Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
Embracing a Fourth Quarter Mentality for the Next 90 Days…and Beyond!
Have you ever watched a football or basketball game and seen a coach raise four fingers when the final quarter of play begins? Here in Georgia, there is a tradition at University of Georgia games: between the third and fourth quarter, a horn sounds and everyone in the stadium lifts four fingers in the air.…
Read MoreHow to Ensure Your Leadership Style Includes Everyone
A few days from now, June 6, is my beloved husband Mike’s birthday and I want to publicly wish him a very happy birthday! We will be celebrating with close friends while we are up here in Cincinnati. In today’s business world, companies increasingly reflect America’s diversity with a mix of women and men of…
Read More4 Questions to Ask Yourself in Any Challenging Situation
Even during the best of times, it’s easy for leaders to gloss over the areas where they struggle with being less effective or impactful. Add to that any challenge where leaders feel like they are stressed, or strapped, or barely treading water, and the last thing most of them will want to focus on is…
Read MoreWhy You Can’t Achieve Lasting Success Without Integrity
There is one value that you literally cannot survive – let alone thrive – in business without: Integrity. Unfortunately, integrity isn’t talked about or emphasized nearly enough. Too many people operate with the “end justifies the means” mentality, especially in business. Sales people overpromise and under-deliver in order to meet their monthly quotas. Customer service…
Read More5 Leadership Styles to Avoid & What to Do Instead
If you’ve ever had a terrible boss, you know the importance of improving leadership skills. But if you’ve ever been the boss yourself, you know that building leadership capacity is easier said than done. Leading an organization, any organization, is a challenging balance between being too much of that, and not enough of this.…
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