Are You a Good Influencer ? Influencing is a subtle way of getting someone to do what you want vs. forcing them to do it. It isn’t a bad thing. It can be a very effective tool to use. Influencing people helps you proactively move things forward that may be stuck. However, it is important […]
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What value do you bring? What was your first thought when you read that question? Most likely something to the effect of…I know I add value, but I need some time to think about it. I am asking you to come up with this answer and know it without hesitation. Why? If you don’t know
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communications, mindset shift, value, visibilityLet’s not assume anything … Many clients will state something that they believe to be true when it is really an assumption. It happens to everyone. We believe something that we have been told and react to that information as the truth. Here is an example: Someone is applying for a new role. They came
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communications, mindset shift, visibilityWhen Is The Last Time You Slowed Down ? Did that just give you a moment of panic when you read that? Slow down? Who has time for that, right? In the Amplify Your Leadership Masterclass this week, there were a few lessons that focused on slowing down. Why? Glad you asked! In order to speed
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communications, mindset shift, visibilityHow Would You Rate Your Communication ? Communication with the people that you work with in an organization is one of the most important things that you do each day. It is how you stay aligned with teams and managers, delegate and develop your team, get things done and discuss big decisions and recommendations. Most
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Blog, communications, ConfidenceI was presenting to a women’s employee resource group the other day about the impact that communication can have on an organization. Things will run smoothly when people have the right information and they can trust that what they have been given is accurate. The challenge is that not all leaders are the same. Some
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Have you ever shared a situation or story with someone and you can tell by their response, that they have no idea what you said because they weren’t listening to you? We have all experienced this at one time or another, but why does it happen? Did they not find the topic interesting, were they
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Someone asked me, what are your thoughts about boundaries? Hmm…good question I thought. My initial reaction was that I know that they are a good thing now, but I used to have so much resistance to putting boundaries in place for myself. I didn’t think of them as bad necessarily, but I felt like others
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It’s okay to ask for help. This wasn’t something that I believed for many years. I saw it as a negative thing. I thought you had to do it all yourself and if you couldn’t then you were a failure. I know that this isn’t true now, but back when I was still learning about
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Communication is something that most people do without thinking about it. They speak in a way that makes sense to them in meetings and assume that their message is being heard. If they don’t share the information in a clear and concise way then their message may not be getting through and they have no
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Can we all just stop breaking our boundaries already? I taught a class last week on impostor syndrome with an amazing group of leaders. I asked them which impostor syndrome type they struggled with the most and the majority of them chose to keep their boundaries personally and professionally. Boundaries create guidelines and rules for
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I remember working for someone who wanted to know updates on what I was doing each day. It made it difficult to get anything done with all her requests and I wondered if she had lost trust in me. She was a bit of a micromanager, but I also understood that she was under a
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When people reach out to me for coaching, I spend the time to know who they are and understand what they are struggling with in that moment. We talk about what they want to accomplish so we both know the outcome that they want. This is a journey that they are about to go on as
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One of the main challenges for multiple generations in one workplace is the way that they want to give and receive communication. Each generation wants it their way and can sometimes struggle to bend towards the other generation’s method. Here is an example: Bob is a Gen X person who is leading a huge project
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Communication seems like it is easy to do when you are at work. You are leading a meeting to talk about projects and then everyone goes on their way. You don’t check to see that everyone is aligned and on the same page with what was discussed. There is just an assumption that everyone understood
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