When your leadership seems like it has hit a slump, it can be tempting to look for any shortcut to get things going again. Slumps can hit any leader, at any time. – The wins just aren’t happening, – The plan just isn’t coming together, – The team just isn’t responding, When that happens there…
What Does Leadership Growth Really Look Like? 3 Clear Signs
You don’t have to guess whether you’re growing as a leader. You can take a simple test to know for sure. Imagine if you could somehow really tell if all the leadership books you are reading and the seminars you are attending are paying off. Without a reliable set of indicators to gauge the impact…
Why Your Team Needs You to Disappear (Sometimes)
Leadership is about “showing up”; it’s often about leveraging your presence in a room in order to influence, to cast vision, to bring alignment and to build teams. But effective leaders are just as strategic about leveraging their absence in order to move their organizations forward. But here are four types of leadership absences that can…
Simple Ways to Use Curiosity to Drive Leadership Results
How high is your leadership curiosity quotient (LCQ)? The first indication that you’re low on the curiosity scale is that you tend to accept things pretty much the way things are. But if you’re an effective leader, you’ll rank high on the curiosity scale. Your LCQ will be in the upper range, and as a…
Break Free from Assumptions: 3 Steps for Stronger Leadership
This article is part of my Global Leadership series; Insights from more than a decade of leadership training around the world… Leadership often requires the ability to make quick judgement calls. But when those quick assessments are based on weak assumptions, your leadership can be in trouble. If you want to maximize your leadership, you…
