Getting a Career Coach can be a great idea, but there are also some ways that you can coach yourself. A recent Harvard Business Review article suggests that we focus on these topics and questions in order to coach ourselves: *Build Your Self-Awareness. This is one of the keys to professional development. Create a quick mind-map. Write down your career challenge in the … [Read more...] about Become Your Own Career Coach
Refine Your Purpose
Covid has motivated many people to step back and ask themselves “Why am I doing what I am doing?” It has had people look more closely at their purpose. A new book, summarized in a recent Harvard Business Review article, provides us with some questions to ask to help us focus and refine our purpose – so we are getting more of what we want out of life. The book, by John … [Read more...] about Refine Your Purpose
Courageous Leadership
Many people still have an outdated idea of what “courage” looks like as a leader. Some of the “old school” ideas of courage include being a “tough guy” (and they mean it in a masculine way) who takes lots of risks, has all the answers, and pursues HIS plan no matter what. Fortunately, more updated ideas of “courage” are emerging – and some of them are discussed in a … [Read more...] about Courageous Leadership
Set Outcomes, Reward Performance
Covid uncovered a number of management problems which supervisors were unaware of. Pre-Covid, many managers judged the performance of people on their team by how busy they looked in the office. It was “management by activity.” During Covid, many managers freaked out – “How do I know my people are working?” Most of them just got used to not knowing and were happy that … [Read more...] about Set Outcomes, Reward Performance
Building Your Anti-Racist Organization
Many well-intentioned leaders want to implement activities that support issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in their organizations – but they do not know where to start. A recent article in Harvard Business Review provides a great list of steps to consider. Depending on the size and type of organization you are a part of these may or may not specifically relate to … [Read more...] about Building Your Anti-Racist Organization