Picture this, you’re on Zoom for the all hands meeting listening to the CFO talk expenses. He’s using all the buzz words as he delves into the ratios and reserves for the company. You can see the few people in the room with him and their eyes are glazing over. You start to drift off […]
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When you send an email, you expect someone is reading it right? I mean, you wouldn’t take the time and effort to create the email and share the information, update, or question unless you expected them to review and likely, respond. It seems like common sense, and yet, if you’re a leader, I’d bet there
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Based on a study conducted by CEB Global in 2020, 60% of new managers fail within the first 24 months of being promoted. That is almost an unfathomable number. More than half of new leaders fail while they are still in the honeymoon phase. The next part is pretty simple, we all make a rush
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I’ve seen the dread on hiring managers and new supervisors alike. There is a new manager starting, or even a group of them, and no training planned for them. We focus so much on getting technical training right for employees that we never prioritize leader development. As a result we create an army of supervisors
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What if you could make actual progress toward your next promotion. I mean like this week. If you could start making marked progress this week to level up your career, would you do it? Picture it, you’re doing work that you love. Something that is making a positive impact on the people you work with
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This might be an unpopular idea, but we need to stop teaching leaders to manage employees. Whole organizations are set up to have all of their leaders, at every level, manage work that is being done. They focus on KPIs and metrics. Then they teach everyone who supervises a team that achieving results comes from
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After 12 years of service, Amanda was actually ready to quit her job over never feeling heard. Can you imagine? Could you feel like no one is listening enough to actually quit your job? What if it went on for more than a decade? Amanda set up a discovery call with me because she was
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Whenever I meet someone who wants to advance their leadership skills one of the first things they bring up is their leadership style. I hear things like, I can’t get all soft with my team, I’m an authoritative leader. I am a coaching leader so I don’t speak first ever. Things like that. All very
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I was recording a podcast recently and was reminded of a time in my life where I dreaded going to work every day. My role had gotten stripped down to the extent that it wasn’t fun anymore. My boss was demeaning. No one really seemed to care what I thought or what I brought to
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Ever gone on a trip with a group of people and noticed how long it takes to get the day started for everyone? You want to see all the sites and can’t wait to get started. You’re ready to go but have to wait on everyone else. Do they have their water? How many will
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