Thinking About Your Thinking
The Headline The human brain can process 11 million bits of information per second... but our conscious minds can only handle 40-50 per second! The Situation We constantly deal with new, fast-changing circumstances. The amount of information available to (or slung at)...
7 Common Challenges for Leaders
The statistics are alarming: A Gallup poll found that companies fail to choose the candidate with the right talent for the job 82% of the time. Around 65% of millennials believe they’re not equipped to be leaders yet since they lack the necessary employer support for...
Book Summary: Essentialism by Greg McKeown
Essentialism has been on my “to read” list for quite a while and I’m glad that I finally took the opportunity to dive in. In this book, subtitled The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, author and British business strategist Greg McKeown challenges some norms that many...
Coaching and Meaningful Conversations
In working with my clients, I do a lot of things. But at its essence, at its core, I am a coach. My parents were both teachers (Mom: kindergarten, Dad: college) so some of that is likely in my DNA (but coaching is different than teaching). Recently, the coaching...
New Leader Onboarding
Now that you've hired 'em, what are you going to do with 'em? Once you have gone through the search and recruiting process, invested a fair amount of time and money, and selected the right candidate (in whom you are now going to invest even more time and money), you...
Signs of Strong Emotional Intelligence
The last time we discussed emotional intelligence, we defined it as a person’s ability to sense, understand and effectively apply the power and acumen of emotions to facilitate high levels of collaboration and productivity. We also identified the five (5) dimensions...
It’s Not Just the Words Leaders Say, But How They Say Them
Have you ever experienced communicating with someone when their words did not match what you saw and heard? How did that make you feel? Did it engender a feeling of trust, of valuing and respecting you, of being forthright with you? Did you feel that something was...
7 Common Mistakes of Aspiring Leaders
Some interesting stats: 25 Surprising Leadership Statistics to Take Note Of 69% of Millennials are concerned that their workplace does not develop their leadership skills; More than 77% of organizations report that leadership is lacking; In business, 83% of companies...
Assertiveness – Your Behavior; Your Choice
In any work situation (as well as outside of your job), you have a choice to be assertive, aggressive, or non-assertive. Your choice depends on many factors, of course, but which choice is typically the right one? Let’s start with a definition of the three choices we...
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