Are You Coachable? A Top Trait of Lifelong Learners: Coachability Can you tell if you are a coachable person? Do coachable people do better at work and in business? This month, I am writing about the value and impact of being a lifelong learner. One of the most important traits of the lifelong learner is…
Dealing with Difficult People at Work Keep Your Sanity with These Rules of the Road “Difficult” comes in many shapes and sizes. There are many reasons that you may find someone you work with difficult. Today I want to talk about the type of difficult people who may be: Lacking credibility for their role…
How to Build Influence at Work Getting What You Want by Helping Others Sally wanted a promotion or a transfer to another department, but it seemed like she had been at odds with her boss, Judy, for the past two years. Every time Sally tried to pin Judy down on why operations and finance wanted…
Setting Healthy Boundaries at Work “Not My Monkey” It happened again. This time, Suzie raised her hand at the company meeting to make a suggestion that genuinely needed the involvement of the purchasing and operations teams. Somehow, the whole project was dumped in her lap. Again. Suzie was a great problem solver. As…
Can Your Listening Skills Transform Your Leadership Ability? The First Step in Communication Mastery What are you listening for when you talk to your team? Are you looking to have your thoughts and ideas affirmed, or are you open to new ideas? Here’s the way many conversations go in the workplace. See if you recognize…
What to Do If You Fail Your 30-Day Challenge? The 30-Day Challenge is a Learning Lab Your 30-Day Challenge didn’t go as well as you expected. You failed. Here are some of the reasons that a 30-Day Challenge could go sideways: Your goal may have been too aggressive or ambitious to begin with An unexpected obstacle arose…
The Power of the 30-Day Challenge What Can You Achieve in 30 Days? As part of this month’s theme of “Focus and Discipline,” I thought it would be fun to share a few ideas about 30-day challenges. The beauty of committing to a 30-day challenge is the burst of movement, progress, and energy that you…
Building Trust Begins with You Or, How to Be the Grownup in the Room Are you waiting for “the other person” at work to take the first step in building trust? In the last newsletter, I wrote about the boss who trusted me to take on a major project in an area where…
How Clearly Defined are Your Vision and Purpose? To kick off the New Year, I wrote about leaders approaching the year through the lens of “Success Factors” instead of New Year’s Resolutions. Now, I would like to break out the elements I outlined as a sort of road map to accelerate your accomplishments and help…
What to Do Instead of New Year’s Resolutions Find Your Success Factors for a Brilliant 2018 By now, the newness of 2018 is starting to wear off. Did you make any New Year’s Resolutions? Actually, I hope you didn’t. Here is what I hope you will do instead: Determine your professional and career success factors for 2018 and…