortunate to work in an amazing industry. I thought about that as I sat and watched journalists win awards at the last Wisconsin Broadcasters Association awards banquet. Despite all of the concerns that local radio is dead or dying, some very creative work was being honored. It came from…
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Appropriate Relationships With Employees
Leaders learn how to coach their employees. That means getting to know them so they can determine how they can best motivate them. But everyone is different, so it’s important get to know what makes them tick.
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The Typical Public Media Manager is a “General” Manager Out of Necessity
At most public media stations, the staff is small and the manager must be able to do almost everything. But when the staff grows in size, the manager needs to become an effective coach.
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Four Tips For Leading During Covid
We had hoped that Covid would be behind us by now. But now that its ramifications continue, leaders should focus on things to keep their employees healthy and productive.
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How Has Your Workday Changed Since You Started Working From Home?
A new research report presents interesting findings about how Americans have adapted to working from home. Some of the results may not be what you expect.
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Use Your Calendar For Increased Productivity
Manage your calendar, or it will manage you. To begin, I suggest that you use your calendar correctly. Protect your calendar so that meeting requests can be prioritized.
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Assessing Your Work From Home Performance
The ‘work at home’ phenomenon is new for many organizations and managers. Assessing the performance of those who work remotely is a work in progress. It won’t be perfect in its early days.
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Managing Your Email So It Doesn’t Manage You
“One of the greatest consumers of your time is processing your email. A research report showed that email is the second-most time-consuming activity next to ‘role-specific tasks.”
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Performance Reviews During The Pandemic
In the early days of COVID 19, many human resource managers advised that evaluations be postponed. They assumed that business would get back to normal in six months. That didn’t happen. If organizations continue to delay evaluations, it is a sure sign that the exercise is unnecessary.
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Evaluating Your Skills As A Communicator
Leaders spend most of their days communicating with different stakeholders. Yet many employees complain that the directions they get from their bosses are often unclear. Moreover, even if the instructions are clear, sometimes expectations are vague.
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The Importance of Your Website To Your Donors
A new report indicates that visitors using a desktop browser are 75% more likely to convert to become donors to your nonprofit than those visiting via mobile devices. And you want to keep them on your campaign site longer.
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Should We Bother With Performance Evaluations?
In order to be helpful, evaluations must be structured effectively or they may be perceived as a waste of time.
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Are You Ready For Another Crisis?
Sooner or later, every company and organization must deal with a crisis of their own making. How you can prepare for that eventuality?
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Testing Your Integrity
As a leader, you need to demonstrate your integrity if you expect your employees to behave the same way.
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Good Leaders Are Optimists
People feed off the attitudes of the people around them. If you want to be an effective leader, learn to be an optimist. It is good for your own health, but will also help your team have a better attitude about their work.
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Step Away From That Screen
I find it funny that not that long ago we were warning our teenagers about the dangers of too much screen time. Now because we are working from home, we are the ones with the screen time problem.
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Fundraising Is Not Just About Raising Money
If you lead a nonprofit organization, how well do you know your top donors? While some individuals are comfortable with writing a large check to national non-profit when people contribute to local organizations, they frequently want to know more about how their donations will be used and the people who will be spending their money.…
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Take Your Vacation Time
Because of Covid, this Independence Day holiday…and the summer…may feel different. But it is still important to unplug and take some time off.
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An Executive Coach Can Be Your Guide to Greater Success
Good coaches provide advice and provide an objective analysis of problems managers face every day. As a result, you can move more deliberately and be more successful.
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“The Myth of Equality”
I’m glad I found this book to help me to a greater understanding of the issues we face today.
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Common Communication Problems and How To Fix Them
We all struggle with various communications issues. This book offers clear advice. I recommend it for anyone who feels that they struggle with this in their professional or personal life.
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Don’t Let Fear Stop You
Sometimes I worry about making important decisions where the correct choice is unclear. I’m an over-thinker. Here’s a personal story about how fear impacted me.
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Does It Matter If You Have A Messy Desk?
“Disorderly environments seem to inspire breaking free of tradition, which can produce fresh insights.”
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Remotely On-boarding Your New Employee
With more and more of your team members working from home these days, you may be faced with having to welcome new employees via teleconference. Onboarding new employees who work remotely present some challenges, but it’s not impossible to get them up to speed quickly.
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How Technology Can Help Complete Your Tasks
Have you ever lost your to-do list and had to spend time recreating it? Or did you lose all the scraps of paper that you’ve kept your task list? There are programs that can help you not only keep track of your lists, but help you meet deadlines.
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Taking A Donor-Centric Approach To Fundraising
“Sargent researched how a non-profit can be more effective in establishing a strong relationship with donors”
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What I Can Do About Racism
In difficult times like this, we need to provide leadership if we are serious about dealing with the problem of racism.
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Are Your Employees Engaged or Just Going Through The Motions?
When your workers wake up in the morning and know what is expected of them and why it is important, and their efforts are appreciated, they will no longer be part of a Gallup poll statistic that said only 15% say they are fully engaged while at work.
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What Task Should I Do First?
In order to decide what task to take on first, you need to have a list. Once you have a list, there are many ways in which you can prioritize your items.
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Ten Tips To Help You Communicate Like A Leader
Just because you work in the communications field, doesn’t mean you are a great communicator. Here are ten tips that help leaders develop a strong communications strategy.
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