There are many motivational speeches given at college graduation ceremonies this time of year. I recently read Theo Epstein’s Yale Graduation Speech that he gave at the commencement ceremony. For those of you who don’t know him he is the President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs. (I know not everyone may be a […]
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Blog, Coaching, empowerment, Leadership, Team BuildingClient Question: “Everyone in my management team believes we should go down a certain path for this project and I believe it will cause us major problems if we do. How should I approach this situation?” This is a moment to demonstrate your courage. When you think about the list of leadership traits that leaders
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Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: Being an inclusive leader, does your leadership add or subtract value, how can you be persuasive, building a cohesive team, defining leadership, asking for what you want, focus on what could go right, how can your leadership continue to impact others Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes
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I saw this great quote by Sheryl Sandberg: “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” You can see the impacts that you have on people during the course of the day. But have you ever thought about how much you continue
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LeadershipI was helping my neighbor with a printer issue that she was having the other day. She said to me “I don’t know why this technology stuff is so hard for me.” I told her that a lot of people have a fear of messing something up when they do new things with technology. What
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Blog, focusWith a daughter in college now, I have seen shifts in how things work from when I went to school. Colleges have far more focus on “field experiences and internships” now. My college roommate had an internship, but she was one of very few that had one. Now there are many more opportunities to get
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Blog, Confidence, Leadership, risksClient Question: How do you define leadership? This is a question that I get a lot from clients. The formal definition of leadership from Business Dictionary.com is: establishing a clear vision, sharing that vision with others so that they will follow willingly, providing the information, knowledge and methods to realize that vision, and coordinating
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LeadershipWelcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: Motivating your team, differences between feedback and criticism, steps to better decision making, ways to stop sabotaging yourself, building a strong team is a good investment, what truths would you share with your younger self, focus on the essential things in your life,
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Blog, feedback, focus, Motivation, ResourcesWhen you are trying to share a lesson with your team, do you share how you learned that lesson yourself? In the article “4 Lessons You Learn About Humility While Ambitiously Chasing Success by Silvia Turnova, she talks about sharing more of yourself when you are trying to reach your goals. She lists four lessons
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authenticity, Blog, vulnerabilityEvery day you have a schedule that may include any of the following depending on your situation: meetings, conference calls, dr appointments, kid activities, dinner, grocery shopping, etc. This feels like a merry-go-round that you never get to stop riding. When do you have time to just sit and think about what you want to
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Blog, Coaching, focus, PrioritiesI have had this book for a while on my Kindle called “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” by Greg McKeown. I decided to start reading it last night and the first thing it made me think about was the things that interrupt your day which cause you to lose focus. I thought it would be good
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Blog, focus, PrioritiesClient Question: “How do you know that it is time to leave your company?” Two different people asked me this question this week. The answer can be different for everyone depending on their circumstances. In general, there are things that happen that cause you to be unhappy with your current situation. So what does
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Blog, career changeWelcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: ways to lead your team to greatness, focus areas for new managers, work-life focus, writing a personal mission statement, habits for likeable leaders, what sets confident people apart, work-life balance, mastermind groups, personal succession planning and turning around negative thinking. Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes
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Blog, CoachingEveryone has days that they are just not on their “A” game. All you can focus on is the negative self-talk and doubts about your abilities. So what can you do to get yourself out of it? What about helping someone else instead? It will help you to move your thinking away from what isn’t
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negative thinkingHave you thought about creating your own succession plan? You need to start working yourself out of a job almost as soon as you take it. This wasn’t one of the lessons that I learned early on, but I saw the importance of it as I progressed through my career. There are 4 major reasons
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