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Perhaps the single most valuable piece of career advice I ever received happened early in my career. I'm not certain I understood the importance of this advice at the time, but it stuck with me. The advice is:
Starting out as a manager and learning to lead is hard enough, without the obstacle course of doom many of our organizations set for us. However, there are some approaches that can help you move beyond "bad at the beginning." Here are 3 leadership hacks to help smooth the process a bit:
Your ability to engage and execute effectively in the most difficult of one-on-one and group situations directly impacts your career success! Do you regularly encounter these types of challenging conversations? Uncomfortable feedback conversations Difficult performance discussions. Important coaching conversations. The need to ask for budgets or resources. [...]
Program Content and Approach: Program Includes: 4 information packed webinars—all recorded for viewing on demand All slide/worksheet content from the webinars 2 live group "Ask Art" sessions where your questions drive the agenda. A one-hour, one-on-one jump-start mentoring call with me Unlimited e-mail access for Q/A BONUS! Feedback Planning Worksheet. BONUS! Message Mapping template and [...]
For individuals considering a career makeover, it's imperative to refresh the view on you. To introduce some objectivity into the process and navigate beyond your blindspots, consider asking for help. This article shares a number of ideas to help you better tune-in to others' perception of your true skills and abilities.
In workshops and live settings, I’ve been asked numerous times about my biggest mistakes as a manager. I’ve made a fair number of them over three decades of leading and managing (and I regularly share these via my cases and articles), however, my Achilles Heel earlier in my career was my propensity to invest an [...]
If you’re growing frustrated and fatigued with your life as a manager, you might want to take a step-back and review and strengthen the foundation for your role. Three items provide structural integrity for your managerial foundation: role clarity, values, and connectedness All three components inter-operate to support your effectiveness and to eliminate many challenges in this difficult role. Alternatively, the absence of the three is potentially disastrous.
Career Coaching Programs and Services It turns out, there are a great number of us at different stages of trying to figure out what’s next on our professional journeys. And that’s not an easy thing to do—especially without help. That's why we're here. Two Audiences—Career Reinventors and Career Accelerators 1. Career [...]
It turns out, just because you’re smart doesn’t mean you make good career choices. Some of the smartest people I know keep tripping all over themselves as they stumble from one bad situation to the next. They fall victim to at least 4 big career mistakes. That’s too bad. Our careers like our lives are [...]
Cross-functional teams are a fact of life in our organizations. As a team or initiative leader, you are competing with a host of other priorities and initiatives for the hearts and minds of your team members. Your group's performance depends upon you taking steps early in the team formation to ensure a healthy, effective working environment. Here are five ideas to help you jump-start your cross-functional team's health:
