Utilizing the Power Pose in Leadership Quite bluntly, your body language shapes who you are, from one on one conversations to high end negotiations with potential employees and employers. Having a consciousness of how to match your pose to the situation is a learned skill, but knowing what is actually happening within your body can…
What would you say to your younger self about Leadership? Becoming a confident and courageous leader is both an attitude and a process. Like many undertakings, developing the ability to lead is one that benefits from experience. In fact, when it comes to gaining the insight that we need to learn how to lead ourselves…
In the past, many leaders used to rely on the authority of their job title to influence and sometimes coerce others into compliance. Today, we know that if we want to motivate others to put forth their best effort and be fully engaged, we need to use our emotional intelligence and people skills to build…
Great leaders are made and not born, as environmental factors such as their own lessons in what is effective and what is not go into each and every decision they make. With practice, the decisions become second nature, with instinct really being a sub-conscious action of critical thinking and instantaneous analysis. In every decision made…
A decade ago I was working in a Senior Human Resources role and there was another senior member of my team that would go out of her way to undermine me. Literally she would growl at me when she saw me. I am not kidding; she would growl at me under her breath. It was…
To be able to plan for the unexpected, we need to peer past the limits of what we can physically see and try to glimpse what lies just beyond the horizon. At first, this seems to be an impossible task. How can we glimpse a future event before it happens? Yet, being able to see…
When most of us think about meeting the needs of our fellow colleagues and peers however, we tend to think mainly about what physical resources they need to achieve their goals. For example, if we offer someone more training and education and more opportunities to take on challenges, will they grow and develop both personally and…
Thought leadership is a definite buzzword in today’s business world, but that does not make it any less relevant. However, what does it mean and how can you use it to your advantage in an innovative organization? A breakdown of thought leadership Thought leadership is essentially a component of content marketing and is all about…