The topic of good leadership seems to be popping up all over!

Yesterday both my DearBev column and an article on the Wall Street Journal Online discussed how to keep your staff engaged and the office morale high after devastating lay-offs. It seems that since the recession hit and lay-offs began, the focus has been on the unemployed and how to get yourself back into the job market. But little attention has been given to the “survivors” of the crash who are often facing their most trying times. Managers in particular are charged with the task of keeping  up morale  amongst a group of shell shocked employees who just saw their friends and colleagues get the axe and are either in fear that they are next or are experiencing some serious survivor’s guilt. But guilt and fear aside, the reality is that during this major slump, managers need their remaining employees to perform their best to keep business running and probably to make up for the slack created by job elimination. And the only way for higher-ups to get their staff in order is to be a great leader.

In my column, I consulted with Dr. Gary Schuman, President of CDL Consulting who offered up some great advice on being the leader that your employees need. He will chime in on several more columns to dispense some tips for the managers that, until now, seem to have been forgotten.