As leaders, we have a tremendous opportunity and responsibility to help our teams and partnerships thrive. As we talked about a few weeks ago, it’s critical to get clear on your priorities as well as “who is doing what” within the team. It doesn’t stop there. Our actions – or inactions – can make a huge difference […]
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As we discussed last week, it’s critical to get clear on your essentials and move in that direction. What you say is essential and then what you do about it can be two very different things. I encourage you to really reflect on what is essential – and important – and then truly set boundaries
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We are constantly bombarded with opportunities – good opportunities. In isolation, they seem feasible and even fun, but when we start to think about them in the context of everything we say is important or essential, we suddenly have WAY too much to do any given day, week, month or year. Something has to give
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How many times have you been in a group or a meeting and were confused about why you were there or who was supposed to do what? Or perhaps you are in a job and there is no formal job description? Have you found that your team or group is just doing a lot of
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Working in teams can be both energizing and challenging. One of the greatest challenges comes when you are making decisions. Who really decides? Do we need to have consensus? Does the group need to agree on every decision or just major ones? Is it possible to move forward together when most people agree and a
Self Awareness is both foundational to Emotional Intelligence (EI) AND very difficult to achieve. It’s easy for us to think about ourselves, but it’s not so easy for us to really reflect in such a way that we know who we are and how we are perceived by those around us. As a matter of
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Are you a change person? Are you someone who gets excited about new changes and even tries to make them to keep life more interesting? Or are you someone who loathes change and tries to avoid it at all costs? Perhaps you are somewhere in the middle. As you well know, like it or not,
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We are all bombarded by requests and demands. We often have a sense of urgency in responding either “yes” or “no,” but what if we decided to wait – to pause – before responding?
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I don’t have many people in my life who don’t take no for an answer, but I do have a few – and I’ve worked with a few. There is little more maddening in a work situation when you have said “no” very clearly and they still try to persuade you to change your
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Leadership in a partnership looks a lot like being a master facilitator.
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