Category: Leadership Made Simple
To D or Not to D, That is the Question
Directing versus influencing: a leadership debate as old as the leadership topic itself. In today’s global workplace graced with telecommunication abundance and co-workers and customers all over the world, the pendulum of leadership advice is swinging toward favoring influencing skills: that coveted ability to collaborate, effectively negotiate the sea of changing stakeholders, reach common goals while everyone ...
What’s the Best Leadership Advice You’ve Ever Received?
What’s your secret? What was that special tip you received along the way that transformed how you approach leadership? This post will feature just that: a few real leaders, and the advice that continues to guide them. Kelly McCleary, Sr. Director, Finance Process, Walmart “If you’re explaining, you’re losing.” “If you think you’re over communicating, ...
Give Your Voice a Week Off
Opening your eyes and ears is a lot harder than opening your mouth, but its effects are profound. Executive or employee, small business or large, I’ll bet you’re constantly worrying about setting expectations, reiterating key messages related to your company’s goals, offering an opinion on all the things you feel you should, making sure the ...
Great Leaders Say “Thank You”
There are a handful of expressions whose impact far exceed the effort to say them, and on the top of the list is, “Thank you.” In rare win-win fashion, you feel good and you’ll likely make someone’s day or week. Rules for giving feedback are pretty basic: immediate and specific. The same rules apply to ...
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