Listening

Is Listening to Someone Else Really That Important?

Have you ever been in a conversation and the other person is looking at their phone, looking around and focusing on anything but you? How did that make you feel? Frustrated, irritated and unimportant might be some words that you would use to describe the feeling. Listening to someone can make or break a relationship. When I was in college and one of my roommates had an issue they would come to me to talk it through. They always said…
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What Is the Best Thing For Leaders to Do During Times of Change?

As discussed in yesterday’s post, there were many things to consider for the person who is impacted by a major organizational change. Going through this change can be an emotional rollercoaster. Will they be impacted by the change? Is there a way to try to look at it in a positive way and not see it as personal? Have they started to prepare for this situation in advance of this occurring? Using some of the ideas in yesterday’s post can…
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Are you ready to improve your communication?

How many times have you had a conversation with someone and you walked away feeling like everything was understood? Then you find out later, that you and the other person came away with two completely different understandings. It seems so impossible, but it happens every single day. This recently happened to me. I had to re-analyze the conversation to figure out what may have caused this misunderstanding. Think about the number of conversations that you are having every single day…
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Being Present for the Thanksgiving Holiday

The Thanksgiving Holiday is fast approaching this week in the U.S. It is the time of year that people are thinking about what they are grateful for and spending time with their families. It is one of the holidays that so many people travel to be together looking forward to having all of those traditional foods and desserts to celebrate the day. In a lot of cases, you will be seeing family members and friends that you don’t see very…
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Authenticity in Leadership: Why Being True to Yourself Matters

Are you being an authentic leader? When you are leading from an authentic place, people will naturally gravitate to you. They want to work with you or work for you and be on your team. They trust you and see that you are genuine. This type of leadership translates to sharing information with each other at a deeper level. Finding ways to connect with each other beyond a superficial level brings a team closer together and increases their performance to phenomenally higher rates. They…
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What Choice Will You Make?

You may not consciously think about it, but you have choices that you making every day. Taking the opportunity to consider how you respond is important. How you respond to things creates a perception about you to others. Imagine this scenario happens to you… Your wake up to your alarm going off and as you turn it off on your phone, you notice a bunch of new texts. The phone was on do not disturb, so you didn’t get notified….
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Believe in Yourself to Achieve Success 🌟

Are you ready for the next step in your career? How do you know? Assess yourself in the following areas and determine if you have what is needed to achieve success: Capabilities Skills Experiences Knowledge Mindset Leaders who want to move up in their career tend to look at the top four areas on this list, but may not consider the last one. Do they have the right mindset in place to achieve the success that they want? We have…
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