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Managerial Alignment Makes All The Difference For Your Success

June 23, 2023 3 minutes of reading

I have had several conversations this week on the importance of aligning with managers and stakeholders. It seems like common sense, but in the day to day of getting stuff done, it is something that may be forgotten. When I ask them about it, they usually think that their manager “probably” knows what they are […]

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business, influence, Leadership, Making Decisions, relationships, results, Team Building, visibility

Making a Big Impact on Your Team

June 16, 2023 3 minutes of reading

Have you stopped to consider what type of impact you are making as a leader? There may be big things that you have done to support a team member or on a project, but most of the time it is how you show up in the little moments that count. These are the moments that

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Building Relationships, ideas, Making Decisions, relationships, results, Team Building, visibility

Six Strategies to Leverage for a Successful Visibility Partnership

June 2, 2023 5 minutes of reading

There are so many ways to create visibility for yourself, but what if you have a colleague who also wants more visibility? Then you might want to choose the visibility partnership approach! This partnership is created when you and your colleague find opportunities to share wins, results, and accomplishments about each other with key stakeholders,

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Building Relationships, collaborate, networking, relationships, Team Building, visibility

How to Build Self-Trust as a Leader

April 14, 2023 4 minutes of reading

I was just reading an article from the co-founder of Netflix, Marc Randolph, about the 25 year anniversary of the company. He shared that “they simply believed that there “had to be a better way” to rent movies but along the way, we ended up not just changing the way the world consumes content, but how that

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Blog, Building Relationships, Confidence, connections, influence, Leadership, relationships, self-belief, success, visibility

How Can You Positively Influence Someone?

November 24, 2020 2 minutes of reading

Let me share a story that I recently heard. Gloria was in the grocery store line and had six cans of beans in her cart. She put her six cans on the conveyor belt. Suddenly, the cashier stopped her. He said, there is a limit on the beans. You can only buy four cans of beans,

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2018 2 minutes of reading

Today is traditionally thought of as the day for love and relationships. Since this is a blog about personal development and leadership, I will leave your love life to you to work on and we will talk about relationships from a different perspective. Most people would say that they don’t have the time to connect

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Are You Prepared to Share Your Story?

July 25, 2017 2 minutes of reading

I was at a chamber of commerce event last night with over 70 booths and lots of attendees. Many people came by our booth and chatted with us about coaching, our new program we are launching and having assessments done. Having chocolate is never a bad thing, so a big container of Hershey’s miniature chocolates

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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 7/21/17

July 21, 2017 3 minutes of reading

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

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Are You Curious to Learn More About Yourself?

July 19, 2017 3 minutes of reading

I recently became certified in the DISC, Motivators and Hogan Assessments. I have always liked doing assessments and have done many different ones throughout my career. There are some slight variations that you may see if you take an assessment multiple times which can happen when you are at different career stages. For the most

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Monday Morning Leadership Q&A – 7/17/17

July 17, 2017 2 minutes of reading

Client Question: “I keep sharing new ideas with my boss. He listens to me, but always tells me why they won’t work. What should I do differently?” Everyone wants to be heard and acknowledged for their ideas. It is important as a leader to truly have an interactive conversation with your team members when

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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 6/2/17

June 2, 2017 2 minutes of reading

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: the power of your purpose, using open ended questions, holding people accountable, getting a raise, managerial courage, thinking outside the box to create new possibilities, using 4 simple questions to reflect on your day, improving your connector skills Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes Ground Yourself

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Is Your Life Heading in the Right Direction?

April 20, 2017 3 minutes of reading

The first two posts of this week were focused on an overview of tolerations and your physical space tolerations. Yesterday’s post was targeting the financial tolerations that you may need to address. Today’s post is focused on the tolerations that impact your health and your relationships. The other tolerations are important, but these two need

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