Are You Ready to Communicate In An Intentional Way?

Communication is something that we do everyday whether in spoken words, emails, text or non-verbally.  We often don’t think about it too much until it comes to more formal situations like giving a speech or getting ready for an interview.  Then you start really focusing on the words that you are going to say and how you will say them.  What messages do you want them to hear from you?  It is important to look at it from this perspective so…
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Monday Morning Leadership Q&A – 11/27/17

Client Question: “I would like to be a better influencer. What are the characteristics of good influencers?” Can you think of anyone that you work with who is good at influencing? What is it about them that makes them good at it? There are some characteristics that are pretty common across all of the people who are considered strong influencers. Here are a few of them: Credibility They are people that took risks, had many experiences and demonstrated past successes…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 11/24/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary!    This week’s summary includes: recognizing blind spots,  gauging performance by interview questions, defining leadership, bottom-up leadership, growing your professional network, moving forward on difficult issues, creating more time in your life, focusing on the future, being present Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: How to Recognize Blind Spots Before They Derail Your Career by CarterandDavid, Stephanie Vozza Learn the 5 most common blind spots and how you can manage around them   Flip the Script: Interview Questions that Candidates…
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Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all of those celebrating in the US!!  Such a great day to spend with family and friends eating lots of food, watching football and having a drink or two!  Take the time to be present with your families while you are there and be grateful for your time together.  Be sure to thank whoever is cooking and baking for the big day as they have spent many hours preparing everything! Thank you so much for being a…
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Do You Have a Focus on Your Future?

Planning and preparation are key activities for a leader to focus on, especially at the beginning of a new role.  Understanding the work that your team does, building relationships and delivering against your priorities are a few examples to concentrate on.  However, there is one other planning activity that should happen at this time as well.  You need to start figuring out how to work yourself out of a job.  It seems illogical to do this so early in the…
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5 Ways to Create More Time in Your Day and Your Life

During this week of Thanksgiving here in the US, many people will be driving or flying to visit family.  It is an opportunity to take a few days off and recharge your batteries.  Looking back over the year, how have you been spending your time?  Are you spending your time on the most valuable things?  Are you doing things that make you happy?  Are you spending all of your time on work and not taking time for yourself, family and…
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Monday Morning Leadership Q&A – 11/20/17

Client Question: “I am hitting a brick wall on this project that I am working on.  I don’t know how to move forward on it and solve this issue.  What should I do?” Since you have tried to solve it yourself without success, my first question would be “have you asked for help from someone else?”   Asking for help is one of the most challenging things for people to do for some reason.  Why do we all feel that we…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 11/17/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary!    This week’s summary includes: Using persuasion to sell ideas, doing self-reflection, you can’t stand by as a leader, being self-aware, preparing for a career conversation, how failing can help you, prioritizing better, creating a culture of trust, comparison is a good thing to do, leading from where you are Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: Four Tips to Persuade Others Your Idea Is a Winner by Loran Nordgren Want to shake up the status quo? Use psychology to…
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It’s Time to Seize the Leadership Opportunities!

What does it take for someone to lead? Is it just something that they jump in and do or do they have to be asked?  Senior leaders are looking for those individual contributors that jump in and start leading regardless of their title or role.   Those are the people who stand out and are seen as having potential to do more and progress up the ladder.  You want future leaders who take the initiative to learn, grow, solve problems and…
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What if You See Comparison as a Good Thing?

Let’s face it we live in a world of comparison.  We compare the kind of car that we drive, where we live, type of career we have, etc.  We try not do it, but it is one of those judgments that we pass before we even realize it.  It becomes especially challenging in your career as you compare yourself against others in your workplace.  You look at your peers or management to try to figure out what they are doing…
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