Steps to avoid as a leader
Ideas you can use to make decision-making more agile and effective
At work, you've probably noticed that your employees are great at
some tasks, but not so great at the others.
How to recognize the pitfalls even great leaders stumble into.
To
succeed, we need to recognize talent differences and respect what each person
brings to the table.
A powerful new approach to feedback
How to change the way you think about Monday morning
Challenges leaders to move beyond being bored
As a leader, you know it's important to align
employee talents with business needs.
Helps leaders unite employees behind a shared vision
In today's environment,
leaders can help employees by making sure they are viable in the marketplace.
How to Align your Talents with Pressing Business Needs.
There's a right time and place for each talent contribution - the right balance is essential for success.
What
separates the leaders who make things happen from those who don't are the
intangible - being willing to learn from mistakes, partner with others, and
communicate a compelling vision.
Fear is at the heart of our communication problems. We're afraid to confront
authority, afraid of reprisal, afraid of being vulnerable and afraid of losing
control. Fear exists at all levels.
How to be true to yourself and inspire others.
Each of us is born with a unique talent. Our talent is what we do
easily and naturally. When we're using our talent, we feel satisfied
and fulfilled at the end of the day. If we're not -we feel drained,
dull and depleted.
Describes four different talent types and what they offer
Maximize Talents to Achieve Better Results
Many strategies never get off the ground because leaders fail to
manage the people side of change.
You're getting
ready to launch a new initiative. Already you can sense that some employees are
fearful while others are eager to jump on board. How can you manage the range
of reactions to this new initiative?
Emotions are the gateway to vitality and feeling
alive
Giving honest
feedback is volatile territory - especially to a boss.
Are you stewing and unhappy about something at work? Every day you and
the people you work with make decisions about what you're going to address and
what you're going to ignore. The net result of these decisions is nothing less
than your ability to achieve business success.
When someone
asks you what you do for a living, how do you respond?
To
successfully lead today's employees you must avoid these sins of the
leadership.
Your job is to make employee talents visible so they can use them
intentionally.
Offer
advice and concrete actions the individual can take.
I've never met anyone who looks forward to
performance reviews.
I've
built a career by leveraging the talents that come easily and naturally to me.
Values are important. But actually "living the values" makes them come
alive.
To form a dynamic, high-energy team, you
need a shared vision. Knowledge workers, in particular, need to feel that their
daily work, tasks and activities are connected a bigger purpose or larger strategic
objective for the organization.
Are your employees looking around for
a new manager? Don't lose them by default. Discover what employees want and
help them achieve it. Learn what motivates high performance and commitment.
Conflicts are
tough. Just the thought of having a
conflict with someone conjures up feelings of anxiety, frustration and memories
of unresolved issues.
Avoid these five deadly sins.
Don't let your talents lie dormant and go unappreciated.
See your services through your customer's eyes.
Discover the 4 talents every project needs to be successful.
10 easy ways to do more of what you do best.
I know I'm not
alone in my daily struggle to keep my head above the tidal wave of interesting
distractions that can so quickly derail me from what's really a priority.
When we pay attention to something - it grows.
We go from
meeting to meeting-scattered, barely attentive, leaving loose ends and
confusion in our wake. There's never
enough time.
Tips to Strengthen the relationship with your boss.
Visions come
alive when leaders connect. It's
always
greater trust and teamwork that unravel the knots of conflicts and motivate
action.
To get promoted in the past, all you had to do was show up, be loyal
and perform your job well. But today this isn't so.
Fun story about two people with different talents
How to Succeed by Doing More Of What You Do Best!
Offers tips on how to communicate and reduce conflict
Loneliness tells us we're
missing something. We don't know
what's missing. It's just the feeling
that
something's missing.
There are different kinds of leadership
powers.
Are you running
from meeting to meeting- but few decisions are being made? Sluggish decisions
put your projects and timelines at risk. Indecision causes customer frustration
and missed opportunities.
In a
study conducted by the U.S. Society for Human Resource Management in 2004,
nearly 10% of employees said that the leaders in their organizations "are not
at all trustworthy. " Around 20% believe that the organization's leadership is
"only mildly trustworthy."
Our image is conveyed by our personal attributes. Attributes describe
our way of being, and how we come across to others.
How to recognize and appreciate your unique talent strengths.
