Tag: Becoming A Leader
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19 Hard Things You Need To Do To Be Successful
You have to make the call you’re afraid to make. You have to get up earlier than you want to get up. You have to give more than you get in return right away. You have to care more about others than they care about you. You have to fight when you are already injured, […]
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What Is A Leader
At the most basic level, a leader is someone who leads other. But what makes someone a leader? What is it about being a leader that some people understand and use to their advantage? What can you do to be a leader? Here’s what you need to know and do. A leader is a person […]
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10 Things Employees May Not be Telling You
When you’re a manager, the old saying “no news is good news” doesn’t always apply. While it may be tempting to bury your head in the sand (or keep your door closed) and assume that all is well with your employees because no one is complaining, that’s a bad assumption. They may be another reason […]
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Top 10 Ways to Be Happy at Work
Working at Google sounds very cool. I’d be the first to tout Google as a motivating employer: free food,Fortune magazine top 100 companies, employers provide the best workplaces. At the same time, perks that enable employees to spend all of their time at work exploit people and destroy work – life balance. So, even the best employer […]
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Why Do Employees Quit Their Jobs?
The costs to your organization when good employees quit are hard to quantify, but trust me, they are more serious than you are adding up. Retaining good employees, with the means that an employer can control, is critical during a time when skilled employees are becoming more difficult to find. It’s unfortunate, but good employees […]
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The Lesson of the Red Horse
At a recent family gathering, my nine-year old niece used her new colored pens to draw animals on scraps of paper she found. The first horse she drew was a very nice blending of blues and yellows and greens and was kneeling in a field of tall grass. What does this have to do with […]
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The Secret to Becoming a Better Leader
There’s a scene in the Movie “City Slickers” where the lead character, Mitch, played by Billy Crystal, is debating with his ornery trail boss Curly, about the meaning of life. It goes like this: Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is?[holds up one finger] Curly: This.Mitch: Your finger?Curly: One thing. Just one thing. […]
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70 Awesome Coaching Questions Using the GROW Model
The GROW Model is the most common coaching framework used by executive coaches. Given its relative simplicity, many managers have taught themselves the GROW model as a way to structure coaching and mentoring sessions with their employees. GROW is an acronym that stands for: Goal Current Reality Options Will (or Way Forward) Managers can use the […]
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The Secret to Becoming a Better Leader
There’s a scene in the Movie “City Slickers” where the lead character, Mitch, played by Billy Crystal, is debating with his ornery trail boss Curly, about the meaning of life. It goes like this: Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is?[holds up one finger] Curly: This.Mitch: Your finger?Curly: One thing. Just one thing. […]
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From Manager to Leader, The Steps
sk anyone and they’ll tell you. There’s a difference between managers and leaders. Ask them what that difference is and they may have a bit more difficulty. Suddenly the words become amorphous and undefined. Somehow leadership is an intangible – a charismatic component that some people have and others simply don’t. That’s why, according to […]
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The Best Leader I Ever Knew
The best leader I ever knew died recently. I want to share some of the lessons I learned from him with those of you not fortunate enough to have known him. At his funeral, I spoke with the woman who had been his office manager in what was to be his final career. “Whenever we […]
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10 Things Your Employees May Not be Telling You
When you’re a manager, the old saying “no news is good news” doesn’t always apply. While it may be tempting to bury your head in the sand (or keep your door closed) and assume that all is well with your employees because no one is complaining, that’s a bad assumption. They may be another reason […]