Leaders need to be action-oriented. You can’t wish results into existence and it’s tough to follow a leader who doesn’t do anything. 🤨 But…action for action’s sake can be unproductive. Counter-productive. It confuses your team and will wear everyone out. Including you. One of the most valuable actions you can take flies under the radar. …
The One Powerful Action You Need to Take (That Too Many Leaders Forget) Read More »
Your mindset as a leader will determine your success. Or failure. You can’t operate on auto pilot and lead successfully. Intentionality is key. Let’s put this on the table: leadership isn’t easy. Period. You’re dealing with challenges. Accept it. Embrace it. If challenges didn’t exist, you might not be needed. 🤔 You’re dealing with people. …
5 Perspectives About Mindset Every Ambitious Leader Needs to Know Read More »
You can’t go all out all the time When you want to accelerate your career, the tendency is to hustle harder. Longer. The stories tell you to get up at 5:00 a.m. and grind all day. Every day. Gary Vaynerchuk famously walks fast, talks fast, and works 18-hour days. We hear about the wizards of …
If You Want to Absolutely Maximize Your Productivity — Take a Break! Read More »
If you want to live a life of significance, you need to ask yourself the right questions. And then take action. When we’re young, our parents screw things up by asking us the wrong question. What do you want to be when you grow up? Barely waiting for a reply, our parents reassure us that …
Why You Should Forget the Likes, Ignore Your Parents’ Advice and Do Something! Read More »
Your relationship with your direct boss is a key to your success. To your performance. To your desire to stay with your current company. Or not. When you’re not in sync with our boss, it can get funky in a hurry. Communication is uneven. You start second-guessing yourself. You’re working hard, but are you sure …
The Ultimate Employee’s Guide to Driving Great 1×1 Meetings Read More »
Good leaders understand the value of great meetings. Effective meetings. Productive meetings. To leverage the message. To connect with the troops. But one of the great tools for leadership effectiveness, the 1×1 meeting, often gets so mismanaged that we dread them, we find reasons to cancel them, or we stop doing them altogether. They aren’t …
The Ultimate Manager’s Guide to Leading Great 1×1 Meetings Read More »
When you’re a leader, you have to deal with uncertainty. Regularly. Maybe daily. Employees. Customers. Competitors. The supply chain. Government actions. Pandemics. Geopolitics at home…and on the other side of the world. When uncertainty reigns, your leadership brand is in the spotlight. How you deal with problems. How you communicate with people. How you deal …
6 Ways Leaders Can Leverage Their Strengths and Curb Their Fatal Flaws Read More »
Uncertainty and conflict come with the territory when you’re a leader. No matter how well you plan and prepare, you’re never in complete control. For most people, that leads to a certain amount of anxiety and stress. Maybe a lot of anxiety and stress. You’re different degrees of anxious, aggravated, or alarmed. All at once. …
Four Strategies for Leaders When You Feel Anxious, Aggravated or Alarmed Read More »
When you start your leadership journey, it can be a bit overwhelming. You want to go big — not just big goals, but ground shaking, Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs). You don’t want to just meet your budget, you want to blow those numbers away. But what about the skills you need to deliver those …
How Leaders Can Build Excellent Skills Like Teenage Tiger Woods Read More »
There is a point at which creators go from dream to action. From intention to execution. But in between there is a space. Sometimes that space can feel uncomfortable. Ridiculously uncomfortable. Intellectually, you know you have to take action, but sometimes you struggle. You get distracted. You’re not motivated. Or you’re in the grips of …
