John Baldoni is a leadership consultant, coach, and speaker. He picked up one leadership lesson while teaching at the Banff Centre recently that really resonated.
Andrew Solnordal, a regional manager at Gulf & Fraser, a credit union in British Columbia. Andrew is responsible for a nine-branch operation and more than eighty employees. He has committed himself to visiting with each and every employee once per quarter.
“Think about it,” writes Baldoni in Harvard Business Publishing. “He’s adding 320+ meetings to his schedule per year. Not because he has to, but because he feels it’s the right thing to do.
Here are three reasons why Solnordal’s idea may be a good one for you. Read the article.
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