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Friday Focus Video 3/30/2018 – Being More Creative and Open to New Ideas

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Want More Ideas? Stop Thinking About It So Much!

I mentioned in yesterday’s post about a couple of approaches to getting more creative and opening yourself up for new ideas. Although it may be challenging to find the time to focus on new ideas, it is possible and doesn’t require as much time as you think. In the book called Three Simple Steps: A Map to Success in Business and Life by Trevor G. Blake, he refers to a study completed by Temple University in 2011. They found that the part…
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4 Easy Ways To Come Up With Ideas When You Are Stuck

Being more open to other people’s ideas was the focus of yesterday’s post. Although you may not think of yourself as being creative, there are ways for you to come up your own set of ideas too. Here are some approaches that you can take to come up with new ideas, solve a problem or identify where there are issues that need to be addressed: Brainstorming – I like to set a time limit of 10 minutes, use post it notes and…
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How Do You Feel When You Hear a New Idea?

Imagine you are sitting with a group of people and someone presents a new idea. What is the first thing that you tell yourself when you hear it? Here are a couple of ways that it could go: “That is a really cool idea, tell me more about it.” or “That idea is crazy. It will never work.” Which of those things do you tell yourself when you hear the idea? Obviously there are many factors that could impact your answer. …
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Six Strategies to Leverage for a Successful Visibility Partnership

There are so many ways to create visibility for yourself, but what if you have a colleague who also wants more visibility? Then you might want to choose the visibility partnership approach! This partnership is created when you and your colleague find opportunities to share wins, results, and accomplishments about each other with key stakeholders, decision makers, influencers, and with your online network. Both of the people in the partnership advocate for the other to gain visibility. Of course, it…
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Do You Have a Strong Leadership Foundation?

Leadership is a journey that requires a strong foundation to be successful. A leader who starts out with this type of strong foundation has a clear sense of purpose, values, and principles that guide their decisions and actions. This foundation enables them to stay focused, make tough decisions, and lead with integrity. Building this type of foundation wasn’t something I realized that I needed to do when I first became a leader of people and managed large project teams. To…
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Answer These 3 Questions to Help You Fast Track Your Visibility

This week I have been working with emerging leaders to build out their visibility action plans. Although they understand what visibility is now and why it is important, it can be hard for them to come up with the best actions that will help them make a bigger impact. Fear of failure, limiting beliefs, impostor syndrome and self-doubt gets in the way and holds them back. My role as their coach is to ask them questions to help them make…
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