Pay Attention to How You Leave Your Job…Everybody Else Is
People remember far better how you end something, than how you begin it. This is especially true when it comes to your job. When I was a hungry, green employee, I was told by a mentor that the time to do your best work is when you’ve decided to leave your position so you’ll exit…
Your Vision is Grand, but How About Your Plan to Communicate It?
(Warning to big thinkers: this post may induce boredom,distraction, and denial. Read it anyway.) The other night, I was speaking to a group of entrepreneurs about internal communications. Namely, that if you have a vision and want people marching behind it, then you should develop an internal communications plan to get and keep alignment. I deliver this…
What Oprah Can Teach Leaders About Trust
A few weeks ago while leading a corporate workshop on team communications, I began talking about trust and suddenly Oprah popped into my mind as an example. Now, I speak of trust frequently because it’s foundational to leadership. I’m also an ardent fan of Charles H. Green’s work around trust and his accompanying thought-leadership. But I…
Think you want that leadership spot? Don’t be too quick to say yes.
It starts with our culture. We’re programmed from our earliest professional experiences to want to ascend to a leadership position. Becoming a leader, whether a manager of a group or a CEO of a global enterprise, appears from the outside to be a position where we’ll finally be rewarded for our hard work. Of course…
Can Twitter damage your professional brand? Oh, let me count the ways.
First, let me say I’m not writing this as a social media “expert,” nor would I ever purport to be. I’m posting this blog as your average professional who uses social media tools as a way to enhance her business. I know there are millions of you out there in my club, trying to do…
What Keeps You — And Nearly Everyone Else — from Changing
Here’s the scenario. You have an underperforming employee. You counsel them. They acknowledge their shortcomings and commit to change. Nothing, or not enough, happens. You counsel again. And again. Until finally, you decide to part ways. If this hasn’t happened to you yet, then you haven’t been in a leadership position long enough. Failure to…
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