Accountability requires consequences
Do well, keep your job; do poorly, you’re fired! This is how some executives and managers might view accountability. Negotiating consequences, both positive and negative can create strong motivation to be accountable for results and generate top performance. [ view this story ]

Lead Hands – overlooked and underdeveloped leaders
A Lead Hand is a working leader. In many organizations they work along side of the individuals they lead. Almost always they are part of the hourly workforce, receiving a small additional amount of pay. The lead hand has a significant influence over the amount of work completed by the team. Yet in most organizations, the lead hand is not utilized as a full member of the leadership team. Often companies will not provide basic leadership training to Lead Hands which can be a big mistake. [ view this story ]

Now Released: Persuasive and Influential Leadership DVD by Greg Schinkel
Unique Training & Development has just released a DVD video program titled Persuasive and Influential Leadership by company president Greg Schinkel. This one hour video is based on Greg’s highly attended and highly rated keynote presentation in which he describes how you can use advanced communication techniques to get people to do what you want and let the other person think it was their idea. This video was produced into a one-hour cable television special. [ view this story ]

You Cause What Drives You Crazy
Whether it is people in your personal life or employees who are not doing what you expect, you should look into the mirror to see how you are enabling and reinforcing the very behaviors that are frustrating you. We offer twelve examples and solutions. [ view this story ]

Summer: Staff Retreats and Planning for Fall Training
Summer can be a great time to put on a fun and educational workshop, seminar or retreat for your staff and management team. Many organizations also take advantage of summer to plan for training to kick off after Labor Day in September. [ view this story ]

Listen to Leadership Wizard Audio Clips Here
Listen to the latest radio segments of the Leadership Wizard Greg Schinkel including: Delegation, Deciding who should be promoted and negotiating tactics and pitfalls. [ view this story ]