Tremendous Tracey
Passing the Baton: Three Steps to Developing Your Mentee Into A Mentor
I have always been a huge proponent of term limits, long before all of the current political discussion. My time in the military taught me the fine...
Try Three Times: When to Show Initiative & When to Ask for Help
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. But what do you do after that? Should we follow the mantra of my childhood hero, Curly Howard, who s...
The Mentoring Mudslide: How to Offer Guidance Without Slipping Into Doing It For Them
One of the hardest things to discern in leadership is if you are truly helping someone or enabling them. My father used to say you can lead a horse...
What Makes A Mentor? Six Steps to Getting Started
I’ve spent so much time speaking with reporters lately about bully bosses, unethical CEO’s, and unhappiness at work, that it’s time to talk about s...
Born to Lead: Encouraging Your Standouts
Where would we be without our A-Team? We’d be nowhere, that’s where. You can’t get any kind of traction without standouts. But so often we miss opp...
When Your Uber goes Under
When I was stationed in Germany I heard the word Über for the first time. It denotes an outstanding or supreme person or thing, kind of like tremen...
Building a Better Team:How to Bridge the Chasm Between Extroverts and Introverts
During my first week as a Project Manager at a Security firm, I attended a job orientation. The speaker began the briefing with the following jok...
Planting Seeds to "Grow" Future Readers
Growing up, I thought leadership was all about what you did. As I grew older, I realized a huge part of leadership is about what you read. Every da...
Accountability and The Ripple Effect
Have you ever noticed that when you attempt to focus on one area of your life, with an eye toward improvement, you tend to notice other areas that ...
Don’t Let Frustration Fester: Encouraging Accountability
The second law of thermodynamics states that the universe tends toward disorder. So does your workplace, unless strong leaders with integrity and ...
New Beginnings - 3 Tips for Life After the Diploma
On Friday, May 12th, Tracey C. Jones had the honor of receiving an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Central Penn College. In addition to rec...
Perfecting the Puzzle: Building a Team You’ll Want to Keep Forever
The hardest thing in the world is finding the right people to surround yourself with; in business, in play, and in love. No matter how good you or ...
Who Am I?
Five Personality Tests that Will Fascinate You
They say self-awareness is one of the keys to success, yet so many of us have no idea who we really are and what makes us tick. Experts call it per...
What’s on Your Onboarding Menu?
Portion Control Plus Learning Preferences Equals a Well-Balanced Staff
Onboarding is the action or process of integrating a new employee into an or...
What's Your True Leadership Persona? Uncover the Clues and Find A Path That Makes Sense
Did you know it is as important to identify your followership persona as it is your leadership one? I am going to share an insight with you that I ...
