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3 Reasons Why High Performing Teams Die
It can be extremely frustrating to witness a formerly high performing team die a slow, miserable death. See some of the reasons why this happens so that you can avoid them. A rarely talked about fact is that leaders constantly face pressure of their heads...
Performance Review – 3 Powerful Words Which Influence Results
November is typically “hunker-down” season for performance review planning for most employed individuals. It is your last chance to exceed your performance objectives before the end-of-year. Regardless of the timing of your performance review cycle, now is the...
Storytelling Techniques of Rock Star Leaders
Most experts agree that storytelling is one of the very best ways for our brain to process information. When you can easily understand information, it is easier to get excited to participate in a worthy cause. This storytelling lesson is priceless if you want to...
The Leadership Power of Proximity: Where to sit and why
Did you know that influencing seating arrangements or degrees of physical proximity can be a power tactic of strong leadership? Better be more thoughtful the next time you walk into a meeting! I just finished binge watching two of my favorite series on Netflix...
Dual Focus- The 2 things leaders must always do
In a recent article by The Motley Fool, entitled 5 Leadership Lessons From Exceptionally Successful CEOs, Cognizant CEO Francisco D'Souza emphasized the importance for leaders to maintain a dual focus of understanding change and moving quickly. In D'Souza's view, the...
Leadership Skills – How to Grow Them Without a Promotion
Don’t you hate it when you are focused on growing your leadership skills in hopes of receiving better future opportunities but there is not an opportunity for a promotion in sight? Today's employers are focused on flattening their organizational charts in order...
4 Career Mistakes Leaders Can’t Afford to Make
Do you ever feel like progressing your career as a leader in your profession is really hard? Are you afraid of making major career mistakes? You're not alone. Why aren't more leaders succeeding? For a large percentage of the population, leaders have made career...
4 Anticipatory Retention Strategies For HIPOs During Emotionally Charged Times
Anticipatory retention strategies are proactive approaches to retaining your employees before they begin looking for greener pastures at competitor companies. Read below to see how you can retain your treasured human assets! As I read Aaron Hurst’s LinkedIn...
4 Personal Leadership Tactics to Kickstart 2017
There is no way to get around it. Being relevant matters, and demonstrating strong personal leadership is a key factor which drives the perception of your relevance in the minds of others. If you are an employee in the workforce, being relevant drives the level...
3 Leadership Tips for Delivering Bad News
Effectively delivering bad news is an essential leadership skill when developing your Executive Presence as a leader. Executive Presence is one of the 7 critical leadership competencies of high potential leaders. Every leader, at some point in their careers,...
Conducting a Job Task Audit- How High Potential Leaders Reinvent Their Jobs
High Potentials don’t get that title by being average. They love to take the reigns to lead others to a better reality - and this includes helping their employers determine where their time is best spent at work, through job task audits. Within organizations,...
Pow-wows + Perspectives: Leadership Tips From The Pros
What is 1 characteristic that differentiates a superb leader from a great leader? Marvin Powell: Great leaders will always make engagement a part of their leadership DNA. As their own levels of enthusiasm, dedication, and caring increase, so does the...
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