Brooke’s company was in the middle of a massive reorganization. Entire teams, full of smart, talented people, were being let go. Every hallway conversation carried tension. Slack channels went quiet. No one knew what the future looked like, and everyone was bracing for bad news. Brooke’s team felt it too. They were anxious, distracted, and […]
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Do you ever wonder why some leaders seem to spend the same amount of time planning the benefit for the humane society and running the soccer league as they do working in the office? And its always the best leaders too, right? Those high achieving leaders who are getting promotions and awards are also the
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If you scroll through Instagram today you’ll see post after reel of encouragement. You will see people sending up prayers for prosperity and telling you to manifest only positive vibes into your lives. Not me though. I am wishing you struggle and hardship and frustration. I am over here encouraging you to work through the
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In my emails and DMs I get questions about developing and leading your team and developing and leading yourself. (Get the full story plus notes HERE on YouTube!) If you’ve been around here for long you know that leading yourself comes first. You cannot lead your team well or develop them into their full potential
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Nothing is more frustrating than spending all of your time working outside your zone of genius. Maybe you’re someone who just wants to dig in and get your hands dirty. Or, are you the one who loves to plan how the full landscape is going to come together? Either way putting your efforts into the
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Your team seems to have hit a wall. Your boss is completely unfocused, throwing out unrelated asks and hitting you from the side with new projects. Meanwhile, you are hanging on by a thread as the go between lifting the team up and trying to anchor your boss. Sound familiar? These three positions are at
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Recently I started a class on influence and motivation for local business leaders this way. ‘If you came here to learn how to motivate your team, I’m sorry to say, you won’t. You can’t motivate people.’ I got some funny looks and confused chuckles. After all, we had 4 more hours to work together and
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I had lunch with an aspiring people leader recently and it hurt because I knew I’d have to burst her perfect little bubble. It made me smile at first. Here she was, starry eyed and full of excitement. She shared all of the changes she was going to make for the team she was interviewing
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We were all sitting around the table when Karen said, ‘This isn’t working. We never should have done it that way in the first place. Tell the team to pivot. They really should have built a process that all of the leaders had a stake in in the first place.’ The rest of us just
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When I start working with a client I’ll often ask them about great examples of leaders in their lives. It warms my heart each and every time as their faces light up thinking of the teacher, coach, manager, or mentor who changed everything for them. They describe them and it usually goes something like this.
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