Insights From Gail
Get solutions to your leadership challenges. Learn how to approach your company culture, employee engagement, and organizational performance through Gail Golden’s leadership blog.
The 10 best books for business leaders
I have read so many books by and for business leaders over the course of my career, there’s no way I could remember them all. I do, however, remember the best ones and recommend them often. See my list of the top 10 best books for business leaders here:
Customer intimacy, product leadership, or operational excellence?
Which of the 3 value disciplines is your company doing best? It’s unlikely you can be great at all of them!
How to keep employees motivated when promotion isn’t an option
There’s a simple way managers can retain and motivate talented employees when promotion is not an option. But you have to be ready to hear it.
Some good news from last year (and cautious optimism for the future)
No doubt much is wrong in this world of ours, but focusing on the bad news isn’t going to help. Here are 9 pieces of good news from last year.
How to keep clients like David Ogilvy
Sixty years in, the advertising legend’s advice for how to keep clients is still relevant, no matter your industry.
Want to make better business decisions? Consider a bad temper
Moods affect our decisions much more than we think. Learn why being in a good mood is bad for making business decisions.
What one excellent employee can do for your brand reputation
Every time I go to Rome, I visit Bar Farnese. The coffee is top quality, but it’s one excellent employee whose skill and hospitality ensures that I return again and again.
How to learn sales as a natural extension of your job
Almost every business I’m working with is giving the same directive to their workforce: Everyone — and I mean everyone — has to start selling.
Forget authenticity at work — embrace growth instead
When it comes to authenticity at work, don’t confuse your core identity with peripheral characteristics — which we can and sometimes should change.