Coaching

Monday Morning Leadership Q&A – 5/29/17

Client Question: “Everyone in my management team believes we should go down a certain path for this project and I believe it will cause us major problems if we do. How should I approach this situation?” This is a moment to demonstrate your courage. When you think about the list of leadership traits that leaders possess, courage doesn’t always get mentioned along with the others. It is one of the traits that really makes such a difference though. Having the…
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Where Do You Want to Spend Your Time?

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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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 5/12/17

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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Are you prepared to act on this advice? by Mona Reiser

Yesterday’s post was focused on major changes in the organization. My friend and former manager, Mona Reiser, sent me her feedback on the post. As you will see she is someone who has been through these changes multiple times. With her permission, I am sharing her insights and advice with all of you who may encounter these type of changes. Here is Mona’s feedback on organizational change: Reading this article brought forth many emotional and intellectual reactions. Having to effect 10+…
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Do You Have a Good Plan in Place?

The first two posts of this week were focused on an overview of tolerations and your physical space tolerations. The focus for today’s tolerations post is on your financials and your career. Planning out for your future may seem like something you can always do later, but later comes sooner than you think. These are the hard decisions that are difficult to make and so people put them off. It is not easy to do, but having a plan in…
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How Do You Feel in the Place That You Live?

Yesterday’s post on tolerations talked about the overview of what a toleration is and how it can get in the way of you having what you want. Today’s blog will be focused on your physical space which is one of the types of tolerations that you may experience in your life. I will give you a couple of examples of how the physical space tolerations were impacting me. I have a stove that was there when we moved into the…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 4/7/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: building trust with employees, what do you do when life leadership and busyness collide, how has leadership changed you, what are you doing as a leader to continue to grow and develop, finding time to prioritize, motivational advice and a review of the top 6 leadership challenges Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes There is an opportunity every day for the hero within you to emerge and lead. – Lolly Daskal “If Employees…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 3/24/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: motivation, goals, getting to know your employees personally, fix your leadership pipeline, personal brand, setting a leadership example, mentoring others, focus on excellence over perfection Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes 5 Ways To Nurture Extraordinary Performance https://twitter.com/SusanMBarber/status/844313422560985089 Extraordinary performance is driving by motivation Goals Are Not the Issue, It’s the Way You Think About Them by Jan J. Osburn https://twitter.com/SusanMBarber/status/844043775437668352 Change the Way You Think About Your Goals Want More from…
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Monday Morning Leadership Q&A – 3/6/17

Today’s Question: “My manager told me that I need to be more visible in our organization. I don’t like to brag about myself, so how do I change that perception?” In your mind, you are doing your job every day and your manager knows what you are doing, so why do you need more visibility? Unfortunately, you may be doing great things, but not everyone else in the organization knows about them. Being visible means that your leadership is…
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Do You Have a Vision?

A vision is a high level outcome that you want to attain. Companies use visions to help motivate their employees, shareholders and consumers about what they want to look like in the future. Amazon’s vision is:”to be earth’s most customer-centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online.” You also have examples from charity organizations such as The Alzheimer’s Association whose vision is “a world without Alzheimer’s disease.” …
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Are You Ready For a Transformation?

I was watching a video by Dr. Benjamin Hardy, who is the author of many books including the one that I am reading now called 10x is Easier Than 2x. His book, that he co-authored with Dan Sullivan, is focused on ways to achieve more by doing less. In the video, he discussed some of the concepts from the book, he shared that, “courage is the starting point of all transformation.” If I look back on my own transformations throughout my career, that…
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How to Master Project and Program Visibility

If you have been following me for any of amount of time, you know that getting visibility for you and your team is important. However, there is also an opportunity for you to consider creating visibility for projects and programs too. Let me share an example: A client of mine shared the details of a discussion that he had with an executive leader about a project that would be kicking off soon. My client intended to walk through the proposed…
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Leading Through Uncertainty: Strategies to Develop Stronger Leaders

Change is a constant, especially when it comes to business. Companies and their leaders need to anticipate customer needs, focus on internal business changes, retain employees and grow the company at a rate that is acceptable by their management and shareholders. Navigating through all of this change isn’t easy for leaders today and it isn’t going away. The Current State This quote was shared from an article on hrexecutive.com, “increasingly, employers report that new hires lack the necessary skills for the job….
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