Are you someone who sees change as a good thing? I think it depends on the experiences that you have had with change. If the change experiences that you had were good and brought you new opportunities, you would probably view them in a positive way. However, if the situations that you went through with […]
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Are you labeling yourself without realizing it? On a recent podcast, I talked about being an introvert and how I embraced that label. Although it seemed like a good thing at the time, I may have leaned on that label a bit too much. Assessments I first learned about being an introvert when I took
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Are you letting opportunities pass you by? In every organization, there are processes that are inefficient, people who need training, frustrations about workload, and problems that need to be solved. These are just a few examples and there are many more that exist in a company. How come no one is trying to solve them?
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What are the top experiences that you have had in your career? Think of some project or team that you were a part of that made a huge impact on you. That experience helped you gain knowledge, learn a lesson, grow as a leader, bond as a team, or perhaps you made the impossible, possible.
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One year ago today I launched The Visibility Factor book out into the world! I thought you might like a peek behind the curtain at what that day was like for me! It was like giving birth to a child (without having to go to the hospital, the pain, having a crying infant, and the
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I wrote a blog about International Women’s Day five years ago that focused on my Mom who inspired me more than she knew. It was her perseverance to succeed in her career that taught me that I could do it too. She was a huge role model for me and in the time before the
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There are many motivational speeches given at college graduation ceremonies this time of year. I recently read Theo Epstein’s Yale Graduation Speech that he gave at the commencement ceremony. For those of you who don’t know him he is the President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs. (I know not everyone may be a
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Blog, Coaching, empowerment, Leadership, Team BuildingToday’s Question: How do I deal with my new manager who micromanages everything that I am doing? We have all dealt with a manager who has micromanaged us to some extent. There are usually a few reasons why this occurs. The manager may be new to the team, hasn’t managed a team before, doesn’t
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For the rest of the week, I am going to dive a little deeper into the leadership traits that were covered in the post that I did yesterday. If you missed it, you can read it here. Initially, there were two leadership traits that were very challenging for me to learn. This could be because
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My husband and I went to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) tonight. If you haven’t heard of them before, they are a group of singers, musicians, songwriters and storytellers that tour at Christmas time. They have been playing rock music with a combination of art, stories and visual effects for the past 21 years. They
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Have you been in a situation at work that you are unsure of what to do? I am sure that this has happened to you in your career at some point along the way. It is a vulnerable place to be as a leader feeling like you should have all the answers. Although you are
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accountability, Blog, Coaching, delegation, empowerment, Team BuildingChristmas is officially on the way. We put up the decorations in the house, baked some holiday chocolate chip cookies and then it snowed about 5 inches throughout the day and night. I may be in the minority here, but I totally love the first snowfall. There is nothing better than when you can
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When I first started out as a leader, I was much more directive than I should have been. I didn’t know another way to lead a team yet. Now many teams and many years later, I have learned that there is a much better way to lead. This style of leadership sets the vision for
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What is interesting about the title “leader” is that you don’t get that title unless you are leading a team, an organization or a company. By definition, it means that you have others who are following you. Although there are some companies out there trying the concept of not having formal leaders in place, this
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CONGRATULATIONS to the Chicago Cubs on winning the National League Division Series! Four very exciting baseball games occurred against the San Francisco Giants which led to the win. I was thinking about all the work that the Chicago Cubs Organization put in place to get to this point. Tough decisions about who to keep on
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