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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 7/28/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! ****CHECK OUT THE OFFER BELOW – Ends on July 31st! This week’s summary includes: empathetic leaders are the best, maintaining your motivation, what do most leaders miss, eliminating unconscious bias, stop self-doubt, team leadership is a leader’s responsibility, are you ready for a bigger role, are you ready to share your story, how can assessments help you build teams and sell your ideas? Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: Why The Empathetic Leader Is the…
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Want To Be More Effective at Selling Your Ideas?

Yesterday’s post was focused on using assessments as a team and working together in a more productive way. My friend Mona reminded me of the other ways that using these assessments can be helpful. I will share a few of them: It is beneficial to know what the type is of an individual or members of the group prior to presenting to them. You could most likely guess by how they act or speak about things. But let’s just assume…
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Do You Know What Your Leadership Type Is?

I was talking with someone yesterday about some of the assessments that I have been doing. He was sharing his background and experiences with them as well. Periodically, he would tell me whether he was a high or a low on some of the scales for that assessment. Based on our conversation he was able to surmise where some of my scores fell on the scale as well. We will be working together a lot and it is a…
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Are You Prepared to Share Your Story?

I was at a chamber of commerce event last night with over 70 booths and lots of attendees. Many people came by our booth and chatted with us about coaching, our new program we are launching and having assessments done. Having chocolate is never a bad thing, so a big container of Hershey’s miniature chocolates on our table was also a big draw. I met people who were already helping people in their businesses, some who were looking to learn…
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Monday Morning Leadership Q&A – 7/24/17

Client Question: “My manager approached me about taking on a bigger role, but I am not sure I am ready for it. What should I do?” If your manager approached you about the job, that is already a vote of confidence that they feel that you are ready for the role. This doesn’t mean that you will automatically get the role, but they view you as someone who is ready for it. Now you need to ask yourself why…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 7/21/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: questions to improve your success, websites to make you smarter, build a better culture, focus on building relationships, high performance, selling your ideas, seeing things from a different perspective, doing an assessment to learn more about yourself, how are you spending your time Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: 3 Powerful Questions Which Will Increase Your Chances of Success by Debbie Peck http://buff.ly/2uEHK6O Powerful questions can change your state and catapult…
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Are You Curious to Learn More About Yourself?

I recently became certified in the DISC, Motivators and Hogan Assessments. I have always liked doing assessments and have done many different ones throughout my career. There are some slight variations that you may see if you take an assessment multiple times which can happen when you are at different career stages. For the most part it has just helped me really get to know my natural tendencies even more. These can be helpful as you are looking at how…
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Monday Morning Leadership Q&A – 7/17/17

Client Question: “I keep sharing new ideas with my boss. He listens to me, but always tells me why they won’t work. What should I do differently?” Everyone wants to be heard and acknowledged for their ideas. It is important as a leader to truly have an interactive conversation with your team members when they share their ideas. They are putting themselves out there to share something and as a leader you need to acknowledge and have a discussion. …
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 7/14/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: focus on your strengths, ways to be rich without making more money, reading before bed, connections and community, keep trying new things, are you listening without judgment and assumptions Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes “Forget Your Weaknesses, Increase Your Strengths.” by @alphabetsuccess Forget Your Weaknesses Increase Your Strengths Given the limited amount of time available to all of us, I say focus on your strengths. It’s enough work just to maximize…
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Don’t worry, it isn’t too late!

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 change jobs a lot more frequently and that has become the norm. Many people like myself are on their second career phase. Doing something that…
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How Can You Positively Influence Someone?

Let me share a story that I recently heard. Gloria was in the grocery store line and had six cans of beans in her cart. She put her six cans on the conveyor belt. Suddenly, the cashier stopped her. He said, there is a limit on the beans. You can only buy four cans of beans, so you have to put two of them back. The woman didn’t know that there was a limit of only four cans per person in…
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Is a Leadership Point of View Important for All Leaders to Have?

By definition, influence is the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something. When I read this definition, there are so many people that would fit into this definition and be considered an influencer. Some examples could be family, friends, teachers, managers, mentors, peers, and coaches to name a few. They share their lessons, ideas, and beliefs with us every day and influence us. We are not only influenced by the people in…
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Want an Advantage? Use Influencers to Help Push Your Ideas

The most important thing when you have an idea is to get it implemented, right? Does it matter to you if you are the one to sell the idea or if someone else does it for you instead? It doesn’t mean that you are going to give your idea away or lose the credit for the idea. It just means that depending on the situation you are in, you may have to do things differently to move your idea forward. You…
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