The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP
Effective Leadership Strategies to Boost Your Business
Browse Topics
Great Struggles Result in Great Opportunities
How are you facing the struggles in business? Are you fighting them or creating opportunities?
Do Your Job: Avoid the Domino Effect
How long has it been since you experienced this: Someone on your team didn't do their job correctly, completely, or in a timely fashion.
Life Changes. You Will Change. Friends Will Change.
As you move up in an organization, you will change. You will be interacting more with people with management and leadership mindsets and behavior patterns. You will start to take on these behaviors too - in subtle and not-so-subtle ways.
Whose Job Are You Doing?
I had a work session yesterday with a client who wanted to discuss what to do with his General Manager who has been micromanaging his Operations Director and other staff.
Office Politics Is a Tool You Use to Do Your Job
Women and men think differently about many things, but office politics is one area where the difference is vast. Women will try to run from office politics as they equate it with cattiness and gossip; men will more readily speak up and view it for what it is: a way to achieve your goals by establishing networks, building relationships, seeking input, and asking people to take action when needed.
People Like Confident Leaders
Confidence is the ability to take a stance and defend a position. To be able to project confidence:
Convince, don't cave: Confidence resides in those who show conviction and "sell" their ideas rather than backing away from them when challenged.
Visions Establish the Target
Developing a vision is easy for many leaders; clearly articulating it is hard. For a leader's vision to work, it needs to be clear, concise, and measurable. A solid vision will create the same image in the mind of every person who hears it.
Sometimes We Get What We Ask For
As leaders, when faced with difficult professional situations, we adults often revert to immature (i.e., girly or teenage-boy) behaviors. We second-guess ourselves, change our opinions erratically, fear the potential professional ramifications or - the worse yet - fear that others may not like us because of our actions.