Lead In With Lorne - Make Ex-Employees Feel Like Alumni

This week we’re extending our discussion on the fact that everyone will have a last day where they work. Let’s work on making ex-employees feel like alumni by following these ideas.

Lead In With Lorne - The Courage to Take a Knee/Risk For What’s Right

This week we’re talking about the quest for courage, and speaking out for the right thing.

Lead In With Lorne - Fire People Like You Hire People

We spend a lot of time onboarding and hiring people, how about investing some more intention and finding a better way to handle when people exit the company? I have some specific examples of the right steps we can take NOW.

Lead In With Lorne - Awesome Ways to Pivot as Organizations Restructure

This week we’re talking about the restructuring that a lot of organizations are currently going through, and some awesome ways to pivot through these changes. How can we be pivot masters?

Lead In With Lorne - Stories of Pride and Inspiration in the Local Ingenuity

This week I’ve been inspired by the pride and ingenuity of a favorite local establishment, and I couldn’t help but think that many of us have also experienced and worked with a lot of adaptation and urgency lately. How many stories of this can you think of?

Lead In With Lorne - Lead From the Position You’re Already In

This week, we’re talking about the idea that you CAN and SHOULD take the opportunity to lead as much as you can, from the position you’re already in. Lose that “we’ll wait and see” state of mind.

Lead In With Lorne - 4 Quick Things to Mentally Journal Every Night

We know you’ve heard that journaling at the end of each day is an effective and valuable exercise, but we know most of you don’t do it. So instead, here’s a mental checklist of 4 things that you can run down at the end of each day. Try it out!

Lead In With Lorne - Zoomed Out? Tips to Keep Engagement in Virtual Meetings

Here are some tips to help make the Zoom meetings more personal by investing in simple, fast ways to increase team connection. No need for Zoom Doom.

Lead In With Lorne - Practicing Some Extra Compassion as a Leader

This week, I want to remind you of a story from 1935 that exemplifies some extra compassion, and how we as leaders can offer some of the same to our teams as we navigate through unforeseen stress and challenges.

Lead In With Lorne - Fun Ways to Connect With Your Virtual Team

This week we’re looking at some fun ways that we can connect with our virtual teams that have been practiced by Work From Anywhere (WFA) teams for a long time. Keep up the morale, celebrate results, and find ways to connect before addressing content. Here are some great ideas.

Lead In With Lorne - Accomplish These 2 Simple Tasks While Working Remotely

This week, we’re giving you some ideas for two new, simple tasks that you can accomplish this week while working remotely.

Lead In With Lorne - How to Successfully Lead While Working Remotely (Part 3: Optimize Productivity)

Here is part three in a series on how to successfully lead while working remotely. This time, we have four unique but useful steps on how to optimize productivity while you’re building your team effectiveness from anywhere.

Lead In With Lorne - How to Successfully Lead While Working Remotely (Part Two: Bring Value From Anywhere)

Here’s Part Two in a series of all you need to know regarding successfully leading a remote team. This week is about bringing value from anywhere, and how we ALL can be encouraged, rethink and be inspired to do so.

Lead In With Lorne - How to Successfully Lead While Working Remotely (Part One)

We’ve talked a lot about working from anywhere (WFA) culture, but now that we’re all in a situation where many people are finding themselves in this position, how do we best do it? Here’s Part One in a series of all you need to know regarding successfully leading a remote team.

Lead In With Lorne - How to Manage and Challenge Sick Day Policies at Work

We are all very aware of what’s going on regarding current health concerns, so let’s talk about our sick day policies. Are you satisfied with them? Likely, they’re a little outdated and need to be reexamined. As leaders, here’s some real action we can take to challenge some of these, and a few immediate ideas you can use to discuss, change and offer opportunities to work from anywhere if possible. Here’s how to do that.

Lead In With Lorne - Leadership Lessons From TikTok

Welcome to another Lead In With Lorne. Can you believe that I’m on TikTok? Here’s what I’ve learned from being curious about this new (and young) platform, and how we can apply these lessons as leaders TODAY.

Lead in With Lorne - Desire to Work With People That Motivate Us to be Better

Do you find that people on your team motivate, inspire, challenge and teach you? Or are you surrounded by teams that might suggest it’s time for a change of scene? We should have a desire to work around people that help make us better.

Lead In With Lorne - Secret Underground Whisper Networks Should Get Loud

If you’re a leader, keep an ear out for what they are. If you’re part of the whisper network, have a little courage and actually confront your boss about the issue. If you tune in, you’ll also get Lorne’s personal phone number in case you get any grief.

Lead In With Lorne - How to Make Work Not Suck or Be Boring

Y’know, work doesn’t have to suck. This week we’re discussing the idea that leaders and employees should strive to keep learning and educating themselves on a weekly basis, and how much more fun that makes our professional lives. If you’re learning, it kills the mundane and boring predictability of just droning through our jobs.

Lead In With Lorne - Lessons in Leadership Courage From Today’s Events

While battling jet lag in the U.K., I’ve had some extra time to examine what’s going on in the world these days. Many leaders are given the opportunity to demonstrate courage and stand up for what they believe is right, under extreme pressure. Here’s what we can learn from it.