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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.

Read and enjoy! To make sure you don’t miss any updates, let me send you a weekly article to your email.

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, […]
January 29, 2018
embracing diversity

Let’s deepen and widen the conversation of diversity and inclusion

And bring about real change in your organization. We have all read the research that confirms the organizational benefits of diversity. Your leaders know that diverse teams and organizations are […]
January 26, 2018

Good Managers Are Diligent About Following Up on Agreements

It’s just one part of being skilled at leading Compelling Conversations And in order to lead Compelling Conversations, your managers must become exceptional at the 4 Ups!. That means they: […]
January 25, 2018
compelling conversations

Taking Action Is a Key Indicator of Compelling Conversations

Are your leaders leading with Compelling Conversations? In a series of posts on my 4 Ups! model (Bring it Up! Talk it Up! Wrap it Up! and Follow it Up!) […]
January 24, 2018
compelling conversations

Leading Is Talking

But talking is much more than making conversation. Think of your workplace and count the astounding number of conversations, debates, disagreement, negotiations, and feedback discussions that take place daily, monthly, […]
January 22, 2018
effective meeting management

What do good managers do once the meeting is over?

We love to hate meetings. But since they aren’t going away any time soon, we should think of ways to make them more effective. It can be challenging to keep […]
January 21, 2018
effective meeting management

Ugh! Another dreaded meeting to attend!

Too many meetings drag on without participants discussing the real problems. People talk around the important issues, check their mobile devices, introduce unrelated topics, and so on — which all […]