Managing the Mental Health of Your Team
With each passing year it seems that our lives become busier, and more stressful. The Internet has helped all of us to reach out into the world and become more connected with one another, as well as more informed. This increase in knowledge and constant connection, however, makes it difficult to unplug and take a […]
Listen to the Fool!
“Listen to the fool. You might learn something.” – Plato Successful leaders are the ones with the strong vision and the ability to inspire and motivate their team. This inspiration or motivation can come in the form of new ideas and as a leader it is our job to listen to the ideas presented as […]
Leadership Truths
Are you an executive, a Vice President, a manager, a politician, a sole practitioner or simply a worker? No matter what position you have got today, you need to embrace the following truths to become a leader initially in your own life. Check out these leadership truths you should know this 2015. You Create the […]
Leadership and Risk
The weight of leadership derives from many elements when in a management position, but one traditional point of view is the leader’s expectation to take risks – either real or perceived. These expectations come from their own bosses as well as peers and employees, but the simple matter is, it is not risking the leader […]
Just the Facts Ma’am – The Statistics on Women and Boards – Sonia MC
According to the United Nation’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs, women make up nearly half of the world’s population of 7 billion people. In many countries, such as Australia, The United States, Mexico, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, The United Kingdom and most of Europe, females actually outnumber the males. With such a large population of […]
Do you REALLY listen to your team?
“The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.”— Woodrow Wilson We all have the ability to listen but not everyone uses that skill. We’re often too busy working out our reply before the speaker has even finished with his words. Neuroscience shows us that while hearing is relatively simple, listening […]
Courage
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear”. Nelson Mandela Lead with Courage. I woke up today and it occurred to me how much courage the leaders have that I am coaching […]
Clash Between the Brain and Customer Service
Clash Between the Brain and Customer Service! We’ve all been there. We’ve bent over backwards to provide the best customer service humanly possible and yet still it hasn’t been enough. The customer has left without making a purchase or worse, has complained about “poor service.” You stand there wondering what else you could have done […]
Strategies to Build a Pipeline to Leadership Gender Equality (Free Ebooks!
We know about the glass ceiling, and how that is or was, considered a barrier to women achieving their career and leadership goals, but what else is blocking the pipeline to female leadership? It’s easy to blame breaks in employment due to having children and going on maternity leave, but these pauses don’t need to […]
Brain Based Decision Making
The ability to take decisive action, to make sound, unbiased decisions, is a key skill that effective leaders use multiple times each day. When we think about the key components and processes of sound decision making, most of us tend to first think of our brain’s ability to use logic and reason to examine the […]