Client question: “My team is completely disengaged. What can I do to engage them more?” The leader of the team is really the first place that engagement starts. If the leader isn’t engaging them then it probably isn’t happening. This is a tough message to hear as a leader. How can I make people be engaged? Isn’t it up to them? Yes, they do need to be willing participants, but if you are not doing what is needed to engage…
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Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: beating self-doubt, building your LinkedIn profile, joining a community, reinventing your career, give better performance reviews, being a better influencer, communicate intentionally, learning about yourself and your leadership, the changing future of work Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: How to Beat Self-Doubt in 5 Seconds by Mel Robbins Mel’s Strategy to elimination of self doubt is easy to implement and see results 5 Tips to Build a LinkedIn Profile That’ll…
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Today is my BIRTHDAY!! I have always felt that it is the one day of the year that you get to celebrate yourself, so I am doing that today. Receiving so many great birthday wishes on Facebook, text and email really makes you feel special. Google even put a fun little birthday thing on my search page today. This past year I have been making sure that I focused on self-care, connecting with people that I haven’t seen for awhile and spending…
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Today’s message is focused on the future of work. You may have seen this come out on LinkedIn earlier today, but if you haven’t, it is worth reading. The article written by Caroline Fairchild is titled “There will be plenty of jobs in the future: You just won’t be able to do them” and it discusses a recent McKinsey research report published about the changes to work in the next 15 years. This has been a topic that has been discussed…
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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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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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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 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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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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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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