Early in my career when I was very young I worked for a manager who, in hindsight, was not that great. At the time, everyone loved her. She was engaging, pleasant to deal with, and did her best to lead her team using a traditional management approach. For example, we documented everything we did, there […]
Does likeability equal competence? Here’s how the two intersect Read More »
Clients who come to me about a disconnect between how others see them and how they see themselves are struggling with communicating an effective personal brand. Recently, a potential client came to me for a consultation on how others see him. He explained that he had been having problems securing funding for his business, hiring
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Every once in a while I come across a client who wants to work with me. After some digging we get to the realization that some problems that have surfaced are a result of a broken, ineffective or bad culture. Whether you’ve grown your company from the beginning and are seeing the employee engagement shift,
For many of my clients, when I ask them, “what does success look like to you?” they’ll give me any number of answers. Some examples of success include excellence in business, taking care of and rewarding your employees, mindfulness, self-awareness, overcoming adversity, internal drive and motivation, or even just doing better today than yesterday. The
Time management is one of the biggest issues business owners and newly promoted employees face on a regular basis. New responsibilities and a new role can be overwhelming, and without some effective guidelines for better time management, stress can take over pretty quickly.
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It’s hard to believe we’re finishing up June and heading into July. Besides the fact that time is moving quickly, the end of June marks the end of the first half of 2017. That makes this a great time to assess how far we’ve come with our progress for the year, and redirect if we
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For peak job satisfaction, develop a healthy culture Creating a positive work environment, whether as an employee of a large corporation or as a business owner trying to establish a high performance work ethic for your leadership team, has significant impact on the bottom line, revenue growth, employee engagement, and job satisfaction. Let’s face it;
What do your strengths have to do with job satisfaction? It turns out, plenty. Read More »
In my coaching practice, this is my favorite challenge that clients bring to me. That’s because once you unpack the problem, it’s easy to relate to it. In fact, I had this fear of success mindset for a very long time. Let’s face it; it’s not scary to fail. We take chances every day and
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Whether you’re a seasoned pro or brand new at taking the helm, we all could benefit from some reminders of how to get the most out of our teams. For peak performance, focus on three important areas – managing time, managing strengths and managing conflict. Better time management This one isn’t that easy. In fact,
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For most of us, we’ve been on the receiving end of one (or more) of the following statements. If you’re the one who is delivering bad news to your employees, however, your approach needs to have five key elements for the conversation to go well. “You haven’t met your goals again.” “We decided to
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