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She was frozen. Standing in front of a room full of her peers and upper management, she didn’t know what to say. How could this happen?
This is her project, she’s the lead, she knows everything about what’s going on. But now, she’s reading her slides and flipping through...
My favorite leadership tip is the Walkabout.
One of the top concerns I get is how to hold people accountable.
Holding people accountable is tricky because a lot of folks are aggressive or hostile in doing so, we don’t want to be, so we shy away from the accountability conversations.
Gentle...
How many of you feel like you are always behind, always trying to catch up on things, or always delivering last minute?
You would love to get ahead of things and stay on top of work, but if it isn’t due, right now, you are not working on it.
Work is stressful, and your team feels that...
How about a trick to hold more people accountable?
One of the top 3 questions I get is how to hold people accountable. Allow me to share an easy, somewhat nonintuitive, totally non-confrontational accountability technique.
Holding people accountable is tricking because a lot of folks are...
Sleep is super important to leadership.
And, most leaders don’t get nearly enough of it; so you are groggy, forgetful, and irritable.
Get enough and it makes your job so much easier.
Substitute in caffeine or other stimulants and you’ll actually hurt your ability to lead.
Get sleep,...
Boost your memory to boost your leadership by boosting simplicity.
Our memory is super important to being a great leader, but what can hamper your memory is having too much to think about.
You can get a simple, good boost to memory if you try to cut out a lot of the extra, unnecessaries from your...
A lot of people ask, what is 1 skill that is the most important to work on to be a better leader?
My response: your memory.
Most people are shocked, some confused. They think it should be communication, motivation, or accountability.
Well guess what, all of those skills grow from a sharp memory.
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