People, Projects, and Organizations
How to Help Yourself Get Help From Others
Did you know that when you need help the most you might actually be sabotaging your efforts to get it? It doesn’t make sense; but it’s true. This applies when you are both, physically or situationaly in need. The primary reason of sabotage is due to our resistance to being vulnerable. When we are vulnerable...
Why are our Calendars so Full of Meetings?
We all have been in the position of trying to schedule a meeting with someone and because of their unviability can’t meet with them any sooner than four weeks out. Sure, people are busy with lots of added responsibility but meetings are a necessity as they are an effective tool for communication. However, they can...
There is no Learning Without Reflection
We all know it’s important to learn and grow at work so that we perform better in our roles and responsibilities. When we first began our careers all we did was learn. We had very little work experience and needed to learn the basics of how to work in our new professions. Learning never stopped...
What Prevents You From Sticking With It?
We all have times in our lives when we want to achieve or get certain things done and find ourselves unable to follow through with our desires. We then compare ourselves to friends and peers and wonder why we can’t replicate their successful behavior. While this comparison may be reasonable it is not really fair....
Stop Seeking a Work-Life Balance
Since the late 70’s people have been struggling with the work-life balance issue: the balance between an individual’s work and personal life. Lot’s has been written on this subject trying to give men and women alike a strategy to balance work and personal demands. The problem is achieving a balance is impossible. In the past...
Are You an Intentional Leader?
Most leaders would answer this with a solid “yes”. That’s because they judge their level of thought, analysis, and response to any given situation to be thorough, deliberate, and undeterred. But, if you sent out a 360-degree evaluation to their employees the responses that came back may tell another story. Regardless of how intentional leaders...
Pruning and Growing Your Team
Most people in management are handed their team when they are promoted or assigned a new organization. They get what they get but have the freedom to make the team their own. While this may seem like a finite process the reality is it is a never-ending one. Statistics will tell you that some of...
Putting Purpose Into Your Organization’s Efforts
It’s no secret that individuals and teams produce better results when they are motivated. Managers, coaches, and parents often seek far and wide to find a source of motivation for those they desire better results from. Motivation can come in the form of a benefit or purpose. Benefits are usually finite and have a shorter...
The Chicken or the Egg…Is it the Same for Leaders and Followers?
You’ve heard the saying. What came first the chicken or the egg? It’s used to highlight a circular reference between two entities such as leaders and followers. Leaders need followers to get better organizational results and followers need leaders to get better individual results. It makes sense; however, this view is not as common as...
Four Personas Leaders Must Balance to be Effective
It’s no secret that leaders receive a lot of attention. They are involved in highly visible activities, make decisions that affect whole organizations, and interact with countless people. Everything they do is observed by others and accordingly contributes to how people perceive them. These perceptions are very important and powerful as they influence others around...
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