Positive surprises from a virtual leadership With most of us on video conference calls all day for work, it can get tiring. Here are two good outcomes from the manager’s perspective on their benefits of going 100% virtual. What are your pros/cons on virtual leadership? First … [Read more...]
How to Authentically Self-Promote Yourself to Your Boss at Work
You might be struggling with feeling inauthentic with your boss when it comes to self-promotion. Although it may feel uncomfortable, this is a necessary part of your manager’s evaluation process of you. On one hand, you want to tell the boss about your accomplishments and progress, and good news in your … [Read more...]
When Cool Heads Prevail
Are people talking about you behind your back and saying you’re a hothead? Or, do you notice your team is on edge all the time? What does this say about your ability to handle crisis? Charlie was in his 30s and had a lot of potential--if only he could figure out how to modulate his … [Read more...]
Steps to Personal Development and Growth for Leaders
Bumpy ball development journey Babies develop rapidly, just ask parents and grandparents aware of the milestones of development. We learn from pediatricians, bloggers, videos, books and articles telling parents how to stimulate their child’s brain. It can be overwhelming and contradictory … [Read more...]
Dig to speed your improvement
Most leaders who want to get promoted have received feedback along the way in their career, but they don’t know what to do with it. For example, if a peer or stakeholder tells them they talk too much in meetings, they may not know if it is the quality of their contribution that needs work or that they … [Read more...]
The easy way to give feedback
Feedback made easy How often do you need to give feedback to someone, yet struggle with how that feedback will be received by the other person? Struggle no more, for the Center for Creative Leadership has come up with SBI: Situation, Behavior, Impact. Remember SBI next time you need to do it … [Read more...]
Why leaders must set clear expectations
Leadership for Entrepreneurs Ben Horowitz, the cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and experienced entrepreneurs wrote “The Hard thing about Hard Things.” It covers the truths about leadership and entrepreneurship. In it are so many great points … [Read more...]
Put me in coach
Growth as a leader Many leaders I coach are being groomed for the next level. Some have recently been promoted and feel over their heads. Other leaders intently watch and wait for their big break because they have been ready for a while. What they are working on as leaders may differ, but what they … [Read more...]
Transparency
What does this mean to the leader? It does not mean bare your soul and take the filter off of everything you say. It means to help your team execute by explaining the “why” behind your decision, the reason for a change or why something is suddenly really important to customers, to the … [Read more...]
MBWA
Management by wandering around. Coined by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in the beginnings of HP, it meant walk around and talk with your teams, learn what they are working on, ask questions, find out what their concerns are, show you care, praise and recognize people. Basically, be visible and get in … [Read more...]
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