Great leaders know how to motivate others. Since the amount you can accomplish on your own is limited, it’s necessary to have the assistance of others. Someone that can motivate others to do their best has an incredibly valuable talent. Here are my top 5 strategies. 1️⃣Be emotionally supportive. To help others shine, removing theContinue reading “My Top 5 Strategies for Motivating Your Team”
Author Archives: Angelique Adams
How to Get Your Innovation Team in Peak Performance Quickly
Need to get your innovation team at peak performance quickly? Forget about taking the team out for a beer. Ask these 9 questions instead. It’s common to have a social event to kick off a new project or major initiative. The idea is that this will translate into better collaboration in the workplace. By helpingContinue reading “How to Get Your Innovation Team in Peak Performance Quickly”
Inclusive Leadership: The Right Way to Onboard a Diverse Hire
Even the most well-meaning leaders get this wrong. Here’s the bottom line: ❌Stop talking about your new hire’s diversity. ✔Start talking about your new hire’s credentials. Oftentimes inclusive leaders jump to announce that they have just hired a woman or a person of color, or someone with ability differences…however they are defining diversity in theirContinue reading “Inclusive Leadership: The Right Way to Onboard a Diverse Hire”
Are You Having Fun Yet?
“Go play video games!” That was my parting advice in a recent coaching session with a tech entrepreneur. We’d spent the time talking about items on his technology roadmap, how client discovery discussions were going, and prep for an upcoming meeting with a potential client. Then, our conversation shifted to stress. He asked for someContinue reading “Are You Having Fun Yet?”
Client Spotlight: Dr. Rahul Maharsia
Dr. Maharsia came to me in the middle of a career transition. He’d just left his previous role as head of R&D for a large manufacturing firm and was looking for something different. He’d completed several interviews at large and small companies. His initial efforts proved successful, and he was looking for help preparing forContinue reading “Client Spotlight: Dr. Rahul Maharsia”
My # 1 Recommended Resources After 1 Year In Business
People ask me all the time how I made the transition from corporate to my own coaching and consulting business. It’s a long answer but here are some of the resources that have helped me the most. Stand Out by Dorie Clark. This book is helpful if you want to learn to use your expertise asContinue reading “My # 1 Recommended Resources After 1 Year In Business”
What Rockstar Scientists and Engineers Do Differently!
🌟The Hotwash Habit. A “hotwash” ( or after action review) is a reflection exercise that you do immediately after an activity. It comes from the military and is now used in the crisis management community. Rockstar scientists and engineers adopt it as a personal habit, and you should too. Here’s how it works: 🎯After aContinue reading “What Rockstar Scientists and Engineers Do Differently!”
What Introverts Don’t Get About Bragging!
When introverts like us think about bragging, we immediately conjure up certain individuals in our organization. You know who I mean, the one who when you ask how they’re doing they say, “ Oh well the Chief Operating Officer stopped by my desk to get my input on their major project and over the weekendContinue reading “What Introverts Don’t Get About Bragging!”
Leadership Presentation Mistakes Scientists and Engineers Make
If you get the impression that managers get impatient with you when you present your work, you are not wrong. 🥱😕Technical people are notorious for giving bad presentations. Most of our experience is from conferences or in our graduate defenses. Those kinds of presentations are NOTHING LIKE how you should be presenting to an audienceContinue reading “Leadership Presentation Mistakes Scientists and Engineers Make”
Leadership Amplifies You
The senior leaders I work with in my executive coaching practice are often shocked and saddened to learn that their junior staff view them as intimidating bullies. If that is you, there are generally two reasons for the surprise: 1️⃣You don’t have trusted advisors that give you accurate feedback about your actions. I’ll talk inContinue reading “Leadership Amplifies You”