Category: Leadership
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Leadership for the New Year! Monday evening in San Luis Obispo
Softec’s TechBrew Meeting Happens Monday, December 8th Topic: “Leadership for the New Year.” We all can think of at least one person whose content knowledge and skills are unmatched. However, despite their title of “leader,” their interpersonal skills and communication styles actually break down trust, inhibit motivation, and ultimately cost the organization time and money…
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Sick and tired of hearing your staff is sick and tired?
Do you get tired of hearing about how tired your team members are? When I am asked to evaluate the culture and climate of a work place, emotional exhaustion is one of the patterns I look for. When I ask, “How are you?”, I hear “I’m exhausted”, “I’m so tired”, “I’m drained”. These responses, when…
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How do you handle mistakes?
I’m frequently asked how to handle mistakes in ways that build up teams, enhance learning and avoid anyone getting thrown under the bus! My answer: As the leader, the choice is all yours! Here’s a quick, true story to illustrate my point. Walter (name changed) had a promising future at a major financial firm. He and his…
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Leadership Strengths & Gaps
Did you almost make the mistake of deleting this because you don’t consider yourself a leader? I’ve got news for you! Regardless of your title, you are a leader first and foremost. Self- leadership is the most critical skill you will ever develop! Click here to get my guide to Leadership Strengths & Gaps!
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Same as last year!
My geometry teacher started the 1974 school year by instructing us to write our goal for the year on a 3×5 card. I wrote “I’d like to say I’ll study more and work harder. But I know I won’t. So I’m going to do the same as last year. I’m satisfied with the result of…
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Join Us to Facilitate Change…with yourself and with others
Increasing self-awareness as a tool for breaking through barriers that maybe causing resistance to change! Do you wish you could confidently make decisions and solve problems? Do you feel like you have an inner voice telling you to make changes, but don’t know if you can trust it fully? Would you like to be an inspiration…
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The Self-Love Myth…I love you. You complete me.
I used to confuse self-love with self-care. I thought it was about doing things for myself as little rewards – a massage, eating well, buying myself something I wanted. But I’ve learned over the past few years that self-love isn’t about doing at all. It is about feeling. Recently as I was working one-to-one with a coaching…
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How would you like to take a day off from “Ambition”?
It doesn’t matter what your you are aiming for…cleaning out your garage or getting promoted at work. Perhaps you are driven to get your first million in the bank or are striving to get your horse to a state of perfection. Maybe you want to run a marathon or maybe you want to run for…
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Permission Slips in the Workplace…how many do you write?
“They write each other permission slips all the time.” This comment was made to by an employee I was interviewing about the culture and climate her workplace. She was expressing her frustration regarding two co-workers who loudly join together in toxic, negative, gossip-filled bantering. “When it happens, I put on my suit of armor.” Her…
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The Truth About Lies
Three times in as many days the topic of “lies in the workplace” came up in my work. So I realized that it is time for me to reflect deeper on meaning and relevance of workplace lies. And how the emotional energy and moral value we place on the act of lying actually diminishes,…