Category: Team Leadership

Leader Mind

5 STEPS TO DEVELOP THE LEADER MIND IN YOUR TEAM

Part of leadership is teaching and mentoring your team to develop a leader mind. This skill as a leader is a type of coaching, which is the ability to really be curious and ask questions that help your report to think through things and find answers. These questions are not

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Casting Vision

5 BULLETPROOF STEPS FOR LEADERS CASTING VISION

Leaders casting vision often have an internal sense of what is needed. They size up an organization, see possibilities, and cast a vision. Whether their passion is to close a gap, fill a need, or expand to new heights; the leader sees what can be achieved and sets goals based

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Transparent Communication

5 WORDS TO CREATE TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION

Do you have any favorite sayings or words you frequently use or have made up to reference something? I find that there are a few words that I commonly use to help reference or summarize concepts. I hear others using the words, so thought I would share a few in

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Key Questions

7 KEY QUESTIONS FOR LEADERS

Throughout the year things change and evolve. We often set goals at the top of the year, and ideally revisit those each month and quarter. I have noticed in the bigger picture and seasons of the year, the movement between August and September is a good time to take a

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Celebrating

3 KEYS: THE IMPORTANCE OF CELEBRATING

Some people are amazing at celebrating their wins, successes, and milestones. I admire their ability to find creative and fun ways to stop and recognize progress, the work, and the achievement, especially since I grew up in a family that culturally finished one task and instantly shifted to the next.

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Negative Emotions

1 QUICK APPROACH TO SHIFT NEGATIVE EMOTIONS

Negative emotions can be challenging to deal with, especially when the events that cause them seem to pile on top of each other. Have you ever been having a great day, but you get a call or email that shifts your mood or energy? People will often tell you to

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Negative Emotions

SHIFTING NEGATIVE EMOTIONS

Have you ever been having a great day and then a phone call, email, or something happens that shifts you into negative emotions, mood, or energy?  Often people will say, “Just shake it off.” We feel ashamed and guilty to be “fixating” on something and struggling to “let it go”

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Strengths-based team

HOW TO HAVE A STRENGTHS-BASED TEAM

If you want to have a strengths-based team, you must be willing to have tough conversations and work through differences. Generally, people do not like conflict and avoid it. This is part of the breakdown of teams and culture.

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Communication

5 STEPS TO CLEAR COMMUNICATION

Communication is challenging. We can argue, “No it isn’t, I communicate clearly, it is others who do not understand.”

That is exactly why communication is challenging. We tend to think the world thinks like us and when they don’t, we feel frustrated and often BLAME others for their lack of understanding.

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