Start the New Year with a Support Squad!
With the holidays already here, it’s a good time to BE thinking 2014. And not just about what your goals are for 2014, but who is going to help you achieve them.
With the holidays already here, it’s a good time to BE thinking 2014. And not just about what your goals are for 2014, but who is going to help you achieve them.
Like many busy professionals, my work often involves crossingborders. In the last few days alone, I traveled to Bogotá, Colombia and
Trinidad for speaking and training engagements.
Leadership presence is about communication. Ifyou’re not comfortable and confident communicating—or are reticent about talking in front of a group—then you’re going to have a much harder time as a leader.
This past long weekend seemed like a great time to stop and smell the roses. Or, at least, to plant some new flowers in my garden. These are pink dahlias, some of my favorites. As I pruned and potted, I couldn’t help but ponder literature’s love of gardening (along with flowing rivers) as a metaphor for growth and change.
Despite difficult economic times, multiple projects and killer deadlines, it’s still possible to find greater satisfaction on the job. It’s all in the attitude. Here are some things you can do to lighten the load for yourself and others.
I just turned in the manuscript for my new book, Capture the Mindshare and the Market Share Will Follow, which comes out next June. I found the following research on confidence so intriguing, I wanted to share this excerpt with you now…
Summer is over. School and work are back in session. Maybe you’ve been slowing down or even gotten completely stuck. Don’t beat up on yourself, it’s all part of the human condition. The first step is to determine where you’re stuck so you can begin getting unstuck. Take a look at the list below and see if you can pinpoint your stuck spot.
I know it’s hard to think about such lofty concepts as legacy these days. So many business fires need immediate putting out or preventing. Add to that the unhappy job of disciplining or laying off your people, and sometimes it’s hard to stay passionate about your own work. Is it time to lift your eyes to a more inspiring horizon?
I spent this past Memorial Day weekend in Boston visiting colleges withmy son, who’s a junior in high school. As he’s getting ready for college
and my older son is graduating from college next year, I’m getting a
huuuuge lesson in letting go.
Letting Go has been a big theme in my coaching this
past month, too. Not letting go of children – though that comes up
occasionally – but letting go of control, specifically of your direct
reports and team members.
When we arrive at a point in our lives where we need to make somepersonal changes, one of the first things we often do is take a look at
our friends. Which ones will support our reinvention, we wonder? Which
ones might hold us back, or even sabotage our efforts?