Guest article by Alden Mills All great teams are made up of people with complementary skills and strengths. You may not think of your analytical proclivity to manipulate spreadsheets as a superpower, but if we worked together, I would be the first to acknowledge it. Spreadsheets give me hives. OK, maybe not, but I do get in a panic just at the thought of dealing with them. … [Read more...]
Three Reasons You Must Take Your Vacation
By Kevin Eikenberry You've got questions and we've got answers. Hi, I'm Kevin Eikenberry, answering the questions that new leaders ask us. Actually, it's our goal to help all leaders become more productive, successful and confident. Today, I'm answering a question about how important vacations are for leaders. Are you ready? Let's go. The question I get is this: How … [Read more...]
The One Thing You Must Have as A New Supervisor
By Kevin Eikenberry The support that newly promoted supervisors are given varies-- a lot. While there are some organizations that have a clear training and development process for these new leaders, for many others, there is little to nothing. Many of these new supervisors are moving from the work that they were doing to leading people who are doing the work that they … [Read more...]
Three Questions You Can Use in Difficult Conversations
By Guy Harris Eventually, all leaders find themselves in difficult conversations. It might come as a result of a conflict between team members, as part of a sensitive coaching/feedback discussion, or when reconciling different ideas for how to proceed on a project. There may be weeks or months between them, or you might have three difficult conversations in one day. How they … [Read more...]
How You Can Accelerate Your Learning
By Kevin Eikenberry The world is changing, faster than ever. While this can be exciting news for an achievement minded person, like you, it also causes a challenge: it is much more difficult to be truly great at anything. If we want to be highly effective, successful, and productive, we must accelerate our learning. Here is five step process you can use to get good at … [Read more...]