Team Building

What Do You Need to Make an Executive Team Successful?

June 23, 2017 3 minutes of reading

Over my career I have seen both effective and ineffective executive teams. Working for an effective leadership team ensures that things run more smoothly in the organization, communication is clear and decisions get made pretty quickly. The ineffective teams can cause major issues in productivity, lack of trust, slow decision making, confusion and poor morale. […]

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Blog, Leadership, Team Building, trust

Are You Going to Follow the Chicago Cubs Lead?

May 30, 2017 3 minutes of reading

There are many motivational speeches given at college graduation ceremonies this time of year. I recently read Theo Epstein’s Yale Graduation Speech that he gave at the commencement ceremony. For those of you who don’t know him he is the President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs. (I know not everyone may be a

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Blog, Coaching, empowerment, Leadership, Team Building

Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 5/26/17

May 26, 2017 2 minutes of reading

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: Being an inclusive leader, does your leadership add or subtract value, how can you be persuasive, building a cohesive team, defining leadership, asking for what you want, focus on what could go right, how can your leadership continue to impact others Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes

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Blog, focus, influence, Leadership, Resources, Team Building

Are You Being Careless With Your Leadership?

April 12, 2017 3 minutes of reading

I was reading this article today called If Your Employees Act Like They Don’t Care, You Might Be Doing These 11 Things Wrong by Sunny Bonnell. The first quote in the article is: “People come for great vision and leave for poor leadership.” This is such a true statement. I have seen people make decisions

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Blog, Building Relationships, Leadership, Team Building

What Do You Need To Consider When Building Your Team?

March 16, 2017 2 minutes of reading

Have you ever met someone and it feels like you have an instant connection with them? You may have similar values, likes, dislikes or personalities that makes you feel that way. It is natural to be drawn to people who are similar to us. When you look at your team in comparison to you, do

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Blog, Team Building

Do You Know When It Is Time To Ask For Help?

January 26, 2017 2 minutes of reading

When I started working many years ago, I showed initiative, solved problems and got things done. I was rewarded for it, so I continued to work a lot of hours and do those same things throughout my career. When I started to lead a team, I should

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Blog, delegation, Leadership, Team Building

Do You Want to be a Leader or a Director?

January 17, 2017 3 minutes of reading

For the rest of the week, I am going to dive a little deeper into the leadership traits that were covered in the post that I did yesterday. If you missed it, you can read it here. Initially, there were two leadership traits that were very challenging for me to learn. This could be because

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Blog, Confidence, empowerment, Leadership, Team Building

The Power of Smiling in Leadership

December 21, 2016 3 minutes of reading

Today’s article was written by Mona Reiser, a guest contributor and one of my former managers. (You can see more about her at the end of the article.) She is one of the smartest leaders that I know and I am so honored that she is sharing one of her stories on my blog. I

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Blog, Building Relationships, Leadership, Team Building

Don’t Know What To Do? Follow This Advice!

December 9, 2016 2 minutes of reading

Have you been in a situation at work that you are unsure of what to do? I am sure that this has happened to you in your career at some point along the way. It is a vulnerable place to be as a leader feeling like you should have all the answers. Although you are

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accountability, Blog, Coaching, delegation, empowerment, Team Building

Are You Celebrating the Wins of the Team?

December 7, 2016 2 minutes of reading

I posted a big milestone last night that I had reached with my blog. I haven’t always been really good at celebrating my own wins. I downplayed them in the past as just being part of my job. I have learned that it is a good thing to take a moment and celebrate the wins…no

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Blog, Coaching, Team Building

Do I Have to Become a Strategic Thinker?

December 6, 2016 2 minutes of reading

As a leader, spending time thinking is one of the most important things you can do. You are responsible for where the organization is going, how the team is working together to get their goals accomplished and developing them to their full potential. That doesn’t even count all of the other administrative things that must

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Blog, Coaching, strategy, Team Building

Do you bring passion to your job every day?

November 13, 2016 2 minutes of reading

I volunteered at our local food bank this past weekend. A friend of mine and I coordinate the event for kids at our school and church to get service hours. It always puts things into perspective when I hear about how many people don’t know where their next meal is coming from in our county.

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Blog, Coaching, Leadership, Team Building

The Chicago Cubs Face Adversity to Win the 2016 World Series!

November 3, 2016 2 minutes of reading

It is the final game of the World Series tonight. The Chicago Cubs led for most of game 7 and then the Cleveland Indians tie it up 6-6 in the 8th inning, which forced them to go into extra innings. This could have caused the Cubs to wonder if they had it in them to come

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Blog, Coaching, Leadership, self-belief, Team Building

Top 5 Coaching Skills for Leaders

October 26, 2016 3 minutes of reading

When I first started out as a leader, I was much more directive than I should have been. I didn’t know another way to lead a team yet. Now many teams and many years later, I have learned that there is a much better way to lead. This style of leadership sets the vision for

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accountability, Blog, Coaching, Confidence, empowerment, Team Building

Coaching: What is it and why should I do it?

October 24, 2016 3 minutes of reading

I recently sent out a survey to do some research on challenges that leaders have so I could build some coaching programs. Some of the responses included some questions about coaching and how it works. I thought it might be helpful to answer those questions here in this post. What is coaching? The International Coaching

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Blog, Building Relationships, career change, Coaching, Confidence, self-belief, self-promote, Team Building

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