Productive Leaders
How to Lead For Helpful Feedback Are poor performance evaluations killing your teams? Are your people giving and accepting feedback effectively? Is your productivity suffering because of it? One of the executives I coach recently lamented: “We want...
Why do professional, smart, highly-motivated, ambitious people need accountability? Because we do. Our Paleolithic, survival-motivated, dinosaur brains tell us that life is short, so enjoy today. Don’t do anything difficult right now because you might need that energy to escape the dangerous wooly mammoth that is chasing you.
What can you do to lead your organization to new levels of success in 2016 and beyond?
You have a great group of people, and you want to do more. You want to develop your employees to their fullest potential, increase day-to-day effectiveness, and increase profit growth.
Leadership steps to take now for a more successful year.
I believe we need the Christmas season because we need to set aside time that is focused on hope and optimism. Watching the news, there sadness, mistrust, greed, and violence. This is both overwhelming and depressing. We need a time to remind us of the goodness in human nature and the potential for people to make a positive difference in the world.
Why do some people bounce back from difficult life events seemingly easier than other people? How do some people, such as firefighters, law enforcement, and the military (and I would include teachers, all teachers) manage tough situations better than others. Some people seem to press on and be more resilient than others. How? Is this ingrained or is it taught?
Sometimes following up with the client feels like dating when we were teenagers. You don’t want to be pushy, but you also don’t want to drop the ball. We also all worry about rejection.
One of the toughest things to coach is how to think long-term when everyone around us is focused on short-term, immediate gratification.
We have video that disappears in 24 hours, so watch Periscope now. We have texts that self-destruct seconds after we read them. Thanks to live streaming, we are constantly entertained whenever we want.
So how can we develop teams of thought leaders who are thinking and planning decades in the future?
It is a 3 day weekend, and in most areas, it is too cold to BBQ. It reminds me of Man Food Casserole, which I learned from an early boyfriend, and have yet to find a man who doesn’t like it. Warning: Not the healthiest meal on the planet, but pretty tasty, and really easy…
The shut down of the state of Minnesota on the Fourth of July is a communications and a leadership failure. While I agree that disputes over raising taxes is serious and is worthy of critical discussions, shutting down national and local parks, libraries, and…
April Peterson