Negative Attitudes
I surveyed a group of managers and supervisors recently to be ready for my first day of training with the group. The question was: “What is your single biggest frustration that you find at work?” The most frequent answer was – negative attitudes at work.
Players vs. Pretenders
I recently read an interesting article from the John Maxwell Company that offered some great tips on identifying who your players on your team are versus who are the pretenders. Pretenders look the part and talk the part, but fall short in fulfilling the part. They can disrupt your entire team. Pretenders put their personal agenda before the team. Check out these tips to distinguish between the two.
1. Players have a servant’s mindset; pretenders have a selfish mindset. Players do things for the benefit of others and the organization, while pretenders think only of benefitting themselves. A pretender… Continue reading
What should I do?
I’m facilitating a group of CEOs who will be sharing lots of ideas on how to increase business, adding new products, upgrading technology, increasing income and a host of other ideas. The challenge for this group is not what the new great ideas are. The challenge is what ideas should each implement into their own shop. When there are so many great things to do, how do you choose what is the best idea for you? Here are some thoughts and steps to go through this process.
Step 1: Limit the focus. The more… Continue reading
Play your own game!
I had the opportunity to attend a five day golf camp at the end of May. I learned many things during the instruction time. One major lesson that I learned was to play your own game. It’s an analogy that can be applied to your career as well. Following are some thoughts:
Thought 1: What others are doing. When you play golf it’s easy to watch those who you are playing with and try to emulate their strokes, whether you have the same skill or not. What happens more times than I’d like,… Continue reading
From Manager to Leader #2
Leadership skills can be developed at any stage in your career. Some people naturally possess these skills, others do not. Here are some additional shifts to make when you’re aspiring to be a leader.
Shift 6: Trust yourself to trusting others. Managers often think they have to come up with the ideas they create. Leaders enlist the big thinkers for ideas and let them contribute. Create an outrageous plan to grow the business or your career. Show that plan to trusted associates who are big and smart thinkers. Listen to their ideas… Continue reading
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