Use these three adjectives to drive and measure your efforts to develop as a leader.
Want to develop as a leader? Focus on these three adjectives
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Secret Sauce for Performance – Knowing What Matters to Your People. A story . . .
Rewarding people means knowing what matters the most to people. Here is a story about what that looks like and two things you can do to
Lessons in Leadership – Learning delegation from a child
Learning to delegate is a key skill for a leader. Here is a simple way for you to assess your teams ability to solve their own problems and your ability to give them space to do that.
Finally Friday! – Why it is the best day to connect with your people
Friday is really a rare opportunity to connect with your people. Here is why and how you can use what they say to learn a little bit more
What keeps you up at night? A unique way to use this question
What keeps you up at night? This questions has been asked many times, but never used quite like the way I heard it from retired Brigadier General David Hall.
Developing Resilience – 4 Ways to Process Pain
Developing resilience is partly about processing the pain or discomfort you are feeling. Here are four ways to do that.
The Law of Leadership Transparency – 3 ways to apply it
Transparency is important enough in leadership to become a law. Here is the law of transparency and three ways to apply it to develop leaders and trusting relationships.
Leadership and . . . Valentine’s Day?
At the core of Valentine’s Day there is something that matters to the relationships around us. In fact, there are some truths we should be sharing that probably would make a difference in any of the relationships we have at work or at home. Here are some examples.
Lead? Yes. With Laughter? Absolutely! Here is one way . .
Leadning is hard work. Startup is hard work. But find some time for laughter. Here is a quick story about what that might look like.
Silence and Resilience
Silence is not equal to doing nothing. Silence in resilience is about cleaning the lists off the mental whiteboard and only putting one or two things on it for a short time so they get attention. The Birkman Method is a great way to review how we need or should use silence.
Get a Valentine’s Day Win
Here is a great gift for Valentine’s Day. It will help you focus on a very important relationship and have some laughs and A-HAs along the way. Likely some of this information will transfer back to work – but don’t make that a primary goal.
Communication – Always room for improvement. Right?
Communication is the one area where we all need to focus on improving every year. Here are a few resources I have found helpful for certain situations or relationships. Do you have any to add?