The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP
Effective Leadership Strategies to Boost Your Business
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Tag: Professional Growth
Stop It!
I believe it’s good practice to regularly sit back and identify things to stop doing. If we don’t regularly stop doing things that are no longer helpful, how can we expect to change, grow, and be better leaders?
I, of course, love leadership training. However, I find it even more valuable when there's an easy way to double your training take aways without additional cost.
Why are so many supervisors, managers, and even some big dogs with the snazzy three letter titles: CEO, CIO, EVP, etc., incapable of communicating clearly?
When was the last time you had a true belly laugh with your team?
Does the thought of having lunch with your team -- with no agenda or brown bag lunch topic planned -- make you nervous?
We all set goals in our personal and professional lives. However, many of us fail to set our goals effectively, and therefore never achieve them. Our goals are often stated in terms such as "I'll increase productivity next week."
Take a look around your office. Look at your desk. Look at your email In-Box. As you look at the various piles of papers and streams of emails, ask yourself, "What am I dodging? What am I trying to delay?
Are Your Dependable Employees Killing Your Business?
Here’s good ‘ole Ted. He’s worked for you for almost 10 years. He arrives at work each morning between 7:55 and 7:59 AM. He follows the same procedures he helped create years ago.
I recently received a thank you note from Matt, one of my nephews. I had helped him revise his resume and practice for interviews, as he needed to "get" a co-op in his final semester of college in order to graduate.
Leaders think beyond the current frustrations and pressures. That's how they identify opportunities and foresee roadblocks. That's how they do their jobs. That's how they're able to lead. That's how they do what is expected. That's why they're respected.
