Leadership
5 Tips to Engage Your Team in a Crisis (Build a Resilient Team)
Even prior to the crisis, demands in the workplace were accelerating and highlighting the need to be agile. This crisis makes the need to be ready even more urgent. Organizations that emerge stronger from a crisis do so because of their people and their leader’s ability to engage them in the midst of challenges. Change,…
Read More3 Keys to Manage Uncertainty
We are all waiting, watching and wondering what is going to happen and what the outcome will be. This is a recipe for an overactive mind, asking, “what if?” and going off on tangents. I understand, it happens to me too! Human beings and businesses do not like uncertainty. We all want to predict what…
Read MoreCoping in a Crisis [Video]
We are in unprecedented times. Life has been disrupted on all levels for everyone. The fear, anxiety, anger and isolation can be overwhelming. In this COMPLIMENTARY webinar, I want to open the conversation about how you are dealing with it and offer strategies you can use - in the moment - to reboot the anxiety,…
Read MorePerformance Review Makeover: An Agile Approach
The skills it takes to manage day to day operations are different from the skills needed to lead through change and transformation. This can also be said for Performance Management. What it takes to write the Annual Review is a completely different set of skills needed to motivate and inspire employees. In fact, most reviewers…
Read More10 Ways To Be A Better Leader
1. Care about yourself and the world around you. Did you know that caring helps you AVOID burnout? Most people think caring causes burnout. 2. Start a gratitude journal. Gratitude changes your brain. During stress, a switch goes off in your brain limiting your perspective. Gratitude turns it back on. Begin a daily gratitude…
Read MoreDenial to Disaster: What Happens When Executive Leaders Burn Out
“I’ll take a break when I get caught up.” “If everyone worked as hard as I do, we might get somewhere.” “I do not have time to find out how everyone is doing. I barely know how I’m doing.” “Burnout. All I need is a vacation.” “Stressed? No, I just get frustrated. I can’t fall…
Read More5 Leadership Tips: Making the Transition from Manager to Leader
Leadership is difficult to define. There are millions of articles on the subject. I heard one CEO say, “I know it when I see it.” It is safe to say that leadership is collection of behaviors, an attitude that is not always related to the status or title one holds. This post offers 5 tips…
Read MoreWhat to Do When Coworkers Are Jealous of Your Success
Congratulations on your promotion! You’ve worked hard, put the time and effort in, and it’s finally paid off. You have the title, status and a raise. Now it is time to celebrate – except not everyone at work shares your excitement. You probably were not expecting your coworkers to be jealous of your success. Here…
Read More5 Steps to Creating an Authentic Leadership Brand Statement
Do you own your personal leadership brand? You may be thinking, “I don’t have time for that,” or, “That is for the big corporations.” Whether you are intentionally aware of your personal leadership brand, you have one. To illustrate, your reputation is based on what you have done in the past. Many people live off…
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