I just ended a vacation where our four children were around a lot. One of my goals was to listen, and I also found myself reading one book they all recommended (Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff) and starting a second book...
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A Friday thought for parents/leaders – Thank you Bob Goff
I shared in my last blog about Bob Goff's guarantee of answering his phone when called. I called and here is what it said "You have reached Bob Goff. I am sorry but I am in a place where I don't have cell service. Please email me at bob@bobgoff.com and I will get back...
What’s your guarantee?
What are you willing to guarantee to your customers? In my experience working with clients guarantees are scary and hard to define. Here are some examples and reasons I believe they are critical in our journey to excellence.
One practice for a Happy-er Holiday
There will be lots of gathering going around over the next few weeks. Here is a bit of advice to make that time more fruitful. It also follows my core value of Learning + Doing = Growth – and comes with a story of how I can be a bit slow on the learning part sometimes . . .
Journey to Mastery – What’s in a name? #wordsmatter
In coaching leaders to become more people-centered, it quickly became evident that preparing their team for the career/development conversation was critical because too many people were not ready to share what they wanted. Here is my proven process for conversation and some perspective for leaders and/or individuals desiring to own their development.
28 Tips for Developing as a People-Centered Leader
So, you want to develop as a leader? And you believe your people are important to you - critical, in fact, as a fundamental part of leading toward growth. If you're ready to own your development, I'd like to share with you some of my top trUTips. How to have effective...
3 Reasons Career Discussions Don’t Happen; 2.5 Steps to Start
Do you have a plan for your best people on where they will be in a year? Two years? What is keeping you from asking your people about the future? Here are the 3 reasons leaders don’t ask and 2.5 steps to start this conversation. Included are links to all the resources you need to equip your people to Own It! (including a free whitepaper and links to my 4 favorite posts on this topic).
Will you be my mentor? 4 Steps to make this effective.
Leaders committed to growing their company or being successful in their next big role need to have mentors. This includes anyone using the Entrepreneurial Operating System or experiencing a promotion to an executive-level role in an organization. Here are 4 steps for establishing an effective mentoring experience. As a bonus, I also provide a link to a single page document that provides all the details you need to be successful and building a great mentoring experience.
Learning Together – My 7 Favorite Books for a Leadership Book Study
Book study groups are an easy way to get leaders at all levels of your organization connecting and learning together. One of my core beliefs is Learning + Doing = Growth, so here are a few tips: Keep the group size appropriate for the intensity of the book. If you...
My 7 Favorite Books for a Leadership Book Study
Book study groups are an easy way to get leaders at all levels of your organization connecting and learning together. Here are my top 7 book recommendations, plus book study tips.
The ONE question leaders should answer hourly
I’ll soon be publishing a list of 5 books I recommend for leadership book clubs. A new addition is my favorite book I’ve read this year: Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith. Here is why every leader and EOS/Entrepreneurial Operating System® leader (or any people-centered leader) should read it.
3 Tips for Getting Your People to Own Their Development
Seth Godin says “it is your job to figure out the path” and while most people will say they want to learn and develop, it is important that people demonstrate that ownership as part of the process. Not everybody is ready for it, and as a leader you need to spend your time with people that are ready. Here are three tips for testing individual ownership for growth and development.