When you see a problem, what’s the first thing you do? Most people say one of two things: Both sound productive.Both miss the real first step. And that’s exactly why so many smart, hardworking people—people like you—end up feeling like they’re taking one step forward and two steps back. Learn all about this from me […]
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You’ve done the thing every manager knows they must do; you’ve given feedback. But instead of sparking change, you feel ignored. You sit in your office, replaying the conversation. Why didn’t they just do it? you ask. The tension increases. The behavior hasn’t changed. Now the resentment or confusion might even be worse. It’s deeply
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Here we are at the time in the calendar when everything changes. In the early months you were closing the books and focused on wrapping up projects from last year. Then, you got the 2025 initiatives and strategies so you set up your plans to achieve them. By this point, we’re in ‘throw away the
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Click here for the YouTube video that brings this to life! I started a 4 hour class on motivation and influence with the words; ‘If you came here to learn how to motivate your team, I’m sorry to say, you won’t. You can’t motivate people.’ After the awkward chuckles and sideways glances, that class learned what
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I started a 4 hour class on motivation and influence with the words; ‘If you came here to learn how to motivate your team, I’m sorry to say, you won’t. You can’t motivate people.’ After the awkward chuckles and sideways glances, that class learned what you can do instead. Because the truth is, you can’t motivate
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Sometimes when I want to ask my husband a question and there is a standard ‘right’ answer for husbands in general I will preface it with, ‘this is not a trick question.’ That way he knows that even though I asked him if I look good in these jeans, I am not simply prompting him
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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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
When You Send an Email, Does Anyone Actually Read it? Read More »
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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