Archive for Leadership Lessons
O Stands for Overcoming the Oscillating Fan Syndrome Podcast
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Is it Unprofessional to Gossip at Work? Weigh In!
It’s Not “Unprofessional” to Gossip at work Or Is It? This is the eye grabbing title of a recent article in Harvard Business Review. The article immediately grabbed my eye, because I have always felt that gossip at work is something that should never be tolerated, yet this article has opened me up a bit
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Leadership Coaching Video of the Week: Dan Pink on the Surprising Science of Motivation
In this great video, career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. One point I want to make…I don’t believe motivation works period…it is a pushing mechanism. I believe that inspiration DOES work,
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A Classic Case of the Brain Getting Hijacked: Two Thumbs Up for Dustin Johnson | leadership lessons
At 3:00 on Sunday afternoon, I turned to my husband as we watched the final round of the PGA championship, and said: “Dustin Johnson is going to win this tournament.” Of course, Mike just nodded like he was trying to appease me. As Johnson closes in on the tournament, things start to turn. He is
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Why Should You Hire a Leadership Coach?
I get this question about three times each week, and the business owner or CEO usually responds by saying “We have had to cut our budget, and leadership coaching and development were the first things to go.” BAD IDEA! Of course, I am going to say this…I am a leadership coach, but here is the
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Video: Why You Should Invest in Leadership Development and Leadership Coaching
This is an edition of the Management Minute. Management guru Peter Drucker once said: “Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.” Recent studies performed by Bersin & Associates, Talent Intelligence, the Harvard Business Review have comments like this: The message is clear leadership development matters. It is
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How to Get People to Know, Like and Trust You: Part 2: Do People Like You or Despise You?
Guess what? It is not hard at all to get people to like you. However, more often than not, many people exhibit behaviors which make others want to run from them when they see them. I am going to present again a “do” and “don’t” list. The “don’t list may sound ridiculous, but I have
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N Stands for Never Say Never
Never Say Never Podcast…and thank-you to Time Warner for your great customer service today. I know you don’t hear that very often!
L Stands for Lucidity
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