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Assess Your Humility Level (part 4 of 5)
Many leaders still believe workplace humility is a detriment, not an advantage. Authority, power and even intimidation are best to run organizations and achieve results. Perhaps this is based on a misunderstanding of true humility: a desire to serve and dedication to...
Humble Behaviors (part 3 of 5)
Before determining how best to reflect humility, it’s important to grasp what it is and what it looks like. Perhaps pastor, speaker and author Rick Warren expresses it best: Humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less. While strong leaders...
Humility’s Advantages (part 2 of 5)
Employee mindsets have shifted from previous generations, according to current data. They want much more than a paycheck and seek interpersonal connections with their leaders. They desire purpose, significance and the fulfillment associated with making a difference in...
The Power of Humble Leadership (part 1 of 5)
Today’s leaders face innumerable challenges that previous generations never confronted: employee disengagement, cloud-based speed of commerce, political correctness, cultural diversity, social sensitivities and a hyper-focus on efficiency, among others. Humility,...
What I’m learning about myself during a pandemic
Learning how to consciously leverage my strengths helps me navigate volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA world).
Proper Responses to Disappointment
How well do the leaders in your organization share their disappointment? Leaders who provide constructive responses to disappointment reflect an honorable character worthy of following, describes Robin Camarote in Inc.com. This involves learning the skills of...
Unfortunate Responses to Disappointment
Have you had an unfortunate response to disappointment? I wouldn’t be surprised. We’re hard-wired to respond to stimuli with feelings first and analysis second. When we act on our emotions, before we allow time to think, we respond unfavorably to disappointment....
Dealing with Disappointment
How are you dealing with disappointment? Leading in today’s competitive business market requires thinking and reaching beyond the norm. It requires leaders that give and gather the best: intellect, passion and commitment. Leaders know that they can’t achieve desired...
Raising Your Leadership Bar – Balance Work and Life During Crisis
With the impact of the Coronavirus and so many people “sheltering in place” for weeks, maybe months to come, balancing work and home in new ways is paramount for leaders forging a new normal for the time being. So many of us – yours truly included – grapple with striking a balance between work and all the other joys life has to offer. Here’s the common thread from the leaders I’ve talked with: our balance gets thrown off because we have this notion that we can’t be fully human at work. Personable, yes – but showing our messy edges? Nope. Here are three things you can do now to find work-life balance in times of crisis – and continue raising your leadership bar.
Raising Your Leadership Bar – Be More Intentional
In a time when leaders are busier than ever and have no energy to spare, how do they raise their leadership bar? I’ve been writing about this in recent posts. The third step in learning to Raise Your Leadership Bar is to be more intentional. In Leading with Emotional...
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