When a leader is looking for some new ideas they will usually bring the team together for a brainstorming session. Depending on the leader, there are two outcomes that this session can have. The first example is what the leader should avoid doing. The leader says that they want new ideas, but they shoot them down right away. Take a look at one of my favorite clips from the TV show “The Office” The Golden Ticket Episode. Have you ever…
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Client Question: “I recently took over a new team, but we don’t seem to be connecting with each other very well. What can I do to make that happen?” Building the connections with a new team as soon as possible is very important. They want to know who you are, what your expectations are and that they can trust you. In my experience, having a “get to know each other” meeting early on sets up a good foundation. Sharing information…
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Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: ways to be a respected leader, signs that you are doing better than you think, self-aware leaders, optimizing your communication, stop being a boss and be a leader, being a leader not a doer, don’t focus only on results, know who you are as a leader, building a strong executive team Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes 6 Key Ways to Become a Highly Respected Leader http://buff.ly/2kO4lGB By Andy Margison Master these skills…
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Over my career I have seen both effective and ineffective executive teams. Working for an effective leadership team ensures that things run more smoothly in the organization, communication is clear and decisions get made pretty quickly. The ineffective teams can cause major issues in productivity, lack of trust, slow decision making, confusion and poor morale. These type of issues at an executive level are magnified and the ripple effects are felt across the organization. Part of the challenge of an…
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One of the things that is a challenge as a leader is to be authentic to who you are. Without realizing it, you may become what others want you to be. It isn’t something that you may even recognize right away. You begin conforming into what is expected based on feedback from your management or peers. If you are moving towards the person that you want to be then that is okay. But if it is conflicting with your values…
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One of my coach friends posted this article How Managers Drive Results and Employee Engagement at the Same Time in her Facebook Group. The authors Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman looked at the results of 360 assessments for 60,000 leaders. The article highlights the top 6 skills of leaders who were good at managing both results and engagement successfully: Communicates Clear Strategy and Direction Inspires and Motivates Establishes Stretch Goals Has High Integrity and Inspires Trust Develops Others Is…
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Client Question: “I have been a leader of a team for about 6 months. I feel like I am doing okay at it, but I know I am still acting like a doer instead of a leader. What should I be doing differently?” You are not alone in struggling with this transition. It happened to me and to many others who have taken the leadership path. You jump right in and start doing things just like you always have. …
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Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: New behaviors to bring new results, boosting your creativity, failure can help your listening, ways leaders become great, motivational quotes, habits of resilient people, changing roles, improving confidence, illuminating new trends, being open to seeing things differently Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes 8 Habits of Happy, Healthy, and Successful People http://crwd.fr/2rT1Ubq By Benjamin P. Hardy Simple behaviors that are committed to over time can yield enormous results Boost Your Creativity…
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Have you had someone present a new idea or a change that they want to make to you? Before they even finish, are you ready to tell them why it won’t work? We all use our experience and our beliefs as a filter of judgment to things that are new. Do they fit into what we believe or not? What if you suspended your judgment and looked at things with a completely open mind instead? What if you assumed that…
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This is the second of a two part blog from Guest Contributor, Mona Reiser. You can read the first one in the link below: In a previous blog, I mentioned that I would return with a follow-up on an Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) article on Matt Arnett’s “A Curated Life” article. The second sentence that was “business/leadership attributable” was the following: “I’d prefer to illuminate trends rather than follow them.” The above article was published in the Sunday Living Section…
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