I’m not ready to commit to coaching. This is an actual message I got from a follower on YouTube. I hadn’t offered coaching specifically to this person so I was a little surprised to get the message. Looking back on their reach out, I’m translating it. I know a leadership coach could transform the way […]
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In an interview recently I was asked the actions and habits of exceptional leaders. One question in particular sparked my passion. The question was, what strategies leaders can use to recognize and nurture talent within their team. This question made me smile because it assumes there is a complexity to unlocking employee potential. There is
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Have you ever been interested in making a change or up leveling your skills, but get discouraged when you don’t see results? You might try reading a book on influence or get a sample plan for a running routine and then, drop off a few weeks in because nothing changed? Lots of variables can impact
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(Read on if you love reading, but, if you want the video version, click here to head to YouTube!) Every year I worked in corporate I got the same question this time of year. Are you working Christmas week, or spending time with your kids? The worst part about this question is that assumes these
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Who hasn’t looked back on the year and thought, man, what did I even do this year? You know you were busy, you know you were stressed, but you can’t actually list even a handful of accomplishments that you completed in the past 12 months. Some of us have done that often enough that we
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Have you ever tried decorating a room, completely from scratch? I’m talking starting from blank walls that are the wrong color. Then transforming the space in 24 hours into the exact feeling you wanted to have. Making it something that will make your mark on anyone who enters. To get there you would need to
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Personal conflict is a fact of every team, you will run into it. That doesn’t mean that it has to suck all of your time and energy dealing with it. Many managers feel it is their duty to get involved in the he said, she said of team conflict and that just isn’t the case.
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Ever feel like a job description all but had your name on it, only to see it go to someone else? That might be because it actually was written for someone else. That might be because it was. Jobs are hand written for specific people all the time. You won’t see statistics on this and in
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The hardest work you will ever do in leadership is to lead yourself. It is so difficult. You know all of your weak points, you can rationalize every point, and you don’t have to be accountable to anyone else. It is hard to overcome that. One minute you’re committing to staying fully hydrated to keep
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In high school drivers ed, my instructor told me he was going to pull the emergency brake. At the time we were in a classroom session on a bight sunny fall day. I had never pulled the brake before and I honestly thought he was joking. Why would someone pull the brake when you were
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