Yesterday’s post was about visibility and being able to promote yourself. One of the ways of doing that is through networking and connecting with others. The word networking can sometimes bring up anxiety for people who are more introverted. Walking into a room of people that they don’t know and having a conversation with any
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Today’s Question: “My manager told me that I need to be more visible in our organization. I don’t like to brag about myself, so how do I change that perception?” In your mind, you are doing your job every day and your manager knows what you are doing, so why do you need more
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Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! Each week I will share some great articles that I have found as well as the links to my own Creating Leadership Connections blog for the week. This week’s summary includes: Get out of your office and connect with your team, be a leader who coaches, The
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One of the people that used to report to me was remembering her Mother who had passed away in a really heartfelt post on Facebook. She was reporting to me at the time when her Mom was sick and as you can imagine have a difficult time with it. I had been in a similar
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Be Present, Blog, remote leadershipAre you honest when you are asked for feedback about a person or their service? This happened to me today when a sales manager called me about using a service that they had offered to me. Realistically, I will never probably see this person again and I could have just said no I am
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Blog, feedbackA vision is a high level outcome that you want to attain. Companies use visions to help motivate their employees, shareholders and consumers about what they want to look like in the future. Amazon’s vision is:”to be earth’s most customer-centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they
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CoachingToday’s question: “The team that I took over has had little to no exposure in front of senior management. I know I need to help them get visibility. Where do I start?” This type of situation has happened to me. I took over a team that had been given no opportunities in front of senior
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Blog, perception, self-beliefWelcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! Each week I will share some great articles that I have found as well as the links to my own Creating Leadership Connections blog for the week. This week’s summary includes: How smart managers motivate teams, be strategic with your career, how to keep learning, remote leadership, comparisons
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Blog, Coaching, Leadership, ResourcesOne of the things that I encourage my clients to do is to celebrate their big accomplishments! When you are in the middle of a big project for example, you can get mired in all the details. You don’t always pick your head up to look back and see what has been completed. These are
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accomplishments, CoachingMy 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
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Blog, Building Relationships, CoachingComparing ourselves to others is something that everyone has done. We all grew up being compared to each other in school, in sports and at home. Statistics were tracked about grades, sports achievements and you may have felt like your parents were keeping track of what you had done vs your siblings. Fast forward to
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I am going to start using the Monday blog to share questions that I have received or case studies. My intent is to be able to help others who may be facing similar challenges. Feel free to send me questions or situations that you are facing and I will include them in future blogs. Today’s
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Blog, Leadership, remote leadershipWelcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! Each week I will share some great articles that I have found as well as the links to my own Creating Leadership Connections blog for the week. This week’s summary includes: Quotes on Kindness, Leadership and Teamwork, Tips to Boost Accountability, Qualities of Authentic People and my articles
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CoachingWe have all watched inspiring stories of people who accomplished great things, but their lives started out very differently. All of those people had a dream and a story about the journey that helped them get there. They sacrificed a lot in their lives, because they were so motivated to accomplish their dream. For many
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CoachingI was reading an article about Walt Disney the other day. He wanted to find a way to start making movies but wasn’t able to get the money to do it initially. He had already opened Walt Disneyland and thought if he could generate more money through the park, he could make his movies. He
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