Leadership

Do You Have People Actually Following You?

No, I am not talking about the followers on your social media accounts. I was reading this blog called Become the Leader Worth Following by Lollie Daskal. She highlights what a leader who is worth following demonstrates to their team. Here is a list of the eight ways that are identified in her article: Leads with ethics Leads by example Leads with fairness Leads with humility Brings out the best in others Kindles within others a desire to excel simply…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 7/28/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! ****CHECK OUT THE OFFER BELOW – Ends on July 31st! This week’s summary includes: empathetic leaders are the best, maintaining your motivation, what do most leaders miss, eliminating unconscious bias, stop self-doubt, team leadership is a leader’s responsibility, are you ready for a bigger role, are you ready to share your story, how can assessments help you build teams and sell your ideas? Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: Why The Empathetic Leader Is the…
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Want To Be More Effective at Selling Your Ideas?

Yesterday’s post was focused on using assessments as a team and working together in a more productive way. My friend Mona reminded me of the other ways that using these assessments can be helpful. I will share a few of them: It is beneficial to know what the type is of an individual or members of the group prior to presenting to them. You could most likely guess by how they act or speak about things. But let’s just assume…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 7/21/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: questions to improve your success, websites to make you smarter, build a better culture, focus on building relationships, high performance, selling your ideas, seeing things from a different perspective, doing an assessment to learn more about yourself, how are you spending your time Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: 3 Powerful Questions Which Will Increase Your Chances of Success by Debbie Peck http://buff.ly/2uEHK6O Powerful questions can change your state and catapult…
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Can You See Things in a Different Way?

Today’s article is by guest contributor Mona Reiser. I am always impressed at her ability to see how leadership applies in so many places that you wouldn’t ordinarily consider. A few weeks back, I read an article on Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the USA Today. I cut it out and “sat” on the clipping to ruminate the couple of ideas that I thought had “business/leadership” applications. As all NASCAR followers and perhaps many that are a couple of degrees removed…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 7/14/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: focus on your strengths, ways to be rich without making more money, reading before bed, connections and community, keep trying new things, are you listening without judgment and assumptions Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes “Forget Your Weaknesses, Increase Your Strengths.” by @alphabetsuccess Forget Your Weaknesses Increase Your Strengths Given the limited amount of time available to all of us, I say focus on your strengths. It’s enough work just to maximize…
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Can You Focus on a Conversation as a Leader?

One of the first lessons that you learn as a coach is to be a good listener and to really hear what your client is saying. Ensuring that you keep your own judgments and assumptions out of the conversation is the second lesson. This can be a challenge. It is human nature to want to share your experiences with others as a way to build affinity with them. To be a good coach for your client requires that you remain…
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Monday Morning Leadership Q&A – 7/10/17

Client Question: “I want to advance my career, but can I do that without being a leader of a team?” Leading a team is not for everyone. In many organizations there is an assumption that it is the only way to advance, so people head in that direction. Here are a few things to consider: First, you should validate your assumption that being a people leader is the only way to advance. You will need to do a little bit of…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 7/7/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: How to stop saying yes, ways to bring out the best in others, building company confidence in a first time leader, how to be a future leader, getting everything done, 4th of July, know your worth, are you ready to reconnect? Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: How to Stop Saying Yes When You Want to Say No @LollyDaskal http://on.inc.com/2mvEkjA Here are 17 smart ways to say no when you need…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 6/30/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: one on one meeting checklist, how do you learn, be a real leader and a great manager, what is your purpose, defining roles, connecting with a team, how are you interacting with others, generating creative ideas, getting yourself unstuck Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: The Only One On One Meeting Checklist You Will Ever Need One on One Meeting Checklist by David Hassell One on ones are the most high leverage…
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Vulnerability Can Change Everything for You

I was sitting in a book editing retreat to learn the best ways to edit my book a few years ago. It was a small group event held in a beautiful resort in upstate New York to teach all the future authors in the room how to edit our books. During one of the first days of the event, each of us was supposed to take a turn reading a small selection of one of our chapters to the rest…
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How To Increase Trust After It Has Been Broken

I 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 operate with information close to their vest and don’t want to share what they know. Others are very transparent with information to allow their teams…
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What Can Coaching Do for a Leader?

I saw this article from Lolly Daskal, author, and executive coach, called How Can an Executive Coach Make You a Great Leader? It reminded me that there are so many benefits for a leader who has a coach. I wanted to share some of my experience of having a coach and ideas for you to consider should you decide you might want to hire a coach. The Beginning of My Coaching Experience I remember when I hired my first coach in 2012….
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