This is the first article in our series entitled: Building Your Leadership Potential Having the emotional fortitude to make courageous decisions can take a toll on you mentally and physically. Making bold decisions requires a deep personal strength over time as well as the ability to appropriately express your thoughts and emotions. When your team…
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Today’s world is an all-out battleground for customers and you know you have what it takes to create a competitive advantage for your business — so why aren’t you able to take that next step in your career? There may be an unidentified “something” that’s holding you back from greatness. Just as you’ve tackled every…
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Seeing the value of others is a trait shared by exceptional leaders in all business units. Seeing potential in others means also seeing the not-so-great parts — where people need support in order to achieve their career goals. Even the most promising future leaders can be let down by a lack of insight into their…
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You’re working hard and feel like you’re doing everything right — but you still find that your career simply doesn’t have the upward trajectory that you’d like it to have. This could mean anything from moving to the next level at your current organization, finding a better opportunity at a different company or even increasing…
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Creating a culture where you are leading meetings that are productive instead of something to be avoided at all costs takes patience, diligence and a fair amount of strategy. You likely have colleagues who dominate the conversation, or those who are so checked out that they spend all of their time playing games on their…
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“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.” Benjamin Disraeli We all have bad days — someone cuts us off on the way to work, the dog chewed up your favorite slippers, or maybe a conversation with your boss or co-worker…
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If you’re like most business leaders, you’re hearing a lot about what Millennials can learn by mentoring with an older leader . . . and by “older”, I mean over 45 which is still pretty young! However, reverse mentorships are becoming more popular. This is where mature leaders work closely with a younger professional to…
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When you think of successful leaders, there are probably many words that come to mind before balance: strength, intelligence, talent and confidence to name a few. Reaching the executive level requires more than the ability to make big decisions and execute. Communication skills and emotional intelligence are critically important and finding that balance between being…
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Every professional has been guilty of making a mistake. Small mishaps are easier to overlook, such as a typo in a document or a formatting error in a spreadsheet. Other career mistakes are harder to fix, such as accidentally sharing confidential information with the wrong client or realizing you did the math on your department’s…
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Let’s face it, a lot of the career advice out there is generic, false or otherwise unhelpful. Early on in school, we’re told to pick something we’re ‘passionate about’ or ‘good at’ – but how can an 18-year-old or even a 25-year-old have any clue if things they seem to like are going to fit…
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