My son and I were flipping channels over the weekend. When we passed by the kid’s movie called Megamind, he said “go back to that show Mom.” There are some top notch actors who lend their voices to the characters in this movie…Tina Fey, Brad Pitt and Will Ferrell to name a few. A movie with a superhero/villain storyline, Megamind is the bad guy in this show. (Spoiler alert! if you haven’t seen the movie, you may just want to…
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Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: building influence, building relationships, connecting with remote workers, building self-esteem, achieving extraordinary success, what is influence, how can you build relationships with influencers, how can you build your influencing skills and preparing for your own influencing conversations. Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes How to Build Influence and Land That Leadership Role by Gordon Tredgold Leadership is all about influence, the more influence we have, the better the leader we…
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I was reading this article today called If Your Employees Act Like They Don’t Care, You Might Be Doing These 11 Things Wrong by Sunny Bonnell. The first quote in the article is: “People come for great vision and leave for poor leadership.” This is such a true statement. I have seen people make decisions to stay in an organization because of the vision that a leader shared. They were inspired and believed that the leader would help them reach…
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Networking is generally thought of as in person activity, but the internet provides you the opportunity to network with people all over the globe. There are so many choices of places to network online. You have probably used Facebook and LinkedIn. Many of you may also use Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. Have you thought about networking with these people vs just accepting the connect, friend or follow request? Some people seem to just be trying to get as many connections…
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Networking events are a great way to meet new people in a short period of time. When you attend an event, are you energized or full of anxiety when you walk in the room? Being able to go up and introduce yourself to people you don’t know can be a struggle when you don’t know what to say. Here are some best practices that you can leverage. Introduction – What is the first thing you do when you meet…
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My Dad was a big Buck knife collector. For those who don’t know about these knives, they are collectibles that in many cases are custom made and produced in very small amounts. The knives may only have a production run of 25 so they become more valuable. Some of them have etched scenes in gold, signatures by the people who made them on the blade and beautiful handles. My Dad would shop on eBay and buy the knives that he liked. It…
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Today’s article was written by Mona Reiser, a guest contributor and one of my former managers. (You can see more about her at the end of the article.) She is one of the smartest leaders that I know and I am so honored that she is sharing one of her stories on my blog. I was a part of the organization that is discussed in her article. I took many lessons from such a great management team and applied them…
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For simplification reasons, I recently moved some of my accounts to a different bank that is near where I live. I noticed immediately that when I walked into the bank I was greeted by a person seated near the entrance. They asked me how I was doing, what my name was, how could they help me and offered me a coffee or a water. Was I really at a bank? Then they walked me to the office of the person…
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Take out your smart phones or laptops and look at your social media accounts. Many people judge their status on social media by how many friends they have on Facebook or Snapchat, Connections on LinkedIn and Followers on Twitter or Instagram. Hard to believe that not so long ago none of these things existed including the internet. (My children still don’t believe I didn’t have a cell phone or laptop when I was growing up!) Now take a look at…
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I recently sent out a survey to do some research on challenges that leaders have so I could build some coaching programs. Some of the responses included some questions about coaching and how it works. I thought it might be helpful to answer those questions here in this post. What is coaching? The International Coaching Federation who is the governing body of certification for coaches defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them…
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