Not Everyone is Going to Like You—and That’s Perfectly OK
Most of us have a deep desire to feel connected, or belong. It’s human nature. So when you feel like someone in your workplace doesn’t like you, it can hurt your morale.
Know When to ‘Call It Quits’
We’ve all known or heard of leaders who have refused to call it quits when they should have. Clinging to some problematic idea, business direction, strategy or “solution.”
Learn Your Triggers—Then Change!
If you’ve been wanting to change your habits, take that first step and learn to spot your triggers. Stop choosing the old mindset and replace it with something new and, ideally more beneficial.
Stop Trying to Be Right All the Time
The need to win at all costs can lose the respect of your team, undermine morale, performance, and productivity.
Remove Roadblocks
Whether those are related to your team, external competition, or unforeseen crises, how you deal with it can make or break your success.
Avoid the Slippery “Hope Slope”
Hope by itself is not a strategy for success. Make things happen using your talent and abilities to succeed.
Make the Right Choices
Every day you head in to work, you’re faced with a series of choices. With every decision comes an opportunity to demonstrate your leadership capability and integrity.
Lying: A Short-Term Gain That Leads to Long-Term Pain
No CEO or company leader starts out in their professional journey thinking they’ll ever lie to get ahead, save face, or cut a corner.
Do What’s Right, Not What’s Popular
It’s human nature to want to be liked. But whenever it becomes a leadership motive, or the reason why you lead and make decisions, expect trouble.
Three Habits of Effective Decision Makers
Great leaders recognize situations in which decisions must be made. I’m not talking about just those day-in, day-out kinds of choices. I’m referring to the tough calls…