One way to measure how well you are developing and growing as a leader is to solicit feedback from others who are directly impacted by your leadership. Whenever leaders ask for such feedback, it’s a step forward in vulnerability. While asking for feedback is necessary for advancing leadership capability, it’s not always easy. And sometimes …
Team engagement yields greater productivity, and most leaders would agree with this statement. Team members who are actively involved and enthusiastic about their work and who also engage in healthy team dynamics are likely to contribute to the organization’s overall effectiveness. While this is easy to surmise cognitively, the practical means to developing an engaged …
Leaders who have been where we are trying to go can be a valuable asset to our journey. Often, the difficulty with finding our way is not scripting a desired outcome. Quite often, the difficulty is laying out a productive path to achieve the desired outcome. Finding the right path can be daunting. We may …
Leaders who show genuine interest in their team members will ask questions. Questions are the gateway to knowledge. We not only learn from the content presented to us, but we also learn when we become curious and ask questions not directly answered in the content. Asking great questions is not a science but an art. …
Listening requires more intentionality than we sometimes recognize. For some leaders, it’s easier to keep talking and monopolizing the conversation than to be quiet and listen. It’s impossible to count the number of times I’ve been in a room with leaders who have talked incessantly without pausing to listen. Everyone is trying desperately to express their …
Do you have a dedicated space on your calendar for everything you need to get done in a day? Is this true, and you still don’t feel like you’re making progress? You’re tackling your to-do list but feel like you’re spinning your wheels. You could be. And there may be good reasons why you feel …
What would you give to have more time? Most of us would like more time, but the truth is, we have all the time we need if we’re doing the right things at the right time. Time is a finite resource. We can’t manufacture more of it, but we can direct our efforts to enjoy …
With so many distractions these days, it’s no wonder having better focus is a desired outcome for many of us. We know that focusing drives better results in whatever we try to achieve. Sticking with a project, task, or assignment to completion yields a great return on investment in more ways than one. As I …
Sometimes planning can seem arduous, especially if you are planning every detail of your life at a single moment in time. Just the thought of that overwhelms me. That’s not the type of planning I enjoy. The type of planning that sets my heart ablaze is the kind that fits my lifestyle and container of …
Setting goals can be exciting for some people. Others dread the activity, preferring to take things as they come without planning. I believe goal setting is a powerful experience that helps us move more intentionally toward fulfilling our hopes and dreams. This is particularly true when we are strategic about completing the process. We can …
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