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”
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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”
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 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 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”
Repeatable Creativity
How Innovators, Entrepreneurs, And Makers Cultivate Their Most Important Asset In this blog post for the Made for Knoxville Campaign sponsored by Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, I outline three areas to focus on if you or your team need to keep coming up with creative ideas to sustain your business. 🔷 Protect the creative environment🔷 Record andContinue reading “Repeatable Creativity”
The best way to get EXCLUDED from important meetings [VIDEO]
Questions for you: Do your peers seem to have more information than you about important topics? Do you hear about new management decisions late? Are you frustrated that you aren’t included in the inner circle at work? If you answered yes to any of these questions, watch this short video RIGHT NOW! You’re probably exhibiting atContinue reading “The best way to get EXCLUDED from important meetings [VIDEO]”