Resources

Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 9/1/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: delegation for development, eliminate confidence killers, difference between self-esteem and confidence, start living by design, not default, what makes something a success, learning from failure, stepping up to lead, stop asking for permission Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: “Purposeful Delegation – A Key to Staff Development” Purposeful Delegation – A Key to Staff Development by @JoeIarocci It’s the best way to develop your people Successful people find a way to achieve even when…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 8/25/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: do you have an internal imposter, having difficult conversations, fears, self-awareness, being an empathetic leader, remote leadership, dealing with ambiguity, make time for solitude, habits for success Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: Do you let your internal imposter take center stage? @lollyDaskal https://lnkd.in/dYCghEZ How many times in your leadership have you wanted to move to the next level but heard something inside saying, “No, you’re not ready”? Three Tips for Having…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 8/18/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: Failing forward, how to help others deal with change, being a good learner to improve leadership, leading in uncertain times, best leaders are the best coaches, do you need to make a change on your team, helping your team connect with you, are you encouraging risk, approaches to having difficult conversations Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: Did you ever fail forward? http://goo.gl/NdYbVs via @MarcellaBremer Failing forward implies moving…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 8/4/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: becoming an amazing speaker, overcoming fear, don’t apologize, leading from courage, overcoming doubters, creating a cohesive team, getting motivate, proactively drive change, be a leader worth following, how to find the best work culture for you Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: 30 Must Have Skills You Need To Be An Amazing Speaker @LollyDaskal via http://bit.ly/20QZX89 Public speakers and business leaders must have these 30 essential skills. How many of…
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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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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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Monday Morning Leadership Q&A – 7/17/17

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 they share their ideas. They are putting themselves out there to share something and as a leader you need to acknowledge and have a discussion. …
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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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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 6/23/17

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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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 6/16/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: earning credibility, inspirational quotes, chasing your vision, best leaders are great coaches, putting together an organizational strategy, making choices in your life, are you creating memories, can you create your best day today? Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes 10 Powerful Ways You Can Earn #Credibility in Your Industry @LollyDaskal http://on.inc.com/2sqwfiz Credibility is your best currency, with it you are solvent without you are bankrupt. 25 Inspirational Quotes By The…
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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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