INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Cincinnati Reds first baseman, Joey Votto, once told a young star he admired (while chatting with him at first base), “If you try hard, … [Read more...]
Issue #61: On How to Gain Respect, Keeping Your Cool, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Having difficulty getting the respect you deserve at work (or in life)? Ask these 3 questions to prioritize and organize … [Read more...]
Do These 5 Things to Be Seen As a Natural Leader
Practicing these will help you seem like a natural born leader
You may or may not already code yourself as a natural born leader. It's one of the highest compliments you can pay a manager, for a reason. Gallup says only one out of every 10 … [Read more...]
Issue #34: On How to Stop Overthinking Everything, an Aid to Self-Belief, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) I wasn’t expecting an aid to self-belief to surface where it did. I was recently at the famed Comic-Con, listening … [Read more...]
Doing These 3 Things Will Instantly Improve Your Company’s Culture
They're easy to do but will make a big impact
Everyone knows there are unspoken rules that lead to a toxic culture (like risks are actually punished, not rewarded). But what happens when leaders don't seem to … [Read more...]
5 Ways Leaders Make Their Messaging Meaningful
Strive for these five and your messaging comes alive
More than one CEO has said, "Leadership is 90 percent communication," and research bears them out by showing that the way in which managers communicate with employees is one of the … [Read more...]
Want Outstanding Teamwork? Foster This One Word
It’s the greatest force on earth
If you want your team to make the leap to a High-Performing team, to elevate to highly effective, there’s a magic word to consider. And to cultivate. Interdependence. It’s … [Read more...]
Issue #28: On Driving Accountability, the Surprising Downside of Bureaucracy, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Research reported in the Harvard Business Review reveals just how damaging corporate bureaucracy and hierarchy can … [Read more...]
Do These 3 Things When Your Employees Are Disengaged
Here's how you can respond and get results
They move slowly, shuffling feet, moaning, groaning, seeking to drain the life out of those around them. Has the zombie apocalypse finally arrived? Did your teenager just get … [Read more...]
Use the Law of Opposites to Stand Out Among the Zillion Zoom Meetings You’re In
If you’ve got to sit in 1,000 virtual meetings, you might as well stand out
You just…can’t…do…another…one today. Zoom meetings that is. (Or Microsoft Teams, or Google Hangouts etc. etc. etc.) It’s a work hazard today as real as the hazards that … [Read more...]
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