by Ron Rael | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog, High Road Leadership
Share this article: Does your company’s budget do the following? – Allow you to see risks as mere molehills. – Enforce decision-makers to use resources only to further their strategic goals. – Change as your clients or...
by Ron Rael | Sep 22, 2016 | Blog, High Road Leadership
Communicate, Then Ask For a Response One of the best CEOs I know sends out a company-wide email every Monday about an issue, concern, or opportunity. It is a short message that expresses his concern regarding the topic. He invites employees to respond via email with...
by Ron Rael | Sep 15, 2016 | Blog, High Road Cooperation and Unity, High Road Leadership
One of my suggested methods for engaging employees and uncovering feedback sounds simple, but is not a common practice. Leaders and managers must make an effort to spend time with all employees at all levels of the company. Universally, senior leaders exist in a...
by Ron Rael | Sep 1, 2016 | Blog, High Road Accountability and Ethics, High Road Cooperation and Unity, High Road Leadership
Sales-oriented companies spend huge amounts of money to understand the thought process of customers and prospects. This meaningful data communicates how well or poorly they are satisfying the customer’s needs. The same rationale applies when engaging employees to...
by Ron Rael | Aug 16, 2016 | Blog, High Road Accountability and Ethics, High Road Cooperation and Unity, High Road Leadership
A company cannot operate without feedback. Feedback comes from both outside and inside the organization. External feedback arrives in the form of customer surveys, emails, phone calls, and comments about your company in the trade press and social media, and from...
by Ron Rael | Aug 9, 2016 | Blog, High Road Accountability and Ethics, High Road Cooperation and Unity, High Road Leadership
CEOs and all senior executives need employees to Keep them apprised about what is going on; Offer ideas and suggestions; Share their concerns; and Express their opinions. However, CEOs are frequently dismayed that employees are unwilling to engage in these behaviors....