Use this Quick Tip to Focus Your Efforts
Have you ever noticed how with all the stuff around us, we only ever use a small portion of what we have? Like that smart phone a lot of us carry. How many aps and features does it have, and how many do we actually use frequently. Probably a pretty small proportion, I’m guessing. Same […]
Avoid the BOGSAT and Make Your Meetings Productive
Have you ever been in a meeting when a tired topic comes up yet again, there’s discussion, then the topic changes, and you get that sinking feeling that at next week’s meeting the same thing will happen? It seems like you never get any closer to resolving the issue. If so, it is quite […]
A Simple Way to Organize and Delegate – 2 Minute Tip
When you are the leader, one of the keys to success is getting organized, and then delegating tasks. If you can do those things early on, the rest of your job will be a lot easier to handle. In this two minute tip, learn a simple way to approach a job that maximizes teamwork so […]
Accountability Hacks – 12 Ways to Check the Troops, and Why You Should
Having a goal, a plan, and asking teammates to do things is only the start for you as a leader. Making sure everyone does his job to make the plan happen is a critical part of leading the team to success. One word for this idea is Accountability. Leaders who check and make sure things […]
3 Things You Should Know About Rewards – 2 Minute Tip
Rewarding people is a great tool for your leader’s tool kit, but there are three things you should keep in mind if you want the reward you give to have the greatest impact.
How Serving Can Make You a Better Leader
The popular ideal of a leader who stands alone in the face of adversity barking orders that are instantly obeyed makes for good cinema. But in the real world, that’s not the way the most effective leaders get the job done. Instead, they practice something called Servant-Leadership, a much more powerful and sustainable approach to […]
Know This One Thing Before You Try to Lead – 2 Minute Tip
Leading a team includes accomplishing the mission while also taking care of people. If your people’s needs aren’t being met, chances are that the mission is going to suffer. Here’s a simple framework you can keep in mind when working with your people to ensure you are meeting their needs.
Are you Contagious? 3 Ways to Manage your Emotional Message
People tend to think of emotion as what is happening on our insides that may be reflected on our exterior: a frown, a smile, a way of standing or walking. And what happens inside transfers to the outside in our expressions. But the opposite is also true – what happens on the outside of other […]
How to Take Control – Two Minute Tip
What you do with your body affects how you think with your head. Here is a simple way you can use this fact as a leader to get people’s attention and take control of a group.
Book Notes: Lean In
One of the more recent and popular entries to the long list of good leadership books was Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. Authored by Sheryl Sandberg, formerly a vice president at Google and now Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, I found it to be an interesting, edifying, and very worthwhile read. […]
Getting Down in the Trenches: Tips for Taking Over
Taking over a new team can be a challenging and tricky time for everyone involved. The new leader may have lots of great ideas and changes he wants to implement immediately; the rest of the team might be apprehensive about what is going to change. If you are the new person coming on board, there are […]
How to Teach using the EDGE Method – 2 Minute Tip
A long while ago, Benjamin Franklin said “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” He was right – the best learning involves doing, and the more the better. Here’s a simple strategy you can use to structure your instruction so that what you are trying to […]
