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Are You a Leader Who Is Doing Too Much?

“You need to stop doing so much for us and let us try things.” This was one of the comments in the performance review feedback from her team that made Renee pause. She led a team that had a lot of potentials, but they were more junior in experience. In her mind, she was helping them, but her team clearly didn’t see it that way. Leaders who want to support their teams may jump into “help” when they see the…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 7/7/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: How to stop saying yes, ways to bring out the best in others, building company confidence in a first time leader, how to be a future leader, getting everything done, 4th of July, know your worth, are you ready to reconnect? Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: How to Stop Saying Yes When You Want to Say No @LollyDaskal http://on.inc.com/2mvEkjA Here are 17 smart ways to say no when you need…
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Do You Need to Choose Results Over Engagement?

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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Networking Unlocks New Opportunities

Does the word networking have a negative connotation for you? For me, it triggered me a bit. It was like that uncomfortable feeling on the first day of school. Do you remember that moment? You walk into the classroom, without knowing anyone yet and you must find ways to make friends. I don’t know if it was any easier back then, but we all figured it out somehow. Networking from a place of scarcity. Connecting with new people was still…
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Three Things That Leaders Need to Focus on Each Week

I met with a Director about the results of a leadership assessment that she recently completed which included direct feedback from her peers, direct reports and management. In that conversation, we also talked about the feedback that her manager had shared with her… she wasn’t communicating or acting like a Director. She was obviously concerned about the feedback and couldn’t understand what she needed to do differently. We talked about what she was focused on and she shared some of…
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Your Imperfections Are What Make You Perfect

We have all grown up with programming and messages from our families, teachers, media, society, culture, etc. that tell us what we are “supposed” to do in our lives. Some of these messages may include: get good grades, go to a good school, get a good job, get married, have children, save for retirement, follow the rules, don’t talk back, respect your elders, etc. You get the gist of the messages that we have all heard and internalized over many years. Those messages…
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