We are often unconscious of the filler words we use. Yet, language matters and the words you use have an impact on your effectiveness as a speaker and as a leader.
Leadership starts with Self Leadership
Ongoing leadership success is determined by one’s ability to develop self-leadership skills which provide the tools to help leaders better navigate essential situations. Our successes or setbacks are directly tied to how we engage with challenging situations.
Five Common Leadership Challenges
Regardless if you are a seasoned leader or new to a leadership role, leadership skills are developed through practice.
Leaders are Lifelong Learners
The world we live in has ever-increasing change. Everyone including leaders is forced to quickly respond and shift in ways on how businesses operate and work gets done. It is critical that leaders have the ability to learn quickly and faster than their competitors to keep their competitive advantage. Learning is about resisting bias against doing new things. It is …
Impact of Artificial Intelligence and our Jobs
I had a request to do a post about Artificial Intelligence and how it will affect our current and future jobs. For decades there has been speculation on Artificial Intelligence and how robots will replace humans. There is no shortage of what science fiction entertainment predicted life in the future, from the Jetsons, The Matrix, and even Bicentennial man, to …
Do soft skills make us stronger leaders?
We continue to hear the phrase “Soft skills.” Soft skills are less tangible qualities we all possess. They are traits that make our personality which include our strengths and weaknesses. Soft skills are leadership characteristics that we need to form strong connections with others. Communication, empathy, compassion, credibility, authenticity, accountability, and critical thinking. Many of these skills cannot be learned …
Decision-Making & Problem Solving
We all make decisions every day at home and work. We are faced with countless choices and problems, large and small. Many decisions are so small that we may not even notice them. What do you do when you face an important decision? Do you turn to experts? Dig up data? Ask friends, or go with your gut? Decision-making and …
As a leader, are you seeking growth opportunities?
Many set new goals and resolutions at the start of a new year. For example, some say they want to take better care of their health. Others say they want a better work/life balance. The problem is that these goals should be narrower. Unless they are broken down into measurable steps, they will be forgotten and abandoned quickly. As leaders, …
Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome is a pattern of doubting one’s skills, talents, or accomplishments. It is normal to question yourself. At different times in our lives, we all have had difficulty believing that we are intelligent, professional, and competent in what we do. There may have even been a time when you felt that you did not deserve the opportunities presented and …
Imperfection
Embrace imperfection. Life is a process driven by practice. Recently on LinkedIn, the question was asked, “What does imperfection feel like to you?” Responses varied from imprecation being constructive to imperfections being equalizers showing that everyone one of us is imperfectly human. How we adapt and overcome our imperfections is what makes us successful. Perfection is the need to set …