Act Happy Week, Day 1: Smile on Purpose
Today is the first of a week-long series on using your body to invoke Happiness. Today: Smile on Purpose — at home and at work! (a 60-second lesson — read more at the blog)
Leadership Tips
Accept Imperfection to Grow as a Leader
Anyone can be a leader who accepts that imperfection is part of the human condition, and who strives to engage and appreciate people for what they ARE versus resenting what they are not.
What helps you keep your Commitments?
What helps you to keep your commitments to yourself? Have you done that, today?
TIPS FOR AN UNHAPPY WORKFORCE
Happiness – the anti-leadership edition: Most employees are already Unhappy, so it doesn’t take much effort to nudge them into Insecurity, as well. Here’s a quick reminder of how easy it is to keep your ungrateful subordinates in their place: under your control.
Don't Use these Four Dirty Words at Work!
Here are four words that you should not tolerate in the workplace: FAKE – this is toxic for a leader. If you do not show up in an Authentic way, people will sense it. Be genuine. FEAR – when we are uncomfortable, we tend to withdraw. Leaders must step into the DIScomfort of difficult conversations, … Read more
Leadership as Art: Envision the Future
While “making it up as you go” is a legitimate leadership strategy sometimes, is it the best approach to building your future?
Stop Managing, Start Leading Your Life
Many people think the terms Manager and Leader are interchangeable. I use these words to define two DIFFERENT roles we must play to be successful, at work and in life. Both are important, yet in different ways – and the most successful among us strive to achieve a balance between the two…
Lead With Questions
One of the oldest and most enduring leadership models in business today is Situational Leadership (SL), developed by Blanchard and Hersey several decades ago. The SL model works with the stages of learning through which we all progress when we take on a new task. The four stages (these are in my own words) are: … Read more
Tell Your Team that You Love Them!
THE GIFT OF GREAT EMPLOYEES Recently, one of my clients was stunned by the resignation of a star employee — a woman he’d been developing for an executive role, possibly even as his successor. He told me he was meeting with her in a few hours to discuss what he might do to keep her. … Read more
Assertiveness: You Can Do This!
Any emotion that you WANT to experience more can become more natural if you play the role, or practice it, more often. Let’s look at assertiveness. In assertiveness, you are able to stand up for yourself or your position from a place of confidence. When you practice assertiveness, you are more likely to get your … Read more