7 Steps to Being a Better Listener
If there is one thing I’ve learned in my line of work it’s this: Listening is an essential skill for success.
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7 Ways to Improve the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Team Meetings
We’ve all sat in a meeting where we wondered what the purpose was, why the meeting was held and what we were supposed to accomplish through it. And if we are honest, in some…
Book Review: “The Good Fight” by Liane Davey
No one is perfect… and neither are teams. We all have flaws. We all make mistakes. We all fall prey to distractions. And we all spark conflict at some point or another. Even…
7 Communication Blunders to Avoid as a Leader
Communication in its purest form is simply transferring information from one source to another, whether it be through a written, verbal and/or nonverbal exchange. While the…
How to Show Your Team You're Committed
Early in my career, the department I had just exuberantly joined underwent a reorganization. The boss I identified with and learned from was no longer my boss, and my new boss…
6 Questions for Evaluating Your Leadership and Achieving Your Mission
Many years ago, I regularly met up with a group of friends at a local breakfast joint for coffee. It was a bonding ritual for our bunch of diverse, young, high-achieving…
The Power of Managing Mistakes and Maintaining Relationships
Imagine this: You’ve assumed your whole life that polar bears live at both the North and South Poles. You get into a discussion about the bears over dinner with a friend and…
4 Ways Teachers Set a Leadership Example
Teachers do more than teach ; they coach, mentor, and go above and beyond to make a difference in the lives of the students who pass through their classrooms each year.…
4 Life-Changing Leadership Lessons From Malala Yousafzai
Today is Malala Yousafzai’s 21st birthday! An activist and advocate for girls’ education, Malala is the world’s youngest Nobel Prize laureate, founder of the Malala Fund and…