Increasing Leadership Influence & Employee Engagement with Perry Holley

Are You Doing What You Were Meant to Do?

There are very few “naturals” in your area of expertise. Almost every single person that is excelling in your space is doing it after failing, learning, and trying again.

Manage YourselfPerry HolleyOctober 15, 2019personal leadership, personal growth, mindsetComment

5 Characteristics of Approachable, High Engagement Leaders

One of my favorite questions of a leader that I am coaching is, “When was the last time someone brought you bad news?” If your followers are not sharing, they are not engaged!

Manage YourselfPerry HolleyOctober 8, 2019employee engagement, approachable, LeadershipComment

Storytelling to Drive Connection & Engagement

I notice in antique stores how something that looks like a piece of junk can take on a completely different appearance when the person offering the junk puts a story with it.

Manage Your TeamPerry HolleyOctober 1, 2019storytelling, Leadership, connectionComment

The Tale of Two Ships – Which Leader Are You?

The differences between the Vasa and the Benfold are startling. In this comparison, there are many lessons for us to apply to our understanding of how to earn the label of “remarkable.”

Manage Your BusinessPerry HolleySeptember 24, 2019Leadership, influenceComment

The Life-Changing Effects of a Killer Morning Routine

Having a morning routine is a life-changing investment in your future. With a morning routine, you will read more, write more, and be more. A few minutes a day reading on your area of expertise will place you in the top 1% of people in your field. It’s an investment that has an enormous return.

Manage YourselfPerry HolleySeptember 17, 2019personal development, personal growth Comment

Teachable Leaders Drive High Employee Engagement

It feels good to be in a room where people think you are the smartest one there. Unfortunately, when this happens the collective intelligence of the room goes down.

Manage Your Team, Manage YourselfPerry HolleySeptember 10, 2019teachable, personal leadership, personal growthComment

5 Questions for Taking Yourself and Others to the Next Level

Awareness that there is a next level in your area of expertise or career path is one thing, determining what the next level looks like for you can be more complicated.

Manage Your TeamPerry HolleySeptember 3, 2019Leadership, influence, increase potentialComment

I Found That Extra Time You Were Looking For

When you look at all the small, seemingly insignificant delays in your day, you begin to notice how all the minutes add up. Here is what the most successful people do when confronted with spare minutes:

Manage YourselfPerry HolleyAugust 27, 2019personal growth, personal productivity, productivityComment

We Were Peers, but Now I’m Your Boss – 5 Lessons When Going From Peer to Boss

Being promoted to a leadership position is a great honor. Don’t let that reward be less just because your new team is the old team you where you used to work.

Manage YourselfPerry HolleyAugust 20, 2019Leadership, employee engagementComment

Recognition or Appreciation: How Do You Increase Employee Engagement?

While recognition is great, recognition by itself is not enough. Recognition is generally about someone’s job performance and not about the value of the person.

Manage Your TeamPerry HolleyAugust 13, 2019employee engagement, LeadershipComment

A Leaders Secret Weapon – Finding the Small, Yet Meaningful Moments

A picnic table to the upper deck…It’s easy as a leader to become so consumed with the business or with your own world that we fail to lift our eyes to see what’s going on with others.

Manage Your TeamPerry HolleyAugust 6, 2019Leadership, employee engagementComment

Hanging Around the Hoop – How Leaders Increase Influence & Engagement with Those They Lead

If you are a leader desiring to increase your leadership influence and increase employee engagement, then one way to do that is to be “hanging around the hoop”. What does that look like for leaders?

Manage Your TeamPerry HolleyJuly 30, 2019Leadership, personal development, employee engagementComment

A 4-Phase Approach for Leading Leaders

If you hope to lead a team of leaders, it is important to develop a strategy for communication, execution, measurement, and accountability. I developed a 4-Phase approach that has served me well for years.

Manage Your TeamPerry HolleyJuly 23, 2019Leadership, influence, CoachingComment

A 12-Point Checklist for Leadership & Presidential Debating

It’s election-cycle time again, and presidential debating is in full swing. I find it interesting how candidates communicate their desire and qualifications to become the leader of the free world.

Manage YourselfPerry HolleyJuly 16, 2019communication, personal leadership, LeadershipComment

5 Tips for Becoming a Remarkable Communicator

If you want to make more friends and influence more people, you need to improve your communication skills so that others are drawn to you.

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