Too often we hear – or maybe even say, “they’re in a leadership position“. At best, this is misleading. At worst, it’s flat out wrong. Your title makes you a manager. Your role makes you a leader. Positions for Managers A title defines a management position. If you are in an executive, director, or manager …
Eric… Eric…. Eric… ERIC!!!!!!!!!!! His team member was trying desperately to interrupt the executive as he moved from topic to topic, further and further away from the first point a question was raised. But Eric was oblivious to the fact that anyone had a question. By the time they were able to get there question in, …
Why Leaders Should Never Use Speaker Phones – and Some Tips if You Must Read More »
You have a bad guy. The villain. The antagonist. This bad guy is either inside your company or outside. As a leader, you can influence where he is. Outside it better, but if you don’t point him out to your team, they’ll create the bad guy inside your company walls. Enemies The bad guy is …
A good friend and leader in her own field, asked advice on starting her social media engagement. I quickly found myself overwhelming her with new ideas. It occurred to me there was a better approach: to lay out stages for her social media engagement. Here are the stages I proposed for her: Infancy Like the …
As a leader, you need to know when it’s time for somebody to bounce. Bar Bouncers are skilled at this art and know when it’s time to use force in the protection of guests. In leadership, the responsibility is much the same. My Knife Threat In my youth, I was the effective bouncer of a …
Behavioral psychologists have this big fancy term for how people make changes in their life, it’s called the “Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change”, we’ll just call it “Stages of Change”. In essence, this is how people progress from denial of a need to change through the successful change of the behavior. These stages are often …
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Amy-Jo Martin coined the term and analogy of Veneer Identities in her recent book, “Renegades Write the Rules“. What is a Veneer Identity? Two of the most common traditional veneers are dental and wood veneers: Dental Veneer Veneers in dentistry are a thin, artificial coating over a less attractive or weakened tooth. Wood Veneer In …
A stakeholder is anyone with a vested interest in your organization and leadership. Too often, leaders make decisions without considering all stakeholders. The for-profit sector focuses too much on investors. Nonprofits focus too much on their clients. Politicians often focus on their own constituents at the exclusion of others. As a leader in your organization, you …
Calm is critical in leadership – particularly in a crisis. When an entire organization is dependent upon your products and services for routine daily operation, a brief outage can spell disaster. Such is the case for technology leaders. I’ve managed some doozies in my time: a 3 day virus outbreak, potential hacker breaches, critical administrative …
For leaders, confidence is important. Followers who do not see confidence in their leader will not follow long. Yet, faltering or failed confidence is more damaging than no confidence to start. As a result, the origin of your confidence matters more than many realize. There are good and bad sources for leadership confidence. Bad Origins …
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