If you are not doing “stay interviews” with your team, you’re missing out on a big retention opportunity. Today, I share three of the most important questions I recommend asking your team to understand what it will take to keep them. I also help you weave in some feedback on their performance in the introduction of the stay interview, as many probably haven’t participated in one of these. This quick conversation will help you understand what makes your employees tick, create or build trust and increase credibility with your staff.

We’re talking about the internal locus that drives how you are without even thinking about it. If you’ve never given this much thought and aren’t sure what your “main thing” is, I’ll give you some practical tips on how to figure it out. You’ll also get some recommendations on how to share your main thing and why it’s so important to identify and showcase whenever you get the opportunity.

This is one of my favorite topics. I’m BIG on protecting my energy. Some of you might think this is just a trendy thing that people are saying but I wholeheartedly believe in it. Many years ago, I let people suck the life right out of me. I was complacent and said yes to literally everything even if it was going to dread the commitment until it was over. Today, I manage people in every area of my life much differently and I’m never going back. I’m going to teach you the very simple tactic I use to move the energy suckers out of my life so I have time to be around those who excite and inspire me. And you can do this without pissing anyone off or totally tanking your relationship.

Terminating someone’s employment is the worst part of leadership by far. In fact, it’s so bad that many say that if it gets easy, you should get out of leadership. I disagree. In this episode, I teach you the difference between terminations that are sloppy and and treat people as a commodity versus terminations where work was put in to retain the employee, no one is surprised and they even get an invite to come back. Take a listen to see how it’s done, so you can stop fearing terminations and start putting the time in to make sure they should happen for the good of everyone involved.

Be tactical yet be human with the way you lead an investigation. It is possible and I’m going to tell you how I do it. In this episode, strategy meets human connection in one of the most important parts of your job as a leader.

I’m breaking down the simple steps I use to make sure I have a well-thought out proposal. Everything is covered from research to vetting the chosen idea, to who I chose to be in the room and what I leave the decision-makers with for next steps. And the best part? You can use this approach in any area of your life where you want to create change and get buy-in.

I can’t remember the last time I’ve been nervous about a conversation. In this episode, I’m sharing how I do it. It isn’t magic and it doesn’t even take a lot of planning. Want to have truly honest discussions, build rapport and get results? I share six steps that will help you get there.

If you fixate on every mistake you make, I’m going to give you a simple trick I use to stop. I’m also going to share with you my top mistakes in business and leadership, how they didn’t end my career and give you hope that even your biggest mistakes won’t end yours either. It’s time to let it go!

My answer may surprise you. I’m going to take you on a trip down memory lane, teach you a lesson I learned in my youth about desire, and put you on the path to figuring out just what kind of leader you want to become.