As a leader, your ability to delegate is not just a skill—it’s a critical component of your role. Delegation empowers your team, fosters trust, and ensures you are working on the right tasks. Today, I want to share five compelling reasons why delegation is essential and why avoiding it can hinder both your success and
If you study the lives and habits of top performers, whether in athletics, professions, entertainment, academics, or the wealthiest, you will find a striking similarity. High performers intentionally spend time on their growth and development. Often this is described as “the 5-Hour Rule,” or spending one hour a day, five days a week, on these
As a leader, people will come to you with their problems, concerns, worries, and frustrations. While it might sound like heaven-on-earth if no one shared their concerns, issues, and problems, it likely means they have them and don’t trust you enough to tell you – which is far from a heavenly situation. We call this
Organizational tempo is one way to describe the speed and rhythm with which an organization operates, makes decisions, implements change, and gets things done. It is an underappreciated and discussed component of organizational culture. And for better or worse, every organization has a tempo. Perhaps you want to pick up the pace for a season or
When we think about leadership and all the role demands of us, we often end up rushing, hurrying, and hustling. But will that give us the best results? What if we focused instead on calm leadership? What if we chose to lead in a more intentional, measured, reflective, and calm way? I propose we would be
Chris has a change to implement with her team. It was important and she wanted it to be successful. Before diving into it, she spent some time thinking about the workplace changes she had most readily accepted in her career. Based on that reflection, she decided there were five things she could do as a
This simple yet profound question that has the potential to drastically improve how you communicate and interact with others. This question is not just a tool for better communication, but a stepping stone towards becoming a more empathetic and effective leader.The Power of WAITThe question I propose you ask yourself is: “Why am I talking?”
Since hybrid work has become more common, there have been some consistent challenges that come alongside the opportunities to succeed. Coordinating schedules, feeling disconnected, and a lack of serendipity in conversations lead the list. But one of the most impactful difficulties is managing performance when some people are in the office more than others.The Human
Listening is something we do every day. We know it is important, yet we take it for granted. That’s why I was pleased that it emerged in our Remarkable Leadership Skills Bracket as one of the two most important leadership skills (from an initial field of 16 skills!). Here’s why so many voted for listening (in
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