Eric Swenson's Leadership Blog

Paid Time Off (PTO) is one of the most aggravating benefits for businesses to enforce. (PTO is also called vacation, but for the purposes...

When I was growing up, my father disdained the concept of being sick. If my sister or I didn’t feel well, he was empathetic but always...

I lost count. A few years ago, I lost track of how many articles read, videos watched, and conversations I’ve had around the topic of:...

"What I did this summer, this spring, this winter, last fall, the previous summer..." 4.8 million people voluntarily quit their jobs in...

Every day, we make assumptions and judgements about people we work for, work with, and who work for us. That's normal, and those...

Yes, I’m old enough to remember the advent of the fax machine. I also remember dialing with rotary phones. (Fun Fact: My first “real” job...

Things are starting to stabilize. Things appear to be getting better. The curve, for now, appears to be flattening. But make no mistake:...

A very wise man once said if you ask enough “stay interviews”, you’ll be doing a lot less “exit interviews”. I have seen very few...

Do everything you’re supposed to do with on-site employees, but do it on steroids. Overcommunicate. Until they complain about too much...

Before I design a leadership development program for a client, I meet with the CEO or business owner. I ask them questions to discover if...

Are we there yet? We’re getting there. On the day that I’m writing this (April 3) the United States vaccinated 4 million people. Now,...

I’ve never been a fan of dress and appearance policies. I once quit a job because of it; see below. A few years ago, I wrote a post...

I have a client that I’m close to (we’ll leave it at that). Last month, they asked us for immediate help. A job opening they’d been...

Well, we got through the 13th month of 2020. The transfer of power. The near insurrection. The valiant attempt to vaccinate 330 million...

We’re still here. It’s kind of hard to think about everything we’ve gone through this year, isn’t it? I was talking with my coach this...

Anxious much? I can’t imagine why. After all, we just “kinda sorta” concluded the most dramatic presidential election in history. We’re...

Tomorrow, the final quarter of the year begins. For lots of people, the year’s end can’t some soon enough. For others, it’s more of “what...

The best lesson I ever learned on delegation came in 1997.  I was running teams for AAA (the Automobile Club) in our Burbank and Glendale...

Ditch the old way you’ve been doing things and get back to basics.  Performance metrics should set your standard, so people will do the...

The first job a person gets is, in many ways, the most important job you’ll ever have.  If – that is – you look upon it as what is should...