by Beth Strathman | Dec 19, 2017 | awareness, behavior, beliefs, executive, leader, leadership
How do you react when you think your direct reports are making you look bad? Do you focus on yourself and scurry to salvage your reputation? Or do you focus on your team and take the opportunity to improve your team’s skills and processes? You’ve spent the better part...
by Beth Strathman | Sep 21, 2017 | authentic, awareness, behavior, beliefs, evolve, executive, leader, leadership
You encounter leadership problems or challenges all the time. Did you ever notice that they end up being the exact circumstances you need in order to evolve as a person and a leader? You may have issues with people who don’t respond to you as you’d like. You might...
by Beth Strathman | Sep 21, 2017 | awareness, behavior, beliefs, evolve, executive, integrity, leader, leadership
As you look at your own leadership development, have you ever had an inkling of where your life might take you? If so, you could say you had an insight to your destiny. It might sound far-fetched to some, but to others, there is an unexplainable “knowing” that helps...
by Beth Strathman | Jul 7, 2017 | awareness, behavior, executive, leadership
Emotional reactivity indicates a lack of self-control. When you are an emotionally reactive leader, people will follow you – but out of fear rather than out of respect. And they certainly will think twice about showing initiative because they can’t predict if and how...
by Beth Strathman | Aug 7, 2016 | awareness, behavior, beliefs, change, commitment, credibility, ego, executive, fallibility, feedback, humility, identity, leadership, leadership skills, leadership training, learning, listening, management skills, management training, performance, performance reviews, resilience, self-awareness, vulnerability
Giving quality feedback in a respectful way can be hard. Receiving feedback in a respectful way is even harder. (Even receiving positive feedback for some is difficult.) During and after receiving negative feedback in particular, do you notice you have heightened...
by Beth Strathman | Jul 1, 2016 | awareness, behavior, beliefs, business, corporate culture, executive, leadership, team
I was recently asked, “How do I get my team to run with the ball instead of relying on me so much to tell them what to do? They should know how to and when to move things forward!” Every leader wants a highly competent and motivated team who, with some planning and...
