How to Receive Unsolicited Feedback
Leaders often spend a lot of time talking about how we should give feedback. Yet, we spend a lot less time on the equally important flip side of this topic:...
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Four Ways to Empower Teammates to Make Decisions
Teammates who aren’t empowered to make even the smallest decisions feel stifled and micromanaged. Yet many leaders don’t trust their teammates to make good decisions. So, where’s the balance?...
5 Signs a Teammate is Not Ready to Lead
In my previous post, 7 Signs a Teammate is Ready to Lead, we covered some good indicators of teammates ready to take on a leadership role within an organization....
7 Signs a Teammate is Ready to Lead
“When is someone ready to lead?” It’s a simple, straightforward question leaders ask about their teammates and teammates ask about themselves. Although there isn’t a simple checklist that determines...
How to Lead People Smarter Than You
Am I seriously writing a blog on how to lead smart people? Ha, well I guess I am. Dan Rockwell’s recent post, “What If You’re Not that Smart,” made...
Catch People Doing Right
Have you ever worked for a leader who always zeroed in on what was wrong about a process or a project? If we follow every praise with a “but…”...
The 80/20 Leadership Rule
I had the opportunity to participate in a great meeting with some emerging leaders last week that my husband (and COO of Impact Performance Group) Keven was leading. He...
4 Excuses for Skipping One-on-Ones
Do you have regular one-on-ones with your direct reports? If not, you should start. Like immediately! One-on-ones are essential for leaders to have with their employees for so many...
What Are Your Non-Negotiables?
We talk a lot about non-negotiables with our clients and inside our own organization. When a leader is clear on their non-negotiables, they are able to better work toward...
Leading Through the Generation Gap
It intrigues me that although the oldest of Generation Y are well into their thirties, many leaders are still a bit perplexed as to how they should lead and...