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Are You Effectively Engaging Your Team?
With all the talk about Employee Engagement it seems as leaders we are primarily asking the question “Are THEY engaged?” You may well be fully engaged, but if you are a leader and expecting something...
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The Hard Truth About Trust
To effectively cultivate trust we must recognize that trust is more than just a feeling. It is an assessment we make, either consciously or unconsciously, regarding the extent to which we can count on...
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A Marketing Lesson for Leaders
Perhaps one of the most crucial skills for a leader is marketing. Of course it goes by other names in the leadership lexicon – engagement, enrollment, and buy-in come to mind. Maybe you aren’t asking...
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The Source of Great Leadership
It was half time and the girls left the field frustrated. They were down by 1 point in a game they expected to dominate. An undefeated season and the pride of adding a banner memorializing their team...
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The Essential Ingredient in Effective Communication
We all communicate. The question is how well are we actually communicating? Unfortunately poor communication continues to be cited as one of most significant barriers to high performance and strong...
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3 Coaching Practices for Taking the Lid Off of Your Leadership
If you are someone who loves to support others in being successful, there is an important distinction to keep in mind: Are you being supportive and compassionate, or are you colluding for their status...
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Moments of Trust
Trust may manifest in how we feel about someone, but behind that feeling is a series of moment to moment interactions that set the stage for the quality of the relationship. Some of those moments will...
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The Downside of Positivity
In 1952, Norman Vincent Peale‘s famous book, The Power of Positive Thinking, was published. The power that positive thinking can have in our lives is today an instilled cultural belief: positive...
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Embrace the Peter Principle
You may have heard of the Peter Principle: essentially it is that people tend to rise to the level of their incompetence. Mostly this is referenced when someone is perceived to be in a position that...
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The One Thing Your Success Depends On
Leaders are all around us in our everyday lives. Sometimes they have a title & sometimes they…Click To Tweet Regardless, they offer us a treasure trove of insight if we are willing to take the...
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Coaching Lessons From A Reality TV Show
When it comes to reality TV, I’m not a fan. That is, except for The Voice. The show begins with four music stars listening to people sing. The unique part about the setup is that it’s a blind...
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3 Reasons Possibility Trumps Fear as a Leadership Strategy
It is, of course, human nature to seek ways to avoid pain and pursue pleasure. That’s why fueling fear is a low hanging strategy for leaders who need to cause a short-term result. For example, when it...
View Article3 Ingredients of a Great Meeting
Despite the rampant complaints about meetings that waste time and squander resources, the problem of too many poorly-designed and poorly-run meetings persists. The post 3 Ingredients of a Great Meeting...
View ArticleAre You Being Strategic?
Does success mean checking things off of your "to do" list or project plan, or does success mean achieving an outcome or result that is strategic and matters to you or others? The post Are You Being...
View ArticleHow To Ensure You Make Others Feel Appreciated
There are people who just seem to have the knack for making others feel truly appreciated. However, I'd like you to consider that this isn't a personality thing - it is something anyone can learn to...
View ArticleA Leader’s Words Matter
Words are the tools leaders use to shape what is possible for the future, as well as the experience of the present for better or for worse. A leader’s words can The post A Leader’s Words Matter...
View ArticleHow to Make Great Decisions
How many decisions do you make in a day? It may surprise you that “the average amount of remotely conscious decisions an adult makes each day equals about 35,000.” The post How to Make Great Decisions...
View ArticleThe Power of Leading with an Open Mind
Have you ever changed your mind about a situation or about a person? What about changing your mind about a belief – something you believed to not only be a truth, but THE truth? It is no small thing...
View ArticleHow Listening Better Works With These 3 Important Principles
Listening better is the most recommended solution when people meet head-on, especially if they have very different views about how to satisfy important principles they actually share and they want to...
View ArticleThree Simple Ground Rules For Effective Meetings
Meetings are a persistent source of complaints. We complain there are too many of them. They are not productive. They waste our time. They take up valuable time during which we could actually be...
View ArticleCreating and Celebrating a Success Cycle
What if you were to consciously practice developing a “success cycle?” No doubt, you have heard of the term “vicious cycle”. It’s that incredibly frustrating experience of repeating the same patterns...
View ArticleLeadership Accountability is Key to Leading Effectively
Accountability is an essential leadership skill if you want to be an effective leader. But it requires an important step beyond managing to get work done. Accountability as an act of leadership...
View ArticleHow to Define Roles and Responsibilities to Increase Accountability
A common solution when things break down on a team is to define roles and responsibilities. What if you could also improve accountability at the same time? The post How to Define Roles and...
View ArticleHow To Deal With The Gap Between Expectations and Reality at Work
The gap between expectations and reality can be a big source of frustration when leading or managing. So how can you close that gap for the future? The post How To Deal With The Gap Between...
View ArticleWhen a Delegating Leadership Style Becomes Abdication
Clearly there is a big difference between delegating and abdicating in definition. However, all too often I see the two being confused in practice. When a well-intentioned delegating leadership style...
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