Client Question: “I want to be a really good leader for my team. There is so much to do and so little time that I am struggling to get it all done. Are there things that I can do to manage my time better?” Time is the ultimate constraint that we have in our lives. There is only so much of it and it really requires us to focus on the right things. The to do list will always…
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Resources to inspire you in your leadership journey! Ted Talks spread ideas through powerful talks on areas from science to business to global issues – all in less than 18 minutes! Video Playlist Topic: Ted Talks on The Benefits of Failure (click on this link to watch all the videos or the links below to pick out just one) Failure isn’t fun, but it is an opportunity to learn, reflect and regroup. These insightful talks can help you pick yourself up after a setback…
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We have all grown up with the messages from our families, teachers, media, society, etc that tell us what we are “supposed” to do in our lives. Some of these messages may include: get good grades, go to a good school, get a good job, get married, have children, save for retirement, etc. You get the gist of the messages we have all heard and internalized over many years. Those messages create some ideal picture of who we are supposed…
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Yesterday’s post focused on perfectionism and the fear of failure. This is another perspective on how perfectionism is playing out in the younger generations today. In this article by Thomas Curran and Andrew Hill called Perfectionism is Increasing and That’s Not Good News, studied 41,641 American, British and Canadian college students between 1989-2016 to look at perfectionism in a few different ways. Their findings determined that “recent generations of young people are more demanding of themselves, perceive that others are more demanding of…
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Brene Brown who is an author and research professor found that so many people are hiding behind this mask of trying to be perfect in order to avoid failure, shame and vulnerability. It can be scary to show the “real” you vs the one that you let them see. This realization really struck home with her when she read this quote from Teddy Roosevelt, “When we spend our lives waiting until we’re perfect or bulletproof before we walk into the…
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Client Question: “I know that I am only 1 month into this new role, but I just feel overwhelmed with all that I have to learn. I think I may be in over my head when I compare myself to everyone else who seems to know so much.” It is very common to have self-doubt at the beginning of a new role. Everyone goes through this same feeling. You knew so much in your old role and people came to…
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Resources to inspire you in your leadership journey! Video Playlist Topic: Ted Talks on How to Love Work Again (click on this link to watch all the videos) The Happy Secret to Better Work by Shawn Achor How to Find Work You Love by Scott Dinsmore A Kinder Gentler Philosophy of Success by Alain de Botton Grit: The Power of Passion and Performance by Angela Duckworth Why It’s Time to Forget the Pecking Order at Work by Margaret Heffernan How to Make Work…
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I just read a thought provoking article in LinkedIn about culture and how Kindergartners collaborate better than MBAs. Author Daniel Coyle shares that “at some point, we exchange our willingness to experiment and jump into new projects for the need to size each other up. But great organizational cultures focus on action rather than posturing.” Does the willingness to collaborate change as you move into grade school? Is it when you start to see that there is competition among each…
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I wanted to share something that I thought was very inspiring today from Octavia Spencer. This partial video and link to her speech at the Kent State Commencement last year has so much great advice from someone whose life could have taken a much different path. Her life differed in ways that she couldn’t even have predicted for herself. She is an amazing actress who has won an Academy Award, SAG awards, a Golden Globe and many others for her…
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Would you leave your full time job to go start a business in the recession? Would you hire people that many other companies would never even consider? For most people the answer to those two questions would most likely be a “no.” People who would say yes to these two questions would be defined as big risk takers. The kind of people who don’t let anything stand in the way of their vision to not only build a business, but…
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