Marcia Zidle is a board-certified executive coach, business management consultant and keynote speaker, who helps organizations to leverage their leadership and human capital assets.
She has 25 years of management, business consulting and international experience in a variety of industries including health care, financial services, oil and gas, manufacturing, insurance, pharmaceuticals, hospitality, government and nonprofits.
She brings an expertise in strategy and alignment; social and emotional intelligence; executive and team leadership; employee engagement and innovation; personal and organization change management.
She has been selected one of LinkedIn Profinder’s top coaches for the past 5 years.
Tuesday
16Change is a fact of life today in the workplace. It is not going away.
Tuesday
13Layoffs are often necessary for organizations, but the days and weeks afterward determine whether your teams will quickly move forward or struggle with uncertainty. Remaining employees often feel anxiety, fear of future cuts, guilt for being "the ones who stayed," and skepticism about the organization's direction. Productivity drops, resentment rises, and trust erodes quickly. Managers, often under intense pressure and uncertainty, are now being tasked with stabilizing their teams, rebuilding trust, keeping top talent engaged, and maintaining productivity.
Thursday
22In today's fast-moving workplace change is the only constant. Emerging technologies, shifting customer expectations, evolving team structures, and new leadership models are redefining what success looks like in every role and in every organization. To stay competitive and relevant, your leaders and professionals must have more than technical or managerial skills; they must develop adaptability, resilience, and a future-focused mindset.
Wednesday
28A recent study on workplace conflict found that an overwhelming majority (85%) of employees, at all levels, have experienced dealing with stressful conflict. For example: being in a frustrating disagreement with a colleague; managing a conflict between co-workers; or getting team members to collaborate instead of working independently. Workplace conflict is inevitable - but costly. Unresolved conflicts lead to miscommunication, stalled projects, reduced productivity, and employee disengagement.
When was the last time you thought about how you influence others - how you change minds, shape opinions, move others to act? Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager said, "The key to leadership is influence, not authority." That's why it's important to have influencing skills as part of your professional portfolio.
The critical talent management issue businesses face today is how to keep engagement high and retain those key employees who are right now thinking about seeking greener pastures as the economy and job market improves. Some may think employee engagement is primarily a human resource concern. Yet Gallup's research has found that managers are the ones primarily responsible for their employees' engagement levels. Learn how managers can accelerate employee engagement and boost the performance of their department or business unit.
Conflict is an inevitable part of life. Conflict arises when the people we work with have different ideas, perspectives, backgrounds, values, goals or expectations. Yes, conflict can be destructive! It diverts energy from more important activities and issues; it polarizes people and reduces cooperation; and it can produce irresponsi-ble behavior. And conflict can be constructive! It opens up and improves commu-nication; it strengthens working relationships and teamwork; and it leads to better quality decisions and problem solutions.
When was the last time you thought about how you influence others - how you change minds, shape opinions, move others to act? Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager said, "The key to leadership is influence, not authority." That's why it's important to have influencing skills as part of your professional portfolio. To be an effective leader, it is necessary to influence others to support and implement decisions that are crucial for your team, department, business unit or company's success. Even with a solid foundation of credibility and competence you, as a manager, may fall short if you don't understand the dynamics of power, politics and influence.