Are you someone who drives change or let’s change happen to you? What would prevent you from driving change if it would make things better? Is it fear? Do you feel that you aren’t empowered to do it? Have you tried in the past and failed? It goes back to the old saying “what if
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Blog, changeHave you noticed that some people just seem to progress through the organization quickly while it may take others longer? So what do those fast movers do differently? When they run into challenges, they figure out what isn’t working and try something different. One of the key traits that successful people have is executive presence. They
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Blog, LeadershipClient Question: “When things aren’t going well with our projects, I tend to jump in and start doing things to help them. I know that may help solve that individual challenge, but it isn’t helping the team grow and develop. How can I stop putting myself in the middle and trust them to handle it?”
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Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: Leadership comes from within, creating teams with ownership, managing remote employees, making your managers a strategic priority, taking a lateral opportunity can bring positives to your career, personal brand, providing value and addressing negative leaders Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: The Hard Truth About Good Leadership by Chris Myers
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Blog, Leadership, ResourcesWhat is the best way to deal with leaders who are negative? Sometimes a simple conversation to share observations and bring awareness can be all that is needed to address the situation. In other cases, there is a behavior that will take some time to change. Here is an article that highlights some ways
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Blog, Leadership,Have you thought about the value that you are providing to others? This is a question that individuals, teams and companies should be able to answer. If you haven’t considered it before, it is something that should be very visible to your clients and customers. In this article called 7 Ways Not to Screw Up Your Value Proposition by
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Blog, valueToday’s blog is by our guest contributor, Mona Reiser. She shares her perspective on the importance of managing your personal brand at all times! Do you have a personal brand? Amazon’s Jeff Bezos’ definition of personal brand: “It is what people say about you when you leave a room.” There are many examples where this
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Blog, personal brandClient Question: “I don’t have a lot of opportunities to move to the next level. I want to learn new things, but I really don’t want to leave my current company. What else can I do?” As organizations become flatter, this is an issue that many people face. Part of this is due to the
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Blog, LeadershipWelcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: Changing yourself, managing a remote workforce, overcoming challenges, simplifying to get more done, best practices for one on ones, retaining your people, making tough decisions, are you really happy? Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: Becoming Whole at work: Personal Development to Change the Organization by Marcella Bremer
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I loved this article called Give Your People C.R.A.P. if You Want Great Employee Retention by Jeff Korles. The acronym C.R.A.P. stands for Caring, Respect, Appreciation and Praise. He took one word that would normally by seen as negative or derogatory and turned it into a great acronym that you will always remember. I love the simplicity
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Blog, LeadershipI am on a trip to visit colleges with my daughter who is a senior in high school. I was telling my sister that we were going to visit schools near her house so we could come see her and her family. She asked me “why does everyone visit so many colleges now? When you
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Blog, LeadershipDo you feel that things are moving to fast in your life? It seems like the days run together and I am trying to remember what day it is half the time. It made me think of the quote from the movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look
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Blog, happinessClient Question: “My previous manager used our one on one meetings to discuss projects. I would like to do something different with my own team. What are the best practices to have a good one on one with a direct report?” This is a great question. There is very little time to catch up
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Blog, LeadershipWelcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: TED Talks to inspire you, how to identify high potential employees, focus on employee engagement, preparing for the next career step, building connections with people, how to focus more effectively and top career tips to fast track your career. Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: 7 Great
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Blog, Leadership, ResourcesEveryone is always looking for tips and tricks to move ahead in their career. Why struggle to learn all these lessons on your own? How can you leverage what someone else has learned and adapt it for yourself? This article called the Top 10 Tips to Fast Track Your Career by Talane Miedane offers some suggestions
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