Self-leadership depends upon your personality type If your innate personality and belief system does not comply with the leadership style you choose, your results will be less than desired. You will come across as being phony, hard to communicate with and will be uncomfortable in your own skin. To succeed, choose a leadership style that » Read More
“The boss told me this morning my decision to implement the new social media strategy wasn’t a good one.” “Did he say why he thought that way?” “He said I didn’t do enough research or involve the right stakeholders.” “Did you do those things?” “Sure, I did little research and talked to a couple people. » Read More
You likely have heard the old adage in the business world, “It’s not what you know; it’s who you know.” In generations past, networking typically involved shaking lots of hands and distributing a forest’s worth of business cards. However, in the rapidly changing global marketplace, some networking consultants promote an updated notion. They contend that » Read More
Writing a lot of words on a subject gets easy. Often you can simply write and write and (at least I) think that you’ll eventually say something important. I’ve often said too much. It might have been earlier in my career when I was selling or even more recently with my teenagers when their eyes » Read More
Often, managers who are good at Relating (asking, listening, coaching, including, and encouraging) shy away from Requiring activities (insisting on excellence, confronting poor or marginal performers, or just telling an employee what is expected or needed). Your job as a manager is to help employees achieve business goals and do outstanding work. To direct their efforts and help them deliver their best work, you need to be equally adept at Relating and Requiring skills. Are you?
Leaders struggle with two challenges when trying to make good decisions: Making bad decisions, and Taking far too long to make them Fortunately, there are 5 Simple Steps* to consistently making good decisions. Follow these 5 steps and you will learn what hundreds of leaders use to make good decisions in a quick and straight » Read More
Last week we detailed the first set of tips to get you on your way to an all-win negotiation. Remember, a negotiation is defined as a mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement, or the process of attempting to agree on a solution. Society is not getting any less competitive, » Read More
Like love, power is one of those words rarely uttered in the workplace. And, when it is, those conversations happen in whispered tones, usually following a flagrant example of power gone wrong. A CEO believing what leadership ethicist Terry Price defines as “something that’s wrong for others but OK for me.” A newly-promoted manager intoxicated » Read More
“We have a problem Houston!” The problem is that most U.S. organizations suffer from the 7 Deadly Sins of Management. The 7 Deadly Sins of Management are: Lack of clear direction No line of sight Unclear accountability Inconsistent language Poor issue transparency Insufficient resources Inadequate tools/skills
Traditionally, leadership has been defined by the existence of followers. If followers exist, you’re a leader. Or at least that’s how it’s been traditionally understood. However, if that’s the case, if we all become leaders, do we all cease being leaders because we have no followers? Is a leader someone who can “get” others to » Read More
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