How do you handle challenging and trying times? When the workload is high, and everything seems uphill, do you lean in, buckle down, and raise your game? Or do you get stressed, maybe develop a bad attitude, and look for a way out? Challenging times affect us all a bit differently, but they don’t have to, especially if you take…
According to author and researcher Dr. Joseph Folkman[1], over 45% of leaders overestimate how much they are trusted. Furthermore, if you are perceived to have less trust with the people you work with, it can impact your overall effectiveness as a leader. People will question your integrity, your expertise, and your communication. TRUST TAX As Stephen M. R. Covey stated…
When it comes to people, your perspective matters. How you view people will determine how you interact with them. If you do not see value in people, they will not have value to you. And if you don’t believe they have value, you will not see their actual potential, nor will you genuinely invest in them. Potential is having the…
A common phrase you might hear from someone facing an ever-growing list of things they need to get done is, “I need to make time for that.” While that might sound like a good plan, the time available is the time available. I have conducted a global survey and can confirm with 100% certainty that no matter where you live,…
The audience had been listening to me for over three hours. We were halfway through our workshop on Coaching for High Performance. The following section we were to cover was on the importance of feedback and how to provide it to the people on your team. To kick off this section on feedback, I asked for feedback—on my performance over…
Leadership experts have often said, “Always praise in public and critique in private.” It’s become a rule of thumb for leaders who want to publicly encourage excellence and protect their team members’ confidence. But isn’t there a tradeoff to keeping criticism between the leader and the team member? By making feedback private, aren’t leaders missing out on a crucial teaching…
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