I like to believe that most leaders are good and do the best that they can for their teams. However, what do you do if you have a manager who is not a good leader and doesn’t even try to improve or support you? We could dive into understanding why they are this way, but
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Elise wasn’t good at talking about the things that she had accomplished. She would change the subject if someone would bring up something she did so she didn’t sound like she was bragging. She grew up with the belief that hard work was important, but you didn’t need to talk about your accomplishments. She set up a
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Andrea was excited about her promotion to be a senior manager. She would get to lead a larger team and have a lot more responsibility. She wanted to talk about what she would do differently in this new role in her coaching session. When we talked about how she wanted to show up in this role, I sensed
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Lisa wanted to hire another employee to take on additional workload, but her manager wasn’t in favor of it. He agreed that she needed the help, but he didn’t see the need to add to payroll. He asked her to go back and see if someone else could pick up the work. She was disappointed and she
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One of my clients had a difficult situation happen at work yesterday. The simple version of what happened was that decisions about a new program were made a few months ago. He learned new information and wanted to make some changes to the program. Unfortunately, the launch is about to happen right now, so it is too
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One of my friends wants to move to a healthier weight. She began to change what she eats last year and has now started to add exercise in to help her achieve her goal. She proudly announced to our group that she is going to work out every day this year and she hasn’t missed
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One of the biggest challenges that leaders face is carving out space in their calendars to think, plan, and be strategic. It makes sense that they would feel that way when there they have so much to accomplish and a never-ending to-do list. However, what we talk about in coaching conversations is how they can
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John who had been leading his new team for about a year, came to me and said he wanted to be viewed by others as strategic. I asked him why it was important for him to be viewed as strategic? He said that his manager gave him feedback that he wasn’t being strategic enough and
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Do you know what your personal brand is? Many people operate on autopilot with a lack of understanding about how they are perceived. Your brand is the first 3-4 things that people think about you when they see you or talk to you. These traits are what you are known for and what makes people know,
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I like to do leadership assessments for clients to help them learn more about who they are as leaders and how they are perceived. It also helps me get to know them better as their coach. Without fail, there is always an “aha” moment that occurs as we go through the results. How they see themselves
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Your reputation is your personal brand. It is the first thing that people think about you and how they see you. I have often equated it to a bank account. Money goes into the account as you accomplish things and add to your reputation. If things don’t go well and a few mistakes are made
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This is the time of year that many clients are focused on goals in preparation for the new year. It can feel a bit overwhelming for leaders to get started so I will ask my clients to share what their big outcomes are for the next year. They bring rough ideas to the conversation based on the
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Most people think about strategy in a business context. It is important to identify and implement strategies at various levels in a company to move the company forward and accomplish their goals. However, there are also other places where strategy is equally important, but it is about you and not the company. Let me share a
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Kathy was a mentee of mine who met with me monthly. She would bring various challenges that she faced to our meetings and we talked about how she could handle them. One of those conversations focused on some feedback that she received from her manager who thought she was really good at leading projects, but
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I sat in the big auditorium back in my corporate job with about 100 people in the room and many others who joined remotely. We were listening to a career panel discussion put on by the employee resource group called Women@Kraft that I led. Some amazing women were up on stage and shared their stories of how they
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