Do you want to grow business and build a high performance team? If you do, this requires leadership. However, modeling leadership involves your human self, your strengths and weaknesses, actions and reactions, and your willingness to commit to bringing out your best. It’s time to bring your org chart to life! It goes without saying, […]
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In today’s business climate, creating a company culture that attracts and retains A+ Players and develops teams is a necessity. In this article I address how to avoid employee resignations. The Great Resignation “The Great Resignation” is making companies regroup, rethink, and renegotiate. Here’s what’s happening: In the US and elsewhere, the way we do
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Self-Leadership and secure relationships, the Business Operating Triangle, role clarity and agreements—comes into play when we’re talking about the way a team interacts and the habits that make up culture and the fabric of each day’s work. Many of the best practices that make up an effective culture are combinations of multiple behaviors that we
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As human beings we don’t have control of what happens, but we (almost) always have a choice in how we respond. As a leader, making choices from Self-Leadership ensures that you can navigate challenges and find the best way forward. It also enables you to create psychological safety and build secure working relationships. However, it
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When I ask leaders and their teams about their main obstacles to performance and what prevents them from achieving results, the number one answer—by far—is “Not having clear goals.” They say things like: “I don’t really know what we’re doing,” or “I don’t understand the bigger picture here,” or “We keep changing our plans, and
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As you move forward on your journey from A to V, the range of what I call “acceptable behaviors” narrows. The whole team’s performance needs to improve, to become more masterful and professional, from the CEO to the leaders to the individual contributors. Leveling up as you move forward is imperative. Business & Sports Because
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In today’s business climate, I find myself asking, “Is it time to change your approach?” Entrepreneurial CEOs are used to jumping in and rolling up their sleeves to keep things moving forward to get results. That is why I am sure you won’t be surprised to hear that I recently worked with a client who,
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In our current economic climate, it can be difficult to determine what to do next when the market doesn’t feel as predictable as it may have in the past. That is totally normal—there are so many unknowns and variables that many of the businesses we work with have never experienced before. How do we navigate
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My advice? Don’t skip over this topic. Awareness and skills about secure working relationships and psychological safety in your company are essential. These top the list for building and mobilizing a high-performing team. Within every company—whether you are the CEO, manager, department head or supervisor—all business leaders need to be clear about their part in
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As a child, you were taught to be nice, right? As adults, we want to be nice! It makes life more stress free and fun. Being nice invites cooperation, conscious agreements and good working relationships. However, being nice also presses us to reflect on the words we speak and how we choose to say them.
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