When you’re a leader, the little things matter. Your actions. Your words. What gets said. And what doesn’t. Sometimes you have to ratchet up your courage to do something unpopular. When you know it is the right thing. Or to say something that needs to be said. And sometimes you have to exercise incredible discipline …
3 Critical Times When Leaders Need to Bite Their Tongues Read More »
Leadership is not about mechanics. Sure, what you do is important. How you do what you do is even more important. Receiving timely and accurate data is necessary to make the right decisions at the right time. To move the needle. Maybe to save the day. But good leadership can’t be reduced to spreadsheets and …
In Your Decisive Moments of Truth, Focus Here First! Read More »
Leadership is a 24-hour job. Don’t misunderstand. Yes, you can sleep. You can take vacations. You can binge-watch your favorite Netflix series. You can even shut your office door and take a nap. But…the responsibility of leading isn’t reserved for office time, staff meetings, or when you’re the talking head on Zoom. Because they’re watching. …
The Leadership Spotlight is Always On You — And It’s Really Bright! Read More »
If you want to fail to achieve anything meaningful, life will give you all the excuses you need. Not given the opportunity. Not the right connections. Bad boss. Poor training. Wrong gene pool. 😳 Very few people grow up hoping to be mediocre. But sometimes life beats the aspiration out of us. The drive gets …
3 Powerful Leadership Lessons From The Genius of the South 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 »
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 »
Have you noticed that some of the most important leadership skills rarely get taught? Like delegation. If you’re going to grow your business, you need to delegate. Well. If you’re going to grow the capacity of your team, you need to delegate. Effectively. If you’re going to lead others, you need to delegate. Constantly. Even …
