I was helping my neighbor with a printer issue that she was having the other day. She said to me “I don’t know why this technology stuff is so hard for me.” I told her that a lot of people have a fear of messing something up when they do new things with technology. What causes that fear? Is it just a mental block that they have? For many people it is just the unknown and it feels overwhelming. I…
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With a daughter in college now, I have seen shifts in how things work from when I went to school. Colleges have far more focus on “field experiences and internships” now. My college roommate had an internship, but she was one of very few that had one. Now there are many more opportunities to get those experiences and the students are “highly encouraged” to do them. Part of it is to discern if they are going to be happy in…
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Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: Motivating your team, differences between feedback and criticism, steps to better decision making, ways to stop sabotaging yourself, building a strong team is a good investment, what truths would you share with your younger self, focus on the essential things in your life, how do you spend your time, and are you a humble leader Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: 5 Step Process to Making Sure Your Employees are…
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When you are trying to share a lesson with your team, do you share how you learned that lesson yourself? In the article “4 Lessons You Learn About Humility While Ambitiously Chasing Success by Silvia Turnova, she talks about sharing more of yourself when you are trying to reach your goals. She lists four lessons to consider: Being Humble – always remember where you came from and that others helped you get to where you are. What are you doing…
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Every day you have a schedule that may include any of the following depending on your situation: meetings, conference calls, dr appointments, kid activities, dinner, grocery shopping, etc. This feels like a merry-go-round that you never get to stop riding. When do you have time to just sit and think about what you want to do? You probably don’t, because there are so many other people pulling at your available time. What do you want your life to look like?…
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I have had this book for a while on my Kindle called “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” by Greg McKeown. I decided to start reading it last night and the first thing it made me think about was the things that interrupt your day which cause you to lose focus. I thought it would be good to share with you what I took away from just the first chapter alone. It begins with a story of a guy who is stressed…
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Client Question: “How do you know that it is time to leave your company?” Two different people asked me this question this week. The answer can be different for everyone depending on their circumstances. In general, there are things that happen that cause you to be unhappy with your current situation. So what does that mean? The answers for this may vary, but I think of it in terms of a pain threshold. How much pain are you willing…
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Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: ways to lead your team to greatness, focus areas for new managers, work-life focus, writing a personal mission statement, habits for likeable leaders, what sets confident people apart, work-life balance, mastermind groups, personal succession planning and turning around negative thinking. Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes 20 Powerful Ways That Will Lead Your Team to Greatness @LollyDaskal http://on.inc.com/2pAvFsC You achieve greatness when you tap into the potential of your team …
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Have you thought about creating your own succession plan? You need to start working yourself out of a job almost as soon as you take it. This wasn’t one of the lessons that I learned early on, but I saw the importance of it as I progressed through my career. There are 4 major reasons that doing this will help you in the long run: You need to time to think and recharge your energy If you don’t prepare your…
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My son and I were flipping channels over the weekend. When we passed by the kid’s movie called Megamind, he said “go back to that show Mom.” There are some top notch actors who lend their voices to the characters in this movie…Tina Fey, Brad Pitt and Will Ferrell to name a few. A movie with a superhero/villain storyline, Megamind is the bad guy in this show. (Spoiler alert! if you haven’t seen the movie, you may just want to…
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