Give employee feedback. Many busy leaders overlook this need. Yet when you give employee feedback you lead with intention. Effective leadership demands both intention and attention. You must have intention to achieve what you want to accomplish. You need to pay attention to (and give attention to) your employees to get better results. Many of…
Great leaders delegate. That’s because great leadership calls for expanding your impact by influencing work through others. It’s not always an easy thing for leaders to do. An article in Harvard Business Review identified that one of the most difficult transitions for leaders to make is from doing to leading. Simply put, it can seem…
Many team cultures use meetings as ongoing discussion channels or inclusion panels. Some leaders meet with teams to have face time or to divvy out work. Whether any of these is a welcomed and productive part of a work day tends to be highly subjective. Effective meeting management will improve productivity and employee engagement. Too…
I remember a colleague who was promoted to a director position she’d long sought. She was confident about her skills and expertise. Yet she didn’t yet know her leadership style and she felt a nervous energy about being effective as a team leader. This nervousness was good news for a couple reasons. It is good…
How to motivate employees is a common priority for effective leaders. Relevance motivates us all. Yet it’s easily overlooked by busy leaders as a foundational need their employees have. Many people who come to me with frustration in their current jobs have good reason to feel dissatisfaction. Often, they simply feel disconnected or irrelevant in…
It can be a difficult transition when a practitioner or expert ‘becomes the boss. When the promotion happens absent training for managing others there can be a gap between expectations and reality for both the new leader and the team. That gap can become uncomfortable–or even detrimental–if left unresolved. It’s crucial that as a supervisor…
If you want to accomplish big goals, there are a few steps that will help you start well and stay motivated. Know Your Why Start first by understanding why you want your goal . Simon Sinek described it best. He literally wrote the book on this topic, Start with Why. If you haven’t seen his…