I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there’s a holiday for everything. Just do a quick Google search for “today’s holiday” and you’ll see what I mean… “If Pets Had Thumbs Day”…. Really? But back to leadership here. In the video below, I am suggesting a “holiday” that will help you become a better leader

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Few would argue the power of commitment, but few have thought about it deeply. And unfortunately, even fewer access this power as consistently as they could. I’ve written about this before, urging leaders to strive to build the commitment of their teams. But today I take a step back to explore the great power of

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Last week, we talked about confidence from the perspective of our own experience. You can watch that episode here. Today we are going to look at confidence from a very different perspective. We are looking at it from the perspective of others. I’m sharing the impact of confidence as well as a really simple equation

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The role of a leader is complex, and many skills are needed to lead successfully. Any new leader knows that or quickly becomes aware of that fact. Yet skills aren’t the only thing new leaders must master. And as important as those skills are, having the right leadership mindset is even more important – and

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The transition to leadership – moving from individual contributor to a leadership role – is one of the most challenging moves in anyone’s career. While many make this jump, few succeed as quickly or completely as they, their team, or their organization would like. Would you like a clearly defined path of what to do

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I want you to be a little reflective today while you’re watching the video and think about a time when you were at your most confident. We can learn a lot by reflecting on a particularly successfully time or moment in our lives – we can learn a lot by what we did as well

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As a leader, you are pulled in many directions. Priorities change in a heartbeat. And you never know what question or challenge one of your team members will bring to you at any moment. Nearly every leader I know wants to and needs to be more productive. As important as developing leadership productivity is for

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A quick search on Amazon.com on the word “productivity” yields over 70,000 results. When you search for “leadership productivity,” the total drops to 5,000. And upon further review, you find that many of those results are related to very specific pieces of the leader’s work (like meetings) or are really about leadership in general, but

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We all know that it’s important to have a balanced diet – because what you put in impacts your health. But have you thought about your reading diet? Because similarly, what you put in impacts your thinking. In today’s video, I’m asking a few questions to help you discern how your reading “diet” is going

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More than ever before, you can find strategies, tactics, and hacks meant to help you learn, grow, and achieve greater professional success. You can find them in books and blogs, on YouTube, podcasts, Instagram and more. While there’s so much available, too often it is so specific that it is hard to connect to your

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