Leadership

Are You Ready to Create a Culture of Trust?

Have you been on a team that had huge success, accomplished great things and had fun doing it? What made it different than any other team? One of the biggest reasons that a team will have success or failure comes down to trust. When the leader takes the time to build affinity with the team and understand who they are, the trust begins to grow. This isn’t easy and it doesn’t happen overnight. Being consistent with actions and words will…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 11/10/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: Finding more time in your day, leadership presence, building trust, succession planning, would you choose a better boss or more money, who are you spending your time with, changing perceptions, making big decisions, learning leadership lessons every day, don’t put off what you want to accomplish Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: 7 Simple Techniques to Cut Your Workday in Half by Lolly Daskal Learn how to thrive with a demanding schedule and make…
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Are You Ready to Take a Risk?

Have you ever made a really big decision and then instantly regretted it? I think we all have at one time or another. Most of the time it happens when you are buying something that costs a lot of money and you are trying to justify the purchase to yourself. It can also happen when you are making a career move. Should you take this new role with a lot more responsibility or stay where you are comfortable? Do you…
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What Leadership Lessons Would You Share With Others?

We go through experiences every day that teach us lessons. Most leaders will only highlight the big defining moments in their careers to share with other people. There are also some smaller moments that happen and you may not realize they are lessons unless you are paying attention. This reflection can be something you do daily, yearly or as you are moving into another role. It may also be at the point in your career where you are passing the…
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Monday Morning Leadership Q&A – 11/6/17

Client Question: “I would like to be perceived differently than I am today. I want my management to see that I am ready for the next level. How do I do that?” The best place to start is to understand fully how you are being perceived today. Have you been given feedback that you need to do some things differently? Did the feedback come from just one person or is it coming from multiple sources? Do you see any consistent themes? …
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 11/3/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: Using your time in the best way, leaving your mark on others, going through change courageously, traits of inspiring leaders, motivational books, handling situations when you have made the wrong decision, hiding behind a mask, understanding why you are an imposter, how you can make your team successful Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: What Is Your Time Worth? Are You Investing Your Time or Wasting It? by Stephen Dela Cruz Are you…
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Do You Want to Make Your Team Successful?

When you were younger, the first teachers that you had were your parents and other family members. You were learning so many new things that became ingrained in you without you even realizing it. In a lot of those situations you learned by observing your family, friends and people at school. They were the examples that taught you the early lessons in your life. Now that you are leading others, this has shifted a bit. You are now the one that others are observing. They…
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Monday Morning Leadership Q&A – 10/30/17

Client Question: “I made a decision that I thought was right, but turned out to be wrong. How do I handle this without having my team lose confidence in me?” There are many leaders who choose not to be vulnerable with their teams. Never admitting you are wrong can cause them to lose respect for you. Being vulnerable actually brings the team closer together and shows that you don’t have all the answers. Part of what makes a great…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 10/27/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: defining your leadership, being a humble leader, choosing your words as a leader, finding more time, way for new leaders to show their leadership, delegating, executive presence, making change happen and leading through change Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: 4 Ways to Defme Leadership by Sammi Caramela Ways that leaders achieve success Humble Leadership: Why Humility Matters for Managers by Karina Fabian Humility might not be the first quality that comes to mind when…
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Do You Have the “It” Factor to Help You Get Ahead?

Have you noticed that some people just seem to progress through the organization quickly while it may take others longer? So what do those fast movers do differently? When they run into challenges, they figure out what isn’t working and try something different. One of the key traits that successful people have is executive presence. They are intentional about their career plan, ask for what they want and go make it happen. They are driven, influential and display confidence which makes…
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How Can I Ensure My Communication is Clear, Confident, and Impactful?

How Would You Rate Your Communication ? Communication with the people that you work with in an organization is one of the most important things that you do each day. It is how you stay aligned with teams and managers, delegate and develop your team, get things done and discuss big decisions and recommendations. Most people would say that they are good communicators, but the proof of whether that is true or not has to come from the person who…
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Is It Time to Let Go?

What are you holding onto? I have clients who want something bigger in their life or career, but they can’t seem to move forward and don’t understand why. For example, a client wants to take a different job at a new company. He applies online at multiple places and has had a few networking conversations, but so far nothing has changed. I will ask him what he thinks he could do to move things forward faster. He shrugs his shoulder…
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Are You Missing Out on an Opportunity?

Using Your Influence… In addition to my book, The Visibility Factor Podcast is one of the ways that I use to influence leaders on leadership, visibility and using their voice. It is a medium to help me scale the message of visibility to more people. This week I published the 100th episode which is a big milestone! When I put together the top 10 episodes, one stood out to me. It was a solo episode called Mastering the Art of Influence….
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