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It Takes More Than Emotional Intelligence to Succeed
I have met plenty of men and women in leadership positions who are caring, thoughtful, sensitive to the needs of others, and are well liked by others, yet they are not succeeding in their leadership roles. Just possessing emotional intelligence is NOT ENOUGH! Here are 7 additional traits of successful leaders.
How to Eliminate Ambiguity to Reduce Conflict
Ambiguity in the workplace can be very frustrating and commonly lead to conflict. A great leader has the ability to alleviate the tension produced by ambiguity. Here are three ways to reduce ambiguity.
4 Greatest Dangers to Your Organization’s Future
If you watch the news, you already hear the common warnings as to what can bring down your organization - things like cyberattacks, disruptive innovations, and catastrophic events. However, here are 4 far more common dangers that can damage or even destroy your business, organization or ministry.
8 Goals Every Leader Should Pursue in the New Year
This year, instead of falling off the resolution train by mid-February with everyone else, be intentional about sticking to your goals. Here are 8 simple and attainable goals that will improve your life and the lives of those around you this year.
5 Most Common Strategies for Conflict – Which is yours?
Why do you need to be aware of your default conflict strategy? Because people often use the wrong strategy for the circumstances and therefore compound the problem. Here are the 5 most common strategies.
5 Things Every Leader Can Learn from Christmas
The Christmas season is usually full of celebrations, time with loved ones, festive decorations, and gift exchanges. Yet, there are important lessons we as leaders can learn from the values and practices surrounding this time of year. Here are five principles leaders can implement this Christmas season – and all year round.
Sexual Misbehavior Is Not the Only Way to Ruin Your Life and Career
Politicians. Hollywood figures. National news personalities... Recently, it feels like a big rock is being rolled away and underneath it is a lot of ugly and dirty stuff. We could easily begin to think that sexual misbehavior is now the main culprit in ruining people’s lives, but in reality, it is only one way. If you want to ruin your life and career, all it takes is doing one or more of these six things.
As They Say, "It's lonely at the Top!"
“It’s lonely at the top!” – Why have people said this for years? Because it’s true! The weight of your responsibilities can be heavy without someone to talk them through with. You are not alone in feeling this way.
Chronic Discontentment
“My job isn’t good enough.” “My salary isn’t good enough.” “My car isn’t good enough.” These are all symptoms of what I like to call chronic discontentment. And this discontentment can unknowingly creep into other areas of our lives. Here are three ways to combat it.
10 Proverbs for Living and Leading Well
Watch the news, search the internet, or just talk to someone, anyone! During turbulent times such as these, living and leading well is not easy. Here are 10 principles from Proverbs to help us today and every other day.
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Critical Thinker Vs. Critical Person: Which Are You? [Infographic]
There is often a fine line yet big difference between a person who thinks critically and a person who is critical. This infographic explains how you can tell the difference.
6 Leadership Lessons I Learned from My Medical Emergency
In February 2017, I unexpectedly ended up in the hospital due to a medical emergency. While being out of commission in the hospital for six days and then another week at home in recovery, surprisingly, I was reminded of these six leadership lessons.
7 Guaranteed Ways to Annoy Your Employees
Great employees are hard to find and even harder to retain. But if you do any of the following seven practices regularly, you will not only annoy your employees, but eventually drive them away.
How to Resolve Conflict with a Win-Win Every Time
When conflict occurs in your life, what corner do you head towards? There are four options but only one way to reach a win-win.
Leadership Lessons I Learned from Hurricanes Harvey & Irma
Even in the midst of the catastrophic events of the past few weeks, we as leaders can learn a lot about leadership. The following are 12 leadership lessons I have thought about as I watched and read about these devastating storms.
Want to Keep Your Credibility? Do These 6 Things
Credibility is very easy to lose but takes work to build and maintain. If you want to keep your credibility, make sure you are doing these six things.
6 Characteristics of a Catalyst Leader
How do you make changes and spark momentum in your organization? One word – catalysts. Here are 6 characteristics of catalysts.
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Top 5 Reasons People Are Promoted & Fired [Infographic]
If you have ever wondered why others are being promoted ahead of you or why someone was let go from their job, here are the 5 most common reasons people are promoted and fired.
The Anatomy of a Blind Spot
Often, we are shocked that others are unaware of their blind spots when they are so obvious to us. But guess what - others have said the same thing about you! Here are 6 characteristics that make up the anatomy of a blind spot.
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3 Commitments Every Influential Leader Needs to Make [Infographic]
An influential leader is someone who has a positive impact on the people and the organization which he or she serves and does so consistently over a long period of time. These leaders are not super-human, but they are different. Here are the three commitments that we believe leaders need to make in order to be effective and have a positive influence.