
How Great Leaders Handle Disappointment
Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations or hopes to manifest. I summarize it for coaching clients as the gap between our expectations and reality.
Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations or hopes to manifest. I summarize it for coaching clients as the gap between our expectations and reality.
Becoming a great leader depends on the depth of your humility.
There is something remarkable about humble leaders. It could be how they listen and make you feel heard. It could be how they communicate or how they model what you want to become.
Traditional thinking would have you believe high performing teams have more talent than others. While talent could undoubtedly be a part of the equation, the secret ingredient is conflict.
If you have been leading for any length of time, you know that solving challenges helps individuals and teams perform at their best.
Still, your challenges keep piling up.
If you are in leadership, you are in the people business. Leadership, in its simplest and most important form, is servant leadership.
While engagement and sustained performance is undoubtedly a complex topic, when leaders truly care about their team, everything changes.
Feedback is sharing information about a person’s performance which is used as a basis for improvement. Delivering disapproval or expressing the need for someone else to change is no easy task.
Courage is the most important leadership skill you can have. Without it, you can’t lead. Those who fail to develop a courageous muscle through actions big
Nothing makes burnout worse than acting like it’s not happening. Unfortunately, many organizations are oblivious or don’t seem to care that their employees are struggling.
The power of employment is now in the hands of talented professionals, and the best companies recognize it. Whether you call it the “Great Resignation” or “Quit Quitting,” there is no doubt this is the time period of the professional.