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A Q1 review is arguably one of the highest leverage meetings you’ll have with your team (and yourself!) all year; the actions taken afterward will significantly impact your team’s trajectory for the rest of 2023. Before moving on to the new and exciting challenges that await in Q2, it is vital to take stock of where you’ve been, what you’ve accomplished, and what you may need to adjust. Here are five questions to help you and your team stay on track and adapt confidently.
Read MoreYou've just been promoted - congratulations! Your dedication and hard work are paying off. Before you do anything else, take a moment to celebrate your success! Soon enough, you will have a new set of expectations and responsibilities. Adjusting to a new role following a promotion tends to overwhelm even the most prepared professional, often leading to several common mistakes that can delay or even halt further growth and development.
Read MoreHealthy organizations are consistently evolving. Especially in today’s fast-paced business landscape, workplaces need leadership that can adapt and thrive no matter what their respective industries endure. As such, there is a constant need for new leaders in all sectors with the skills to lead, manage, innovate, execute strategy and keep up no matter the changes in the business world at large. However, great new leaders don't grow on trees; part of an organization's responsibility is to help individual contributors transition to leaders.
Read MoreIt's often said that the definition of leadership is the ability to transmute a vision of the future into a reality. In today's changing workplace, visionary leadership will be the key to keeping up and thriving because it tells the story of why the culture is changing and how your organization can embrace the change.
Read MoreThe holiday season is typically welcomed with an air of joy and festivity each year. However, amid all the fun of time with friends and family, self-care sometimes sinks lower on the daily to-dos around this time of year. For busy leaders like yourself, it is essential to prioritize self-care during the holidays; doing so helps you experience all the festivities in and out of the office as your best self.
Read MoreRegardless of the industry or workplace, we live in a fast-moving, overstimulated world where success is tied to achievements. We have deadlines and milestones to meet, team members to guide, managers to answer to, and that's just at work. At home and in our personal lives, we deal with countless other concerns that keep us moving intensely.
Read MoreIn 2020, workplaces all over the world underwent a seismic shift as organizations shifted first to remote operations and then to the uncharted territory of hybrid work models. As we slowly but surely return to some sense of normalcy, it becomes more vital than ever for your workplace to have a well-defined strategy. Without it, your organization may struggle to meet the demand of your workforce and endanger growth, profitability, and even survival.
Read MoreWhat is “peer coaching”? It’s usually defined as “a form of learning involving two or more colleagues working together to review current practices, teach one another, and develop, refine, and build new skills.” However, it is much more than that; when implemented and executed with intention, peer coaching has the potential to fast-track your growth and development.
Read MoreSteve Jobs once famously said, “Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do." While this is true, it is also much easier said than done, especially in the workplace, particularly for women.
Read MoreIn reaching my one year open-heart surgery anniversary this month, I wanted to share the lessons I learned during this time that directly relate to leadership with you. For those who want the short version of the lessons, they're right here below. For others, who want more of the story, keep on reading.
Read MoreThere are countless business books, courses, and blog posts aimed at helping leaders make better decisions. And for a good reason: as leaders, the success or failure of projects, plans, and even entire organizations rest in the decisions we make daily. Deciding on which philosophy to employ can be an overwhelming decision in itself! However, there is a deceptively simple practice that can make beneficial decision-making much more straightforward.
Read MoreAccording to CNBC, nearly 50% of companies want workers back in the office five days a week. After many months of working from home or adopting a hybrid work model, workplace cultures face a massive shift. If your organization is facing a similar change, the chances are good that you have had many conversations about workplace culture lately.
Read MoreSpringtime is just around the corner! With the warmer weather and longer days, our environments are shaking off the winter chill and being reborn – why shouldn’t that apply to you as well? As a busy leader, it is just as vital for you to make time and space for your own rejuvenation, especially if you are beginning to feel any of the tell-tale signs of burnout, which according to the American Psychological Association, is approaching an all-time high across all professions.
Read MoreAsk any leader what skills are the most vital to managing a team, and she’ll likely list “communication” near the top. However, developing outstanding communication abilities doesn’t come automatically. It takes dedicated time and focus, which is in short supply in today’s rapidly evolving workplaces, as more and more workplaces adopt a hybrid work model. In this light, practicing and improving communication is vital and will only become more so.
Read MoreQuick – what would you say is your worst habit in the workplace? Chances are, if you’re being honest, you are aware of at least a couple of your undesirable behaviors because a fact of life for today’s business leaders is that everyone, at every level of every organization, has some bad workplace habits. As a leader, you have an incredible opportunity to be a force for change when it comes to turning bad habits into good ones.
Read MoreIf someone were to ask you about your beliefs, you might think of deeply personal things like religion or political views. But, beliefs are far more pervasive in our everyday lives than many realize.
Whether we are aware of it or not, underneath every instance of action and communication are our beliefs, which are made up of the ever-growing culmination of our life’s experiences and thoughts. While some beliefs may change or fade, many others become ingrained in us…
Read MoreIn last month’s blog, we spoke about how to have and keep self-compassion. We talked about what it does for you as a leader and how to remind yourself to be self-compassionate. Without compassion, there is indifference. A lack of sympathy. No emotional effect. At times, it can feel like someone (or yourself) is being harsh when the compassion or empathy is not there.
Read MoreBrene Brown says that “Compassion is a belief system that we have to commit to about how we are going to treat ourselves.” As leaders, all too often you are self-critical and hard on yourself, thinking this is what you need to do to get the job done. You sometimes mistake being competitive and pushing yourself to the extreme as a requirement to be successful. However, this belief is untrue. Self-criticism actually stands in your way of being the best you can be. It makes you face mistakes from an emotional place, possibly making that mistake feel worse than it actually is. So what is the alternative? Self-compassion.
Read MoreIntention is defined as a determination to act in a certain way. When you are intentional, you have a clear purpose and a strong structure. You are present and committed to putting action behind your thoughts and words, resulting in better relationships in business and life. Having intention in the workplace is to be a leader who creates change and sets the tone for everyone.
Read MoreIn the fairly recent past, it was normal to have one or two jobs for an entire career and to live in one or two cities for your whole life. The norms are changing. It’s now common to have ten or more jobs in a career, to live in a dozen different cities or even different countries. You’ll find people who are dentists by day and musicians by night. The next generation might be the most diverse, in a variety of ways, that we’ve ever seen.
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