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MY THOUGHTS ON LEADERSHIP
Want to start thinking more strategically? Change the questions.
Are you being asked to 'think strategically'? I hear from many clients who are working on more capability around strategic thinking. This might come from feedback from their bosses o ...
Get your Time and Your Focus Back
Feeling out of sorts with work and life? Here're some strategies for regaining control and joy A friend and colleague of mine, a guy I admire very much named Doug Slaybaugh, was asked ...
Pay Attention to the Stories You’re Telling Yourself
This starts with a personal story, a career moment I’m not too proud of. In a past life, I served as head of Strategy and Marketing for an education technology company. We ran into a ...
Leaders: How do you recognize and manage stress (for yourself and your teams)
Science tells us that a little stress can actually be helpful in our performance. But what happens when it gets to be too much? I was doing some work with a senior leader in the Innov ...
Part 3 in our Great Performance Series: What the Leader Can Do to Build High Engagement
Highly engaged teams take greater ownership over their work and perform at a higher level. How can you as the Leader influence the team's level of engagement? This is part three of ou ...
Part 2 in our Great Performance Series: Deliver Great, Actionable Feedback (and feeling good about it)
Part 2 in our Great Performance Series: Deliver Great, Actionable Feedback (and feeling good about it) In Part 1 we talked about the three primary reasons that people don’t perform as ...
It’s Evaluation and Feedback time: A three-part series on enhancing performance and giving actionable feedback
It’s Evaluation and Feedback time! : Part 1 of the Great Performance Series. A three-part series on evaluating what drives great performance and how to talk to your team members about ...
Why are Some Teams High Performing and Others, Not So Much?: Gathering Your Thoughts on the Topic of Collective Intelligence
Of course, you’re likely familiar with the myriad of individual personality and strengths assessments available to team leaders today. Think DISC, Myers-Briggs, StrengthsFinder, Leade ...
My team member is always asking for help – Should I give it to them?
Use this Competence/Confidence delegation framework to help your team grow more capable and accountable. And for you to step out of the weeds. I hear concerns all the time from client ...
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