Agreements are the main mechanism you and your team use in working together. It is how you get things done, and yet I find it is a leadership tool that is often overlooked. I believe that making good agreements is key to your success so let’s take a closer look. What are agreements really? When […]
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Business cycles can be crazy-making for you and your team. The good news is you can confidently find your way through all of them with a clear perspective and a unified team. You can lead through crazy business cycles! Yes, I hear you! It is challenging. But none of us get to control the external
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“Protect Your Confidence” is a phrase that is a familiar one to most entrepreneurs. It comes as no surprise that to succeed in business entrepreneurs must show up in a good, confident place. They must be ready to engage with intentional choices and behaviors like: critical thinking and the ability to assess risks, weigh options,
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Whether you are a leader or team member who feels responsible for everything, or a person who only focuses solely on your own thing, don’t be blind to all the other people and roles that it takes to coordinate completing the puzzle—seeing the big picture—making agreements—and producing business results. As an entrepreneur, or as a
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Words Matter!! This might, or might not, be uncharted territory for you, but let’s talk about leadership dialogue. It’s a powerful force. We are not robots, we are human beings, and there are times when we don’t put our critical thinking into action, and forget that our words have a huge impact on achieving company
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Why do you need to attract ‘A’ players to your business? Well…let’s dive right in. You are the smart leader on the top rung, but you need more than your two hands and one brain to consistently produce momentum and maintain company value. Change is your challenge. In today’s global market, you have to keep
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Today’s leadership tip is about leadership under pressure… and more specifically, how YOU react and respond to high pressure situations. The important thing to know about acting under stress – is that you have a CHOICE… and the decision you make about how you respond in that moment can make a huge difference in the
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Why to learn to partner with your team… In 1995 when I was CEO of Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at the height of our rapid expansion, I was in the middle of scrambling to remodel stores, open a new store every month, while simultaneously attempting to resolve our staffing and efficiency issues! It was
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Leadership Tip: Define clear, measurable outcomes Have you ever given your team a task – only to have them deliver incomplete (or a complete lack of) results? While there are plenty of reasons for under-performance, the most common – by far – is this: Your outcomes are too FUZZY. (Not “warm and fuzzy” – but
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How do you keep the “A’ Players you successfully hired? The game is on! It might come as a surprise, but there’s not one CEO or business leader that can win the game alone—the scoreboard only reaches as high as the company team achieves. Building an engine of talented ‘A’ Players will help your company
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