We all know that effective leadership is needed in the workplace to succeed. However, let’s take a closer look at the art of leadership. What does it truly take for a leader to be successful and effective? How do leaders approach difficult situations and find the inner strength to lead…...
5 Operations Management Tips | Operations Managers
5 Tips That Operations Managers Can Use Today Operations managers wear many hats to get their jobs done each day. Their work regularly includes planning, strategy, development, production, and distribution. They typically work across many other departments to make sure that goods and services are created and delivered properly. Because…...
Gratitude for Leaders: How to Win the Gratitude Battle
Ungrateful people are:Easily discouraged. Ingratitude creates constant disappointment. “What’s the use.”Resentful of the benefits or advantages others enjoy. Unthankfulness doesn’t enjoy the success of others.Entitled. Ungratefulness hates seeing others advantaged but expects advantage for itself.Self-obsessed. Ingratitude has little room for others because the world revolves around its own troubles, disappointments,…...
Hired at 25 – Fired at 35: The Turning Point for the CEO of Dunkin Donuts
Transformational moment: “You can learn more – if you can survive it – from a setback than you can from success. Success is a dangerous thing if you have too much of it.”“My best learning occurs when I hit one of those bumps in the road. I realize that there’s…...
Of All the Complaints I’ve Heard about Bosses, I’ve Never Heard this One
Of all the complaints I’ve heard about leaders, I’ve never heard anyone complain…“I wish my boss would stop encouraging me. I get too much encouragement.”It’s easy to miss the mark when you call people to face new challenges.Good intentions backfire. Unexpected resistance knocks you for a loop. Perhaps you misread…...
How to Take Your Team to the Next Level in 30 Days
The Magic Wand: If you waved a magic wand over your team, what would emerge when the smoke clears?During a team meeting, make a list of words that describe the team you aspire to develop. (Yes, you love your team. But what would cause you to love it even more?)Describe…...
Distraction: Defeating the Beast that Contaminates Leadership and Dilutes Effectiveness
Meaningful contribution requires merciless elimination of insignificant action. The seduction of distraction is it makes you feel important while diluting usefulness at the same time. The habit of hurry drains fulfillment and frustrates engagement. No one achieves excellence by doing one thing while thinking about the next thing.…...
How to Become More Decisive When You Fear Making Decisions
Two reasons we decide not to decide: #1. People-pleasing:Excessive people-pleasing leads to indecision, anxiety, resentment, and misery. After all, how can you fully know what others want?People-pleasers can’t say no for fear of disappointing. Anyone who can’t say no lets others drive decisions.If you can’t make decisions, someone else runs…...
Don’t Pretend Things Smell Good when they Stink – Instead Shift Focus
Focus on people before digging into problems.The leaderly response to stink is empathy for your team.The rush to fix problems devalues people, but empathy respects and connects.Exploring problems and seeking solutions comes easier when people feel respected and connected.Talk to the person in front of you before working on the…...
How any Manager can Increase Influence and Fuel Peak Performance
5 factors that increase influence and fuel peak performance:Influence – not position, power, or pressure – fuels peak performance in your team. (Even remote workers.)#1. Relationship:Real relationship intensifies influence.Who is more likely to give you their best? Someone you’ve been pushing and feels resistant toward you, or someone who believes…...
The 5 Powers of Experience. Do You Have Them?
4 dangers of inexperience:Misled easily. Inexperience is blinded by unverified optimism. First-time investors get starry-eyed, for example.Decide quickly. Inexperience – unaware of potential pitfalls – blissfully moves forward. Naiveté believes the path forward is easy when it’s hard.Puff up naturally. Inexperienced novices haven’t learned that humility applies most when you…...
If Your Leadership Makes You Too Busy for These 3 Things, You’re Performing Worse Than You Think
Great leaders put their character on full display.Source - Read More at: www.inc.com...
How to Give Constructive Criticism
A simple change that transforms the perception of your feedback from harmful, to helpful.Source - Read More at: www.inc.com...
The Plate-Drop Challenge: How to Respond to Failure
The only way to learn how many plates you can spin is to break some plates. The question of capacity guarantees failure. T.S. Eliot said, “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” The idea is scary, even if…...
How to Defeat Distraction and Heighten Satisfaction
Distraction:Hurry makes distracted leaders feel important.#1. Every shiny object that drags you from the present dilutes your impact.You’re never your best self when you’re distracted.You bring your best self when you bring your whole self.#2. Every urgent buzz or ding devalues the people around you.You tell people they’re insignificant when…...
7 Ways to Find Your Highest Point of Clarity during Uncertainty
Clarity in turbulence and disruption:You always go with your highest point of clarity when making decisions.In turbulence, there’s more fog. You always have multiple options, but options seem less certain when fog rolls in and you can’t see the shore.The point of clarity is lower in turbulence.During normal days you…...
