Susan K. Wehrley
Susan K. Wehrley has been an executive coach for 35 years. She is the owner of BIZremedies and has written 12 books on personal empowerment and leadership. You can learn more at BIZremedies.com. She can be reached at Susan@BIZremedies.com.
The brain in your stomach
A surprising number of business leaders use their gut instinct to help them make business decisions. In a poll conducted...
Stop the madness of busy-ness
One of the areas the EGO likes to penetrate is our belief system around our time, making us believe...
Keep calm and collaborate: Engage with others to solve problems
As an executive coach, I see how many leaders tell their employees what the goals are and expect them...
Connect with the power within: How our ego helps or hinders us at work
Editor's note: This article is an excerpt from Susan K. Wehrley's new book, “EGO at Work!,” which is coming out in September.
Our thoughts create results: Is your EGO helping or hindering your success?
What we think about we bring about. Understanding how our thoughts create results is an important skill for business people to learn – as everything first gets manifested in the mind and then becomes reality. This is our EGO at work, which is similar to a database in a computer.
Mindset reset: Change your team’s mindset and you will change its results
The office phone rang one day and a referral asked if I could help him “fix his people who were not performing!” He spent most of the time on the phone telling me how his people were letting him down, not working together well, and not performing as they should.
Avoid the Velcro effect: Help employees find the answer themselves
As an executive coach, I often hear my clients say how difficult it is to not give advice to the employee who walks in the door anxious and acting as though they do not know what to do. I explain to them:
Hoshin Kanri: Engage employees early to improve strategic planning
Fourth quarter is the time of year when companies kick it into high gear to finish off their goals and begin planning for next year. Before you begin setting the direction, without the people who will have to implement it, consider a Japanese practice called, “Hoshin Kanri.”
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Be a strategic thinker: Set clear rules of engagement for your employees
One of the CEOs I coach was complaining in one of our sessions about not having enough time.
How well we play together in the ‘sandbox’ determines our success
When people ask me what I do, I often answer the question, “I teach people in companies how to play in the sandbox together so they get results.” The response is always laughter and countless stories shared of how people from their workplace are either playing “too nice” in the sandbox and avoiding the accountability needed for performance; or how people are competing with each other in the sandbox for the limited resources and then finally getting frustrated and “kicking up sand” in each other's face. The sandbox analogy seems to give a great word picture for what is not working. What they are missing are examples of what the sandbox looks like when everyone works together to build something great.
From awkward to awesome: Develop a curiosity and love for people
The many stories I heard after my mother's recent passing reminded me of how great networking skills not only enhance everyday life and business, but can also leave a legacy behind in the minds and hearts of others.
Instill ‘wealth consciousness’ in your organization
With the onset of the New Year, we often think about how we can meet our goals. One of the best things you can do for yourself and your employees is to install a wealth consciousness in your culture.
