Fall September 2009   Greetings! Many leaders are telling us that motivating their employees today is just not that easy -- especially when leaders are getting tired of the uncertainty and ambiguity themselves. In this issue of our newsletter, we are exploring what it means for leaders to engage themselves.  We have learned that when leaders are motivated they are more ...

Ramping up for the Next 20 Years in Business

Dear Leigh, We recognize that organizations today need effective leaders who can lead well, motivate their employees, and achieve business results.  Leaders develop essential leadership competencies through effective coaching.  Teams become more effective, productive and aligned through targeted team development efforts. Employees and leaders are prepared to handle challenges and opportunities through specialized training. If you ...

New Year, New Energy, New Initiatives

In this issue of Reflections on Leadership, we are excited to share with you what we have learned about building engaged and committed workforces from our 20 years of experience consulting with leaders and organizations on the subject. We want to partner with you to solve the leadership and structural issues that are preventing your firm from executing at the highest possible level. We are also thrilled to announce a new tool, The Bailey Employee Engagement ...

Winter is a time of renewal

The Bailey Group improves the performance of organizations by enhancing the leadership skills of the people we coach. This is the commitment we strive to fulfill with each of our clients, in every interaction. In this edition of our newsletter, we share with you the results of a research study we undertook this past year to learn more about why and how organizations hire executive coaches. We found the results to be very compelling. You will also read about The ...

A Season of Change!

A great thing about the state we live in, is that there are definite seasons. Each season has heralds and markers that signal it's arrival, such as the brilliantly colored changes that our leaves go through.Some seasons represent growth, and others represent maturation. The Bailey Group itself is going through a season of change. We are saying goodbye to a friend in Julie Resch, as she steps into the next chapter in her career, and we welcome Eileen Nordby as our new Office ...

Our "New Website" Issue

As spring struggles to show it's face up here in Minnesota, the Bailey Group is busy on many fronts. In addition to our regular feature article, we are sending you the link to our new website at www.thebaileygroup.com. We have been working for some time to create a site that provides valuable information on the services we offer and resources that you can use. Please read on as we discuss ...

Engaging Conversations: Encouraging a Culture of Dialogue By Barb Krantz Taylor Employee engagement has become a mantra within many organizations. They seem to be looking for secret insights into how to help workforces become more motivated and more productive. Many professionals at many levels have seen the same research that I’ve seen outlining bottom line improvements (such as enhanced productivity and higher retention) that come from effective engagement. To those who have asked me to provide ...

The Coaching Issue

Leadership coaching is at the core of everything we do at The Bailey Consulting Group. Yet we often need to explain more about the value of coaching, our philosophy, and the process and approach we use. So we’re happy to present “The Coaching Issue” to share our perspective as well as that of some of our clients. We’ll go into more depth on the topic on Wednesday, July 11th with our next breakfast event, entitled A Taste of Leadership Coaching – you’ll find more ...

Building an Effective Executive Leadership Team By Leigh Bailey “Don’t run for office. You are already elected.” Jack Welch “Collaboration across boundaries is fundamentally different.” Carly Fiorina Executive leadership teams, the groups of senior level executives –typically led by the CEO—that drive an organization, have a substantial effect on the company’s culture, work environment, strategic direction, and productivity. A well- or poorly-run team can literally mean success or ...

Dear Friends: In addition to our regular quarterly issue of Reflections on Leadership, we are pleased to offer this special update on employee engagement, a topic that we have been addressing lately within many organizations. The timing of this special issue is no coincidence, as we are offering our first open “Taking Charge of Your Career” workshop—a daylong workshop on February 27, 2007—for companies that want to send a few key employees to an event dedicated to helping them learn how to ...

As we plan for this autumn issue of our newsletter, we are also planning for a significant event: a move to new, larger office space. Even though we’re only moving across the street, this process of determining our future needs and objectives, deciding what to keep and what to give away, and watching our new space take shape has been exciting, enlightening, time consuming, and a bit stressful. Speaking of stressful and time consuming, this issue of Reflections on Leadership addresses the irony of ...

We at the Bailey Consulting Group hope you enjoy this issue of Reflections on Leading. This month’s update takes us in several directions: an article that draws parallels between leadership development and athletic training; thoughts on leadership from a few of our clients; and details about a new workbook we published this summer. In particular, we’d like to call your attention to the end of the newsletter, ...

One need only look out the window to see that spring is clearly upon us, even in the Upper Midwest. The pond outside our office thawed weeks ago, and turtles, herons, wood ducks and other wildlife have begun to make appearances. This spring issue of our newsletter, now called “Reflections on Leading,” is the first that will be distributed entirely through cyberspace. By moving fully into the electronic era, we hope to ...