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Now is Not the Time to Give Up

Every day we all face issues with something that doesn’t work as designed and it gets really frustrating.  In my house, if someone can’t print something or the laptop doesn’t work right, you would think the world was ending.  My family has no patience when it comes to technology.  When it doesn’t work right, they just want to quit or have me fix it. I have always pushed through when things with technology doesn’t work.  I remember wanting to add a new…
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Why Do You Care What Everyone Else Thinks?

How much of your time is spent worrying about what your management thinks of you?  Everyone wants to be seen in a positive way and that they are doing well at their job.  When things are going well, you may not think about this too much at all…after all things are good.  It becomes more challenging when you get some feedback that you did something wrong or you aren’t doing as well as you thought.  You start to watch what…
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Monday Morning Leadership Q&A – 5/14/2018

Client Question: “I want to grow as a leader, but I am not sure where to start?” How do you define this for yourself?  What does it look like when you reach it? Is it a certain level that you want to reach or to be perceived in a certain way?  Defining this for yourself is the key to determining what actions you want to take to reach that outcome.  In general, growing as a leader takes time and multiple types…
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Friday Focus Video 5/11/2018 – Meeting Dynamics

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Do You Have the Full Picture in Place?

When you move into a new group or company, you need to take the time to meet the team, learn more about them and the organization.  It is a process that is similar to putting a puzzle together.  You have a bunch of puzzle pieces on the table, but you aren’t quite sure what the full picture will look like yet.  Where do you start? Who are the subject matter experts who can teach you the information that you need? How…
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What are the Best Questions to Ask?

Creating the opportunities for your team to stand out is something that every leader should be doing more intentionally. Yesterday’s post talked about the power of a leader saying “I don’t know” to allow the team to come up with solutions. The power that the leader has when they say something drives the direction of the team and it is more powerful than many leaders realize. What if you were just thinking out loud about a situation?  What if you were just making a suggestion…
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I Don’t Know is the Right Answer!

When was the last time that you said “I don’t know” out loud?  You know you don’t know the answer, but yet, you find yourself stating your best guess or your opinion.  Why does this happen to leaders?  Why isn’t it okay to just say that you don’t know?  Leaders seem to have this internal shift that happens when they get the title.  They feel that they need to have the answers whenever anyone asks them a question, even when they have…
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Monday Morning Leadership Q&A – 5/7/2018

Client Question: “I am so busy each week but I am not spending time on my goals. I need help staying accountable to what I need to focus on.  What can I do to be better at this?”   One of the best ways to do this is to share what you want to focus on with a friend or co-worker.  Ask them to hold you accountable to ensure that you are doing what you said you wanted to do.  You could also…
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Friday Focus Video 5/4/2018 – Make Yourself a Priority

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Developing Yourself Needs to be Your Priority

What have you done for yourself in the last few months or over the last year?  This week’s posts have been focused on how you are spending your time and if you are spending any of it investing in yourself.  Today will be focused on how you can do that from a professional standpoint. Work will always be busy.  There will always be more meetings to attend than you have time for and people pulling at you to get more done. …
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