Do I have to know how to do the job of everyone on my team? While seemingly simple, the question is actually a little more complicated than that. There’s no hard and fast answer but I have a few things to keep in mind to help answer the question for you and your team and

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Gaining team consensus is a huge win. After all, it means everyone is on the same page, and that you can more easily move forward and begin making progress. What happens, however, when you can’t reach consensus? In team settings, it’s certainly not abnormal (nor it is it a bad thing) for members to disagree.

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This time of year is filled with fun, traditions and joy. However, it can also be filled with stress. A packed schedule, bad weather, financial worries and other issues can leave people feeling overwhelmed. Added pressures in the office can push people to the brink. After all, many of your employees are working hard to

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Celebration is often a challenging topic for leaders. They wonder if they should celebrate and when it’s appropriate to do so. You tend to see two extremes: Those who don’t celebrate anything because employees “already know they are succeeding so why waste time celebrating?” and those who celebrate every-single-thing along the way. The best solution

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Managing expectations: it’s a common phrase that most leaders will hear at some point or another in their career. And understanding what exactly this means is critical to how well we can do it. So today I am giving you the “common” definition and mine. https://youtu.be/XoWW5nx3dcs?rel=0&showinfo=0 Tweet it out: Manage your expectations intentionally and for

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When it comes to leadership, few things are as important as your employees’ trust in you. Once you lose it, it’s very hard to earn it back. Follow these 10 tips to build your employees’ trust (or rebuild it once it’s lost): Align your words and actions. Follow through with your commitments and promises. Honor

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To move quickly, pivot, overcome challenges and meet your goals, you need your employees to trust you. In fact,  Amanda Setili, author of Fearless Growth: The New Rules to Stay Competitive, Foster Innovation, and Dominate Your Markets, says it’s more important now than ever before. Why? Because without trust, you will never create the deep engagement

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We talk about the importance of effective communication a lot. In fact, it’s included in some way or another in just about every training course, workshop or webinar that we deliver – because it’s that important to our success as leaders. And today, I am sharing just ONE TIP that can drastically improve your communication.

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When employees needs are not met, they find it difficult — if not impossible — to focus on anything else. As their leader, you play a pivotal role in ensuring that those needs are met. If you put in the time and effort, employees will perform at a higher level, will be more loyal and

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Would you like your team to be more creative? Let me clue you in on something. It isn’t about techniques or strategies. It isn’t about hiring more creatively gifted people either. The most important first step to helping your employees become more creative is to believe that they have creative potential. So, once you believe it is

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