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Category Archives: Personal Success
How to Leverage Key Relationships for Career Success
This is all about “WHO you know” and how to make the most of your professional relationships in order to fuel your career success. I’m following up last week’s issue with more helpful details because of a response I received … Continue reading
What’s the Secret to Success…is it WHAT you know; WHO you know; or WHERE you know it????
Is this YOU? You invest years of hard work in your job, proving your worth to the organization; You establish a record of consistent success and excellent performance; You invest in your education, acquiring degrees or certifications; You apply for … Continue reading
Posted in Advancement, Ambition, Career, Coaching, Competence, Consistency, Credibility, Employee Development, Leadership, Learning, Organizations, Personal Growth, Personal Success, Professional Development, Promotion, Success, Uncategorized
Tagged Advancement, Career Development, Employee Mentoring, Employee Sponsoring, Opportunities, Performance, Promotion
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DOER / MANAGER / LEADER – 3 Roles, 3 Levels, 3 STAGES – Part 3
The STAGES of anyone’s career can often be characterized as a journey of personal and professional development that is mirrored by these three roles. Successful advancement requires the strategic development of skills required at each level and for each role, … Continue reading
Posted in Ambition, Career, Change, Change Management, Character, Collaboration, Commitment, Communication, Competence, Decision-making, Emotional Intelligence, Influence, Integrity, Leadership, Learning, Management, Organizational Politics, Personal Growth, Personal Success, Problem-Solving, Professional Development, Promotion, Success, Uncategorized, Vision, Work
Tagged Advancement, Career Development, Change, Change Management, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Management, professional growth, Promotion
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Doer / Manager / Leader – 3 ROLES, 3 Levels, 3 Stages – Part 1.
Which one of these are YOU? How you answer the question depends on how you are using or understanding these terms. Each of these three designations can describe… A role you fill in the organization where you work A position … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Authority, Career, Change, Change Management, Collaboration, Competence, Control, Creativity, Deadlines, Decision-making, Employee Development, Hiring, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Performance Management, Personal Growth, Personal Success, Potential, Power, Problem-Solving, Productivity, Professional Development, Promotion, Self-Awareness, Staffing, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Vision, Work
Tagged Authority, Change, Change Management, Delegation, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Power, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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Share Credit
In his excellent book, How to Become CEO, Jeffrey Fox advises leaders to “be a credit maker, not a credit taker.” He says, “The credit taker is insecure, dishonest, and known to all. Even the cleverest credit taker is ultimately … Continue reading
Posted in Affirmation, Caring, Celebration, Collaboration, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Encouragement, Feedback, Influence, Leadership, Management, Morale, Organizational Politics, Performance Management, Personal Success, Power, Recognition, Success, Supervision, Support, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Validation, Work
Tagged Collaboration, Employee Engagement, Employee Morale, Employee Motivation, Employee Promotion, Employee Recognition, Employee Retention, Leadership, Management, Organizational Politics, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams
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Share Power
It has often been said that power corrupts. My last newsletter dealt with the way leadership power can corrupt—how it can affect our attitudes and priorities as leaders. Here’s the sad reality: POWERLESSNESS also corrupts! Studies in the workplace show … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Collaboration, Communication, Control, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Feedback, Influence, Leadership, Management, Personal Success, Power, Productivity, Success, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized
Tagged Collaboration, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Management, Power, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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Practice SHOSHIN
This is a Japanese phrase meaning “beginner’s mind.” I’ll let Buddhist scholar Shunryu Suzuki explain this concept: This does not mean a closed mind, but actually an empty mind and a ready mind. If your mind is empty, it is … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Collaboration, Creativity, Decision-making, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Learning, Management, Organizational Politics, Organizations, Personal Success, Planning, Point of View, Problem-Solving, Self-Awareness, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized
Tagged Change, Change Management, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Decision-making, Employee Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Problem-Solving, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams
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Practice NEMOASHI
“Nemoashi” is a Japanese concept that has direct application in American business culture. It means respect for individuals and the power of consensus building. In application, it boils down to a simple political rule of thumb: Never present something to … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Consensus, Creativity, Decision-making, Events, Feedback, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Organizational Politics, Organizations, Personal Success, Problem-Solving, Support, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Teams, Uncategorized
Tagged Building Support, Collaboration, Consensus Building, Decision-making, Influence, Leadership, Management, Organizational Politics, Persuasion, Planning, Problem-Solving, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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Say the Right Thing
John Adair said it well: Communication is the sister of leadership. Nitin Nohria, underscored that with the following observation: Communication is the real work of leadership. Up Close and Personal During an executive team meeting I attended, our insightful … Continue reading
Posted in Affirmation, Character, Collaboration, Communication, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Encouragement, Honesty, Influence, Integrity, Leadership, Management, Morale, Personal Success, Success, Supervision, Support, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Validation, Values
Tagged Affirmation, Communication, Employee Engagement, Encouragement, Leadership, Management, Supervision, Support, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams, Understanding, Validation
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