by Kerry Siggins | Sep 6, 2022 | Communication, Getting Results, Growth, Leadership, Management
How do you become a more persuasive leader? As a CEO, my power of persuasion has been tested to the max over the years. From motivating people to transform our business to negotiating acquisitions to convincing customers why they should do business with us, it’s a...
by Kerry Siggins | Aug 8, 2022 | Communication, Difficult Conversations, Leadership, Mindset, Power of Being Uncomfortable, Treat People with Respect
The best kind of communication is straightforward communication, and the best kind of leader is a straightforward leader. It took me a while to learn this as a leader. Sometimes I would beat around the bush and not share my thoughts for fear of hurting someone. Or...
by Kerry Siggins | Jul 14, 2022 | Communication, Getting Results, Leadership, Management, Treat People with Respect
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve seen Gallup’s research on dismal employee engagement – only 20% of the global workforce feels engaged at work. Many leaders are at a loss about what to do, especially if they work for organizations that...
by Kerry Siggins | Apr 16, 2022 | Accountability, Challenge Yourself, Communication, Difficult Conversations, Do the right thing, Power of Being Uncomfortable
Last summer, while my son was at BMX camp, something interesting happened. Something that made me think about truth. And this is a story about truth. On the last day of camp, the parents received an email from a mother saying some boys were picking on her 6-year-old...
by Kerry Siggins | Dec 6, 2021 | Challenge Yourself, Communication, Getting Results, Leadership, Management, Treat People with Respect
Do you want to be a better listener? Did you know that 75% of the time we are “listening” we are actually distracted, preoccupied or forgetful? Did you know that 85% of what we know that we have learned by listening? These statistics are staggering. But we must listen...
by Kerry Siggins | Sep 7, 2021 | Coaching, Communication, Difficult Conversations, Leadership
Being an employee-owned company, leadership at StoneAge encourages people to speak up – “keeping it real” is what we call it, and it’s part of our Own It Mindset, which is our set of values and leadership principles. We work diligently to make it...
