3 Certain Failures All Leaders Will Encounter
As lovely as it would be to have a smooth, easy path to success as a leader, failure is an inevitable part of the process. The stories of some of the great leaders of all time are filled with more failures than success. Take Abraham Lincoln, for example; he was defeated or rejected from public office seven times before ever being elected as the President of the United States at age 51. A...
How to Share Your Leadership Skills Regardless of Your Title
Traditional thinking would have you believe you need a title to be considered a leader. Conventional thinking is wrong. A title doesn’t make a leader; your actions do.
Why You Should Pursue the Platform of Leadership
“You are good enough to lead. You are good enough to build relationships, you are good enough for the promotion, you are good enough to help other people live out their potential.”
Why You Should Lean Into Your Weaknesses
There’s a trend to only focus on your strengths. While I agree you should capitalize on you’re strengths, Leaders are doing everyone a disservice (including themselves) if they don’t work to improve in areas they are weakest. If you’re only focusing on your strengths, that means you’re ignoring the other areas required to be an effective leader. Think...
Why So Many Managers Fail to Become Leaders
It’s ironic the reward for being good at your job is a promotion to a job you haven’t done before (and most often requires a completely different skill set).
The Top-Rated CEO of 2019 Shares a Perfect Formula for Leadership Success
Everybody loves a good top 100 list. It could be the best cities to live in, the top restaurants, or in this case, the highest-rated CEOs in America. I love Glassdoor’s annual list of the Top CEOs because it’s based on how employees of major corporations feel about their culture and their most senior leader.
This Single Phrase Puts Everything Into Perspective
Quite often we are worried about ourselves. What will we do? How does this impact me? How is this conversation going to get them to like/respect/follow me? All the while, we’re not thinking about the true meaning of leadership: to inspire, empower and serve in order to elevate others over an extended period of time. We are all guilty. But there’s a method you can put into...
One Thing You THINK You Do, But You Actually Don’t
Most people (spouses excluded) won’t call you out, but they’re definitely judging you based on how well you listen when they’re talking. Active Listening is a skill you have to constantly sharpen, but one that’s often forgotten because it’s considered “too basic”. When I say “active listening” I’m not talking about nodding...
7 Wise Moves That Make the Relationships With Your Team Stronger
Knowing ownership and responsibility of work relationships starts with leaders, here are 7 wise moves you can leverage to strengthen those relationships.