Are you a leader? Or a boss? Do you know the difference between the leader and the boss? In this article, you will be able to differentiate between the two and distinguish if you are a leader or you are acting as a boss. Leader, the role of the leader is to lead the people. » Read More
How Can I Get Them to Listen? I love this question – it is honest, sincere, and you can probably identify with the frustration behind it. In fact, the question in its original form comes from a mother of three asking about her children, and she qualified her questions: “Oh wait, wrong type of leadership?” » Read More
Leadership isn’t a solo endeavor. If you go it alone: You will not have anyone to support you in challenging times. You will not have anyone to challenge you in troubling times. You will not have meaningful conversations. You will become stale in your ways. You will become moldy in your ideas. You will become » Read More
Some leaders don’t have an issue celebrating a team’s accomplishments. They are naturally gifted at celebration. However, many leaders, including myself, struggle with celebrating – and not because we’re no fun. If we don’t, from time to time, stop and celebrate with our team, we’ll miss a huge opportunity. In this post I’m sharing a few reasons » Read More
We’ve all experienced it. The meeting goes well. Everyone nods, smiles, and quickly agrees. There are no objections or even questions to answer. You leave feeling confident that your proposal will be unanimously adopted. Then you hear about the meeting after the meeting… and the lingering concerns and worries that ‘everyone’ has… and you know » Read More
How Could You? He was angry. His tight words and finger stabbing the air made it clear: he felt betrayed. “How could you let this happen?” He had just been fired…by the President of the Company. “Me?? I’m not the one who skipped out on the team over and over again.” He may have been » Read More
In your organization, how much employee input does management get before deciding a course of action? Not much? You might want to rethink that.
Is your company inadvertently pushing good people away? Are some of your best performers leaving? If so, “adverse selection” may be at work in your organization. Have you pinpointed all the ways you are driving diversity out of your enterprise?
It can be like an overpowering cologne or perfume. When someone enters the room, the scent overtakes everything, and we can barely breathe. The same happens when someone’s individual passion overtakes a conversation or decision. What seems to be the unfortunate goal is for one person’s passion to be imposed on others. It is » Read More
Are you a trustworthy leader? You probably answered with a resounding “Yes!” and perhaps a bit of indignation. The subject of one’s trustworthiness is a tricky one — have you ever met anyone who wholeheartedly agreed that they were untrustworthy? Not many, I’d bet. That’s because people mistakenly equate “trustworthiness” with “personal integrity.” Both attributes » Read More
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