As vaccines continue and COVID concerns are diminishing, we can now begin thinking about what we want our “new normal” to be like. When you sit down to create your new normal, I encourage you to think about your life like an empty plate – and you are about to fill it up at an amazing buffet; the Life Buffet. Yum! Very exciting! What will you fill your plate … [Read more...] about Designing Your New Normal
Improve Your Listening
Listening skills – such as Active Listening – are vital in order for leaders to be successful. However, this might not be enough to keep you from being isolated. Leaders need to make sure that they are hearing and listening to the most important things going on in their organizations. Here are some tips from a recent article in Harvard Business Review to keep us from … [Read more...] about Improve Your Listening
Build Your Inclusive Leadership Skills
Creating a talented and diverse team/organization is top of mind for many of us. But we cannot let our work stop there. In order to leverage the full capabilities of a diverse and talented team, many other things are required. Chief among them is to lead the team in an inclusive way – so that all those talents are unleashed, collectively. What are the inclusive … [Read more...] about Build Your Inclusive Leadership Skills
Culture & Leadership
Does your culture support your purpose and strategy? Do you have a “strong” culture that is clear to everyone in the organization? Peter Drucker is famously attributed as saying: Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast. A poor and/or weak culture can undermine your grandest of plans. And culture is a direct result of leadership. This may be your wake-up call. How … [Read more...] about Culture & Leadership
Taming Your To Do List
“Welcome to the Land of Magical Thinking.” That’s my favorite quote from a recent article from Harvard Business Review about To Do lists. And I am definitely guilty of this! An out of control To Do list can create a lot of problems – including missed deadlines, doing low quality work, and tiring ourselves out from overwork. If you want to tame your To Do list, here … [Read more...] about Taming Your To Do List