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 »
Last year I passed 11,000 one-to-one hours as an executive coach. I expected to feel smarter. Or taller. Ever since I passed 10,000 hours, I’ve been waiting to receive my expert badge from some Malcolm Gladwellian Outliers emissary. But I’m not holding my breath. I know I still have A LOT to learn. How do you view …
Two Mindsets That Prevent Your Success…and How to Avoid Them Read More »
Leading other people is a noble pursuit. When you can help someone develop skills and realize success, it can be gratifying. Humbling. Rewarding. Hopefully, that drives you to become a better leader. Leading others can also be challenging. We’re dealing with humans, so there are unique behaviors, motivations, psyches and backstories that each of your …
Leading a team is one of the awesome roles in the management journey. All the oars pulling together. Each one doing their part to achieve a common goal. Yeah, that looks good on paper. And it has its moments. But any time people are involved, it can get clunky. And funky. At any time. When …
11 Attributes of the Dream Employee (and Don’t Forget to Look in the Mirror) Read More »
Effective communication comes in different forms, at different times, for different audiences. Sometimes you want to influence or motivate…and the words escape you. You want to create a sense of urgency, but your team members seem comfortable with a slower pace. Hmmm. You want to convey the benefits of hard work and persistence, but you …
Two Charts to Inspire You (Unless They Completely Freak You Out!) Read More »
You’re driving hard towards your goal. You’re throwing your energy, your effort and your focus at your leadership role and trying to deliver the impact and outcomes that you seek. But the results seem elusive. Achieving the goal is uncertain. Doubt may be creeping in. Others aren’t helpful, trying to tell you to relax or …
Why Your Relentless Pursuit is So Attractive to Others Read More »
Something doesn’t seem right. You are hungry to advance your career and to get more ______ (you fill in the blank — more responsibility, more visibility, more authority, more opportunity, more income). It just doesn’t seem to come as fast as you’d like. And you’re sure that beyond lip service, other people don’t really understand what you’re …
5 Things That Successful Female Leaders Understand Read More »
You feel like your career trajectory has stalled. Or at least the next steps are uncertain. There are probably some things you’re doing wrong. There may be important tasks that you’re neglecting. In some areas, you’re really effective and other areas… not so much. You’d like to find out how you could raise your performance. …
3 People Who Can Vault Your Career Forward (And You Need All Three!) Read More »
