Great leaders take an active role in helping their employees grow. A major part of that process? They’ve learned to master the feedback balancing act: providing just the right combination of cold, hard truth and sincere compassion. Course correction with encouragement. Constructive criticism with … [Read more...]
It’s 2017: Move to the Front of the Line!
Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? Even if you didn’t, there’s still something oddly liberating about a fresh calendar in January. A brand new year. A blank slate. Endless opportunities. A renewed sense of commitment to reaching goals. So what’s the problem? Many people can’t resist the urge … [Read more...]
An Up-Close Look at Remote Management
You land a new role. Exciting? Yes! But then you realize you’ll be managing people all over the country—or even the world. Time for panic? Not yet. Many more organizations today are structured to include remote teams, so you can benefit from their experiences. The first thing to point out is that the … [Read more...]
Is Jargon Hijacking Your Communications?
“I don’t understand.” Not the words you want to hear from your clients or your teams. And certainly not the words you want to be thinking when you’re the customer. The truth is, everyone wants to sound knowledgeable. If you have an advanced degree or specialized training in a certain field, that … [Read more...]
Career Development: Take the Fitness-Tracker Approach!
Fitness trackers provide us with constant, real-time data about the health and efficiency of our bodies—distance walked, calories burned, heart rate, sleep quality. But what about tracking the health of our careers? If annual performance reviews are our only source of information, we’re at a big … [Read more...]
Is Your Career Suffering From Tunnel Vision?
If you’ve worked hard to differentiate yourself by specializing in a certain area, you may run the risk of over-relying on your expertise. Instead of giving you an edge, that narrow perspective could be holding you back—and your career might be suffering from tunnel vision. Do any of these statements … [Read more...]
Why We Need to Embrace Our Career-Path Curves
When my coaching clients struggle to move their careers forward, the roadblock usually is not their managers. Or their organizations. Or their co-workers. The problem is actually the limitations of their own thinking. They often believe there’s only one path to travel for advancement. They think the … [Read more...]
Defining Your Leadership Style: What’s Your Metaphor?
Are you a bulldozer or a Tesla? I promise that question will make perfect sense in less than 60 seconds. Investing the time to understand your personal leadership style can help you gain valuable insights that really pay off as you work to advance your career. When I guide my coaching … [Read more...]
Moving Beyond the Fear of Asking for Help
In my last post, I talked about the Fear of Asking for Help (#FOAFH) and how that can damage our careers. Now I want to give you some tools to move beyond the fear. By changing this mindset, you could gain a real advantage in your quest for professional success. Finding the root of the … [Read more...]
It’s Real: The Fear of Asking for Help
Your manager finally trusts you to lead the big project. That joyful feeling of confirmation is soon interrupted by the queasy reality that you don’t exactly know how to complete all aspects of the job. Obviously, you need to ask for some help, right? According to most people, the answer would be: … [Read more...]
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