Leadership and stress can go hand in hand. Leaders do a lot of hard things. Stress isn’t necessarily a bad thing if it moves leaders to action. However, it can become burdensome and troubling if internalized. I love the following story. It puts it all in perspective for leaders and can help them deal appropriately with […] Read more
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When I do leadership and team development consulting one of my favorite team activities and actually the most powerful is called the “Team Effectiveness” exercise. Patrick Lencioni, author of the best selling book, “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team,” uses it in his workshops. The team activity is simple… Each member of the team points out […] Read more
There are a lot of questions leaders can ask themselves and should on a regular basis. But if they could only ask one, I would highly recommend it be this one: “How would I feel following someone like me?” Have you ever thought what it would be like to be led by you? It’s a […] Read more
Leadership requires strong communication skills. Critical to those skills is the need for leaders to listen more and talk less. How well do you listen when others are talking? Today these skills are becoming even more important for leaders due to the amount of distractions. I can remember several years ago sitting in a colleagues office […] Read more
Sure you get to call the shots, but they aren’t always popular nor appreciated. If you are a leader (like many of you are who read this blog), you get it. But if you are a leader, what about your leader – your boss? Is he or she feeling the same things you do from […] Read more
