“Anytime you don’t feel confident, it comes across to everyone else.” What do we need to do as leaders to have more confidence, especially in areas where we’re not feeling so strong? What we focus on has a great deal to do with how we feel and how we perform. If you focus […]
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“In the end, leadership needs to lead to results — otherwise, what’s the point?” Maybe it’s all that studying for actuarial exams early in my career that gave me an affinity for acronyms as a great memory tool. Thus in my coaching practice I’ve developed the HERO story template, the HOMER template, the To
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Your ability to identify and call forth your employees’ superpowers is a real attribute of great leadership. So how do you do this? Click on the photo below for a 6 minute video in which Dave and I share how to identify and express superpowers. Helene Doing Some Wall Climbing (If
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As a good leader or manager, when someone on your staff isn’t performing well, you’re probably wondering what the cause is—what’s going on? In this 4 1/2 minute video, Dave shares an excerpt from his Pride-Based Leadership program called The Four Root Causes of Poor Performance. This will help you assess the causes of
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“Leadership isn’t one hat. It’s knowing which hat to wear in the moment.” Poor performance generally breaks down into one of these four categories: Unaware Doesn’t realize they’re under-performing. Unable Lacks the skill, knowledge, or resources. Unwilling Has the ability but lacks motivation or buy-in. Unsuitable Mismatch between person and role. How
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Have you ever missed an appointment? You scheduled a meeting or call with someone and for some reason it didn’t make your calendar or you just totally forgot about it? Dave shares his own experience with this, and lessons learned from which we can all benefit: I scheduled an important call with a
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Hire The Best. That sounds kind of obvious, doesn’t it? But what do you do when the best candidate might be able to do parts of your own job better than you do? Or is an expensive resource who you might have to bring in uncomfortably close to your own level and salary? Doesn’t
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I attended a leadership conference where the CEO invited the VP’s in the room to ask any and all questions, so we could “sweep them into the dustbin.” Larry asked a challenging question, which the CEO fielded. Later, Larry asked another probing question. When he asked his 3rd question, the CEO jokingly said we
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When one of your staff messes up, how you deal with it will speak volumes about your leadership to the entire group, not to mention others in your organization. If you roundly criticize that person in anyone else’s presence, you will add a huge dose of embarrassment to the feedback you provide. While your
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In our last post we looked at reasons leaders struggle to make decisions. Here is a clearly defined process to help you make more effective decisions. Six Steps To Effective Decision Making In order to overcome the challenges of putting off decisions, it’s helpful to have a system or process for making complex
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