Rubber Balls Make Great Leaders Well, maybe they don’t — but they do have one essential characteristic in common. Find out what it is, and how it can make you a remarkable manager (and a happier one, to boot!). Read Article Here
Leadership Tip of the Month: On Resilience…
Leadership Tip of the Month: On Resilience… “The oak fought the wind and was broken; the willow bent when it must and survived.” –Robert Jordan, author
Leadership Tip of the Month: Overcome the Midday Slump
Consistently doing your best work requires focus — which is hard to sustain for 8+ hours. Here are three tips for staying energized throughout the workday: Match your tasks to your natural performance peaks. Find out your highest periods of focus during the day and organize your to-do list around your peaks and valleys. […]
Leadership Tip
Respond, Don’t React Reacting is unconscious — you experience an emotional trigger and behave in a way that expresses or relieves that emotion (e.g., you snap at an employee who’s just interrupted an important call). Responding, in contrast, is a conscious process — you notice how you feel, and then decide how you want to […]
Leadership Tip
Critical thinking is a vital leadership skill. Do you allow yourself time to simply sit and think–about your industry, your company, your career? Carve out a few hours a month to brainstorm fresh ways to solve problems, or simply think through what the next year will likely bring. As a wise person once said, “Invest […]
Quote of the Month
To become a better leader, be willing to “unlearn” things–to change your mind, refine your good ideas, weed out the bad and continuously learn. Instead of focusing on always being right, seek the right outcome. Author – Unknown
