There are certain traits that can be attributed to almost all highly successful leaders ― intelligence, intellectual curiosity, ambition, discipline, but do they operate in day-to-day, the same way? It would be hard to imagine they have similar MOs but an article in Forbes shows they share many, very specific, ways of managing the volume and variety of their tasks and responsibilities. [Read more…]
Small Talk in the Workplace — What is It? How to Do It
A frequent hurdle many of my executive coaching clients report is small talk or casual conversation. That’s right, highly educated, intelligent people sweating the casual conversation at a work party, a networking event, or the beginning of an interview. They’re not alone. If public speaking is something most people fear more than death — then being seated next to a stranger for a business dinner is the more private side of the same terror. [Read more…]
Body Language — A Checklist for Leaders
There are many skills a successful leader must possess — strategy building, team leadership, business management and development, consumer and investor relations, to name a few. On a more personal level, self-awareness, body language, how a leader presents him or herself, can be as important as any other skill. Without the air of power, confidence, stability, likeability, and trustworthiness, messages seem weak and sound inconsequential. [Read more…]
Essential Career Strategy Tools to Get What You Want
I am always amazed how many smart, successful, on top of everything, leaders fail to take care of such simple but important disciplines of their career. They give 100% at the office yet when it comes to their career strategy, they barely give it a thought or the time required. [Read more…]
It’s Not the Lack of Resources, It’s Resourcefulness
“I have a lack of resources.” We’ve all heard it so many times, we’ve probably said it ourselves. Lack of money, time, contacts, a better boss, education, opportunity… and the list goes on. But is this really the issue? If you had $10,000 or a million dollars, a 48-hour day or unlimited opportunity, would things really be that much different? Would you be more creative, more passionate? Would you reach your dream? Would you consider yourself a success? I doubt it. [Read more…]
Why You Need to Say “No” in the Workplace?
When children are of a certain age (around three years), they frequently say “no.” It’s their way of showing independence, establishing a sense of self, and a means of testing separation from caregivers.
Why in later years do so many adults have difficulty saying “no” to supervisors, customers, colleagues, children, partners, and even to people they hardly know? [Read more…]
Accepter, Passer, Revealer, which Ideal Employee Are You?
Do you know co-workers who answer e-mails at midnight, return texts at 6 am, and make no distinction between Wednesday and Saturday afternoons? Those individuals who management likes to consider ideal employees. Is it possible you are that person?
In a Harvard Business Review article, “Managing the High Intensity Workplace,” authors Erin Reid and Lakshmi Ramarajan write about their research on how people, in a variety of fields, deal with the demands of a global, 24/7, immediate response required, world of work. [Read more…]
Why Is It So Hard to Ask for Help?
I am the oldest of five children; a great blessing as an adult, a mixed bag as a child. Lessons I learned, being one of many, shaped who I am and how I maneuver through the world. Realizing at an early age I had to be independent, rely on myself, rather than others, made me a decision maker and prepared for the real world. It also anointed me the “doer,” the one to rarely ask for help. I’ve worked hard on correcting the last statement. I’ve learned to ask for help earlier and more frequently. [Read more…]
Steal Like an Artist
“Art is theft” is a well-known quote by Pablo Picasso. One might think a genius such as he would have plenty of original ideas and that taking those of another would never be contemplated or necessary. Think again. Reading biographies of artists of his era you hear about the creative and exciting culture of Paris in the 1920s. We all know what they did in influencing the transformation of the world of art and literature, and how the constant interaction amongst these talented artists, and the sharing and stealing of ideas, made each of them better at their craft. Who created something first was never the question — who took it to the next level, or in another direction, received the recognition. [Read more…]
10 Ways Successful People Manage Time and Their Lives
I am fortunate to coach some very smart, successful people. They have high native intelligence and excellent educations, and they have trained themselves to work effectively and efficiently in everything they do.
Here are some tips from successful people who know how to be creative, innovative, and productive with less stress and more satisfaction than most. [Read more…]
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