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Align Your Leadership Spine
Remember the 55-38-7 communication rule? Even though its specifics have been disputed, there is truth to the idea that the messages you send are muddled when your words don’t match your behaviors. The same confusion can occur between your company’s strategy,...
How to Shift From Emotionally Reactive To Calmly Responsive
Emotional reactivity indicates a lack of self-awareness. This includes everything from angry outbursts to quietly avoiding situations and allowing untenable situations to continue. When you are an emotionally reactive leader, people will follow orders – but out of...
5 Signs You Shirk Responsibility When Communicating
Communicating effectively is probably the most common area where most leaders need to grow. In fact, a 2016 Harris poll found that 69% of managers surveyed said that they're often uncomfortable communicating with employees. I wager that discomfort comes from not...
How to Be Unpopular During Strategic Plan Execution
Creating a strategic plan is such an accomplishment. After all, you spend tons of time, energy, and money going through the planning process. However, the work has just begun. Now, as the rubber meets the road, things can easily fall apart. Many employees will resist...
How to Add Wisdom to Your Company’s Strategy
If your company is like most, you set goals then wait to see what happens -- as if merely stating the goal will bring it about. In reality, for goals to make a real difference to your company, you need to pay more attention than that. You must pay attention to what...
Effective Presentations: The Foolproof Five
I had the pleasure of interviewing communications coach Beth Noymer Levine. She graciously allowed me to share the following blog post, excerpted in part from her book, Jock Talk: 5 Communication Principles for Leaders as Exemplified by Legends of the Sports World,...
5 Beliefs That Are Wasting Your Time
Feel like you don’t have time to get around to important tasks? You might be frustrated that you are extremely busy but aren’t accomplishing the important stuff that would move your strategy forward. Underneath, you may be angry or resentful that you have to do it...
The Hidden Meanings Behind Those Pesky Interruptions by Employees
“Hey, Boss. Do you have a minute?” How many times a week do you hear that? It can be frustrating to hear those words when you were finally getting some momentum on your own projects. What can you do to maximize your own time at work by minimizing interruptions by your...
Create Better Focus by Reframing Your Approach to Achieving Goals
Based on a 2011 McKinsey study, only 10% of executives were “very satisfied” with how they spend their time. Also, 50% of executives were not allocating their work time on activities tied to company goals. Why weren't these executives focused on the very goals they...
5 Leadership Qualities Critical to Achieving Company Goals
Wouldn’t it be great if you could simply share your latest company goals with employees and rest assured they would automatically achieve them without further ado? Most of the time that doesn’t happen, though. Yes, your leadership does come in handy. But you have to...