When I first started working, people found a good company, did a good job and stayed there for many years. Most of the people that I knew did the same thing. Things have changed a lot since that time. Someone staying at one company is more of the exception now than the rule. Today people […]
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Blog, CoachingI am in a training class this week so the posts will be a little shorter but still full of good stuff! My discussions this week with friends have reminded me of the importance of connections and community. Are you leveraging the connections that you have in the best way? You already have a relationship
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Blog, CoachingWelcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: How to stop saying yes, ways to bring out the best in others, building company confidence in a first time leader, how to be a future leader, getting everything done, 4th of July, know your worth, are you ready to reconnect? Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes:
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Blog, Confidence, Leadership, results
I am really grateful that there are so many ways to stay in touch with people electronically using LinkedIn, Facebook, Text and Email. Snapchat is also another way (and sometimes the only way) to connect with the millennials in your life. I am by no means an expert on that one, but it is a
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Blog, Building Relationships, connectionsI was reading Think Strategically About Your Career Development by Dorie Clark the other day. All of her tips are really good, but the last one in her article got me thinking about external reputations. She discusses the importance of developing an external reputation. I wholeheartedly agree and have shared this same thinking with many people that I have
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Blog, career management, credibility, networkingHappy 4th of July for all of those in the US today! I went to see the Hamilton play not that long ago. It really brings home what it took for us to create our independence. Creating our government and things like our banking system, etc that did not exist before. It made me realize
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Blog, Building RelationshipsWelcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: one on one meeting checklist, how do you learn, be a real leader and a great manager, what is your purpose, defining roles, connecting with a team, how are you interacting with others, generating creative ideas, getting yourself unstuck Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: The Only
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Blog, LeadershipDo you have a situation that you are struggling with right now? Do you know what you want to do, but you just can’t figure out how to move forward? This happened to me about 5 years ago. What I was trying just wasn’t working and I was getting frustrated. I had been thinking about
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Blog, CoachingWhen a leader is looking for some new ideas they will usually bring the team together for a brainstorming session. Depending on the leader, there are two outcomes that this session can have. The first example is what the leader should avoid doing. The leader says that they want new ideas, but they shoot them
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Blog, Leadership, Team BuildingYesterday I had a call with someone that I used to work with, but haven’t talked to in many years. We shared a few messages on LinkedIn every once in awhile, but that was about the extent of our chats before yesterday. He wanted to congratulate me on what I was doing and let me
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Blog, Building RelationshipsClient Question: “I recently took over a new team, but we don’t seem to be connecting with each other very well. What can I do to make that happen?” Building the connections with a new team as soon as possible is very important. They want to know who you are, what your expectations are and
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Blog, Leadership, Team Building, trust
Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: ways to be a respected leader, signs that you are doing better than you think, self-aware leaders, optimizing your communication, stop being a boss and be a leader, being a leader not a doer, don’t focus only on results, know who you are as
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Blog, Coaching, communications, Confidence, Leadership, Resources, Team BuildingOver my career I have seen both effective and ineffective executive teams. Working for an effective leadership team ensures that things run more smoothly in the organization, communication is clear and decisions get made pretty quickly. The ineffective teams can cause major issues in productivity, lack of trust, slow decision making, confusion and poor morale.
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Blog, Leadership, Team Building, trustOne of the things that is a challenge as a leader is to be authentic to who you are. Without realizing it, you may become what others want you to be. It isn’t something that you may even recognize right away. You begin conforming into what is expected based on feedback from your management or
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authenticity, Blog, LeadershipOne of my coach friends posted this article How Managers Drive Results and Employee Engagement at the Same Time in her Facebook Group. The authors Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman looked at the results of 360 assessments for 60,000 leaders. The article highlights the top 6 skills of leaders who were good at managing
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Blog, engagement, Leadership, results