Be Early, Better Your Leadership Credibility
We’ve all heard the excuses for being late from chronic offenders. Unexpected traffic, an emergency plumbing nightmare, sick pets, and the list goes on.
We’ve all heard the excuses for being late from chronic offenders. Unexpected traffic, an emergency plumbing nightmare, sick pets, and the list goes on.
Fatigue is a fiend. Like a sneaky thief, it robs you daily of precious physical, emotional and mental resources.
For a 1:1 meeting to be effective, both parties must be 100% engaged. When you’re not paying full attention…
There’s no doubt that a lot of leaders like to talk. But great leaders know that one of the keys to effective leadership is actually listening more and talking less.
In business and life, there are a lot of distractions that add up to nothing of value. When you get side tracked and travel off course from your goals, you senselessly burn time and energy.
It’s human nature to like certain people more than others. But it’s not OK to give preferential treatment to an employee just because you like them.
Ever worked in a place in which there was too much agreement going on? You probably noticed that this kind of “yesman” culture fostered poor decision-making…
As highlighted in “The Inconvenient Truth About Change Management” (McKinsey & Co., 2011) studies have repeatedly shown that only 30% of change initiatives are successful.
Is your time being stolen by the time thief? Take a hard look at where you are spending your time each day and focus on the vital few and ignore or delegate the trivial many.
Great leaders tell the truth. And they don’t just talk about the “good stuff.” They tell the truth about the status of your business and the results, even if the truth is painful.