Helanie Scott

Align4Profit Leadership Development Blog

Helanie ScottLeadership development may be the most important activity in any organization. In my quest to helping men and women become more and more effective leaders, I share weekly articles that are a quick read with a promise to give your leaders actionable tips they can implement immediately.

It’s my goal to share my experience together with candid and pragmatic advice founded on deep research.

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January 17, 2018
effective meeting management

Poor meetings cost an average of $37 billion in the U.S.

Every day 83 million people attend 11.5 million meetings. Meetings are an essential part of corporate life. Yet far too often, time is wasted in meetings that are unnecessary, poorly […]
January 16, 2018

Motivate your team by celebrating Progress

How to use the RAMPP model for motivation. In my 5 Drivers to Really Motivate Employees, I started discussing my RAMPP model for motivation. Now it’s time to outline the […]
January 15, 2018

Motivate your team by connecting their work to Purpose

Motivate your team by connecting their work to Purpose In my 5 Drivers to Really Motivate Employees I started discussing my RAMPP model for motivation. Now it’s time to outline […]
January 14, 2018

Motivate your team by helping them with Mastery

Motivate your team by helping them with Mastery In my 5 Drivers to Really Motivate Employees I started discussing my RAMPP model for motivation with the ‘R’ for Relatedness. Then […]
January 13, 2018

Motivate your team by giving them Autonomy

Motivate your team by giving them Autonomy Imagine you were alone in the office, no one to direct your work. What would you do? You may think it is the […]
January 12, 2018

5 Drivers to Really Motivate Employees

5 Drivers to Really Motivate Employees Managers want to motivate their people, but drivers of motivation are as different for each employee as the uniqueness of each individual employee. How […]
January 11, 2018
heads productivity

4 Smart Practices for Focused Leaders

4 Smart Practices for Focused Leaders Disciplined and repeatable practices are the keys to hyper-productivity. How do the best performers start their day, manage their energy during the day, and […]
January 10, 2018

Boost your team’s productivity by avoiding burnout

Boost your team’s productivity by avoiding burnout Heavy workloads, managing multiple priorities, and being bombarded with information result in stress and burnout. Therefore top performers view relaxation as an investment […]
January 8, 2018

Are your leaders unhealthily obsessed with work emails?

What is the cost to your organization when your leaders are less productive? We all need time to recharge our brains, and when we constantly check our emails, it reduces […]
January 1, 2018

Will 2018 be the year your managers take back their lives and their productivity?

Will 2018 be the year your managers take back their lives and their productivity? Small changes in how they manage their time and tweak their personal effectiveness can lead to […]
December 18, 2017

How can you build resilience during the holidays?

How can you build resilience during the holidays? Being able to respond positively to constantly evolving challenges, acquiring new skills, and assuming additional responsibilities will help people succeed in any […]
December 15, 2017

What Leadership Behaviors Will Help Your Managers Get Results?

What Leadership Behaviors Will Help Your Managers Get Results? Every organization expects their leaders to deliver performance outcomes. Highly effective managers display a series of competencies that can have a […]
December 11, 2017

Help your managers set high-quality goals for 2018

Help your managers set high-quality goals for 2018 Research shows that 45% of Americans make New Year’s Resolutions, while only 8% are successful in in achieving them. Around this time […]
September 18, 2017
six reasons

Six Solid Reasons to Engage Align4Profit

Six Solid Reasons to Engage Align4Profit If you’ve ever been tempted to assume that all leadership development approaches are basically the same, you’re right. And wrong. True. Around the middle […]
June 19, 2017

High Commitment and High Performance — Striking the Balance

High Commitment and High Performance — Striking the Balance Navigating between the poles of profit and people or returns and trust is at the center of every leader’s job. However, […]
November 5, 2018
credo i believe

What’s the Why of How Your Leaders Lead?

What gives leaders authority? What makes people want to follow leaders? Certainly it’s not their title. Plenty of leaders with lofty titles fail to gain the respect from others that […]
July 13, 2018
Collaborative Decision Analysis

How Teams Can Make Better Decisions — Collaboratively

When making significantly more valuable decisions, leaders need to harness the collective wisdom of a team. But that’s just the beginning. They must also consider more options than initially envisioned, […]
July 11, 2018
collaborative decision analysis

Make Better Decisions — Learn from the Science

Before your managers harness the collective wisdom of a team to make good collaborative team decisions, help them reflect on their own decision-making. Every leader makes about 35,000 decisions daily […]
July 9, 2018
Doing Business Globally

Communication Mastery in a Multicultural World

To be effective influencers, leaders must take stock of the subtle messages being passed around the globally diverse team table. In international teams with diverse perspectives and unique views, your […]
July 6, 2018
Doing Business Globally

What will it take to be a great leader in the future?

Heck, what does it take to lead today? The timeless core aspects of leadership, such as setting direction, engaging employees, and holding them accountable while influencing others remain. More and […]
July 2, 2018
raising emotional intelligence

Train Your Brain on Happiness and Become 31% More Productive

Raising Emotional Intelligence is about developing the human side of your professional life. We all strive for success and every time our brains experience success, we change the image of […]