Category: Leadership Practices

Pitfalls to avoid

15 Pitfalls To Avoid As A Business Leader

March 2, 2020

Running and starting a business is challenging. According to the SBA in 2019, they reported that 30% of new businesses fail in the first 2 years but 50% fail in the first 5 and 66% in the first 10 years! As a leader, you want to be keenly aware of keys for success and pitfalls that can create challenges. Here is a great article from top coaches on 15 pitfalls to avoid as a business leader, especially as you get your business started and growing!

Insight

How to Have Greater Awareness and More Insight

February 24, 2020

Understanding the conditions that cultivate insight thinking could have many applications to life and work. While some of the “activities” that are recommended to set the stage for more natural insights might not seem “new”, they provide a reason why doing an activity is useful and also help leaders to better design strategic conditions for insights.

How to Turn Down a Potential Clients

How to Turn Down a Potential Clients

February 20, 2020

There are different reasons for “great fit” vs. not, but listening to your gut and honoring that is important. Here are some suggestions from the Forbes Coaches Council on ways handle those situations to be a win-win, honoring the need of the client and being true to your intuition about fit.

Goal Apps

Coach Recommended Goal Apps

February 13, 2020

Life is bound to take over and goals get forgotten if we don’t have a way to keep them in front of us. How do you track your goals? Is there a tool listed you already use and love? What do you want to try out?

How to Lead with Vision and Alignment

How to Lead with Vision and Alignment

February 3, 2020

A great leader doesn’t align a vision to everyone’s ideas, but a great leader aligns everyone’s ideas to a great vision.

Where Did Trust Go? Five Keys To Gain It Back In Your Team

January 23, 2020

Do you ever wonder how trust is lost and restored? It is a quiet but common musing for many leaders given the fragility of trust. I wrote this article to support leaders in the new year to assess how their actions can affect trust and to lead strong.

Creativity

Leadership and Creating Space for Creativity

January 13, 2020

Where are things stale or shut down in your business or organization? How could you create space for people to have a voice? What would play look like? How could being creative open new doors for your work?

high-trust leaders

13 Behaviors of High-Trust Leaders

December 30, 2019

This was a great list of 13 activities that great leaders do. It was in my files and the source was not on the paper, so it is unknown unfortunately but too great to not share. Enjoy!

Toxic Boss

Getting Over a Toxic Boss

December 27, 2019

Ever been in a toxic situation in the workplace, with a boss, in a volunteer organization, in your life… that can be tough and zap your confidence and emotions. Here are 12 ways to rise above it and move yourself forward!

Accountability

6 Steps For Increasing Accountability In Your Organization

December 5, 2019

Accountability is a frequent topic for leaders who want to do their best but wonder how to hold accountability. They don’t want to micromanage and want to trust their team and empower them. How do you do both? Here are a few thoughts: