I was reading a white paper on the Challenges Leaders Face globally. It was created by the Center for Creative Leadership(CCL) and encompassed over 750 leaders from 7 countries globally. These participants were all a part of the CCL Leadership Development Program. The intent of this study was not only to identify the challenges for […]
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LeadershipToday’s Question: “What are you doing to ensure you continue to grow and develop as a leader?” Have you ever taken music lessons as a kid or as an adult? Did you only take one lesson? Were you so great that you never needed another one? In most cases the answer is no. You need
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Leaders have a lot of expectations placed upon them when they take the role. They have a team to develop, projects to deliver, strategies to define and keeping their stakeholders happy. What about the other expectations that are not always so obvious? Yesterday’s post focused on some of these expectations in terms of body language
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Blog, Leadership, mentorshipToday’s Question: What is a personal brand and do I need one? I first heard of a personal brand years ago when someone came to speak at a personal development session that I attended. I wasn’t sure what it was and didn’t know if it was important for me to have one. Generally brands
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Leadership, perceptionHappy St. Patrick’s Day! Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: Develop your leadership point of view, building relationships with your team, increasing trust, can you see things differently, dealing with a micromanager, strengths of a team, succession planning Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes 7 Questions to Help You Develop Your
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One of the first things that I did with my teams was to look at the strengths of each of the team members. Having them go through the Strengths 2.0 assessment from the Gallup Organization is a great way to capture their top 5 strengths. (*Here is my Amazon affiliate link to the book if
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LeadershipHave you thought about who will succeed you in your current role? If you haven’t considered this before it may feel like you are working yourself out of a job. That is exactly what you are doing. For executive leaders with key roles in an organization this is especially important. In many cases, this has been
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LeadershipToday’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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Blog, empowerment, LeadershipWelcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! Each week I will share some great articles that I have found as well as the links to my own Creating Leadership Connections blog for the week. This week’s summary includes: Get out of your office and connect with your team, be a leader who coaches, The
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Blog, Leadership, ResourcesWelcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! Each week I will share some great articles that I have found as well as the links to my own Creating Leadership Connections blog for the week. This week’s summary includes: How smart managers motivate teams, be strategic with your career, how to keep learning, remote leadership, comparisons
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Blog, Coaching, Leadership, ResourcesComparing ourselves to others is something that everyone has done. We all grew up being compared to each other in school, in sports and at home. Statistics were tracked about grades, sports achievements and you may have felt like your parents were keeping track of what you had done vs your siblings. Fast forward to
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I am going to start using the Monday blog to share questions that I have received or case studies. My intent is to be able to help others who may be facing similar challenges. Feel free to send me questions or situations that you are facing and I will include them in future blogs. Today’s
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Blog, Leadership, remote leadershipHow do you know if a leader has integrity? A simple way of defining integrity is that they “consistently act with an internal moral compass that guides them and they do the right thing even if no one else is around.” What are the main characteristics that come to mind when you think about leaders
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Blog, Integrity, LeadershipIntegrity is one of the most important qualities that I respect in a leader. It is defined as “the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.” Why is it important? To me it comes down to knowing that the person who is making decisions is doing it for the right reasons and you
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Every week I find articles, quotes, etc that I save and share on Facebook or re-tweet on Twitter about leadership. I also have a theme day in my Facebook Group for leaders called Fantastic Resource Friday. I thought it would be helpful to share these articles, links to Ted Talks, Quotes and my Creating Leadership
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