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How many books, trainings, pieces of advice have you been offered on ‘A+ Talent’ or ‘the perfect candidate’ or ‘the best employees’? From my experience, it has been a lot. A mountain of materials focused on finding and building the best individuals.
This tends...
Have you been hearing and seeing a lot of don’ts, nos, stops, and can’ts recently? Does there seem to be a lot of negative words being used over and over, day after day.
Think about how restricting that is. “Don’t say this!” “Stop doing that!” The walls...
Squirrels don’t kill trees.
I have a large maple tree outside of my office window. During the spring, I get to watch the squirrels feast on the new buds. No matter how much the squirrels eat, that maple tree is still full of leaves and beautiful all summer long.
The squirrels get their fill...
I am sure you are familiar with some new managers getting hired and wiping out the team they had for a new set of team members. A new CEO comes on board, and before you know it, the whole c-suite is new faces and has new directives. All your former co-workers are gone. In a few...
Managers calling for the end of WFH are weak.
They are weak in communication skills and they are weak in training skills. These two skills are incredibly important for strong leaders and managers. Being weak in these skills is a red flag for what comes ahead.
This isn’t just a red flag for...
Clear out time for yourself, schedule it. We talk a lot on how being a leader is about your team, but you do need to spend some time on yourself. It is not 100% team and 0% you. You need time for yourself.
Just because you are a leader doesn’t mean you don’t have...
Imagine you like to keep to your self, but you keep getting recognized and thank publicly. Imagine liking a bit of attention but are congratulated in private. Leaders and managers need to recognize their folks the way they want to be recognized.
It is very important to get to know...
What are you willing to sacrifice to be a leader? True leadership requires sacrifice.
Leadership can be exhilarating. Watching other people be successful and accomplish amazing things is energizing. Helping people overcome previous obstacles is incredibly rewarding. ...
Don’t mistake kindness for weakness. Kindness is in fact a powerful display of leadership. It takes a good amount of strength to show kindness towards yourself and others.
In some cultures, environments, or situations kindness is frowned upon. A lot of people preach of...
Watch Sarcasm and Anger
Serious situations call for a serious tone, save the sarcasm for another time.
As a leader, you will be speaking to a lot of people. Employees, teammates, co-workers, upper management, customers, suppliers, and interviewees. In each and every case, the...
If you want something enough, get after it.
If you want to be a leader keep moving toward that goal. If you want to be promoted to a manager do something everyday to get yourself closer to that promotion. Don’t stop working. Do something, anything that will move you closer to...
Defining empathy can be confusing. How many different definitions of empathy have you heard or seen? ‘Putting yourself in another person’s shoes’ is one you might have heard a lot. I have, but can you really put yourself in another person’s situation?
Ultimately, what does...
