Who is your leader? There’s an assumption that your leader is your boss. While that may be hierarchically true, placing the future of your career in someone else’s hands takes you out of the driver’s seat. In reality, you’re in control of your own behavior. In today’s environment, the.
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When you’re a sales leader and you’re behind on the number, it can become a downward spiral. A Chief Revenue Officer we work with summarizes his weekly meeting saying, “Eight months ago our dashboard was a mix of green and yellow. Today, every single item is red. When my.
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Many of us are having to put in extra work to rally ourselves and bring positive energy to work. When you show up mustering all of the enthusiasm you can, and someone else spews toxicity into the air, it can feel like a personal affront to your efforts. Yes,.
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What percentage of time do you spend in meetings? According to the Muse, If you’re a middle manager, it’s likely about 35% of your time. If you’re in upper management, it can be a whopping 50% (or even more if when you’re doing everything virtually). Meetings have a bad reputation..
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She loved the idea of the job. She loved the idea of the company. But from day one, she struggled to stay excited. One day she realized, the best part of this job is telling people I have it. My daughter’s friend had scored an impressive job with a.
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“Good job!” When her boss said it, Susan was delighted to hear the words out lout. She had worked late to complete paperwork for a client. The fact that he said it in front of the team made it even better. She was happy her boss had noticed. But.
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When the leader speaks, what is the team thinking? Think about your own mental talk track, what are you thinking about when someone of importance is speaking? When the boss stands in front of the team to lay out strategy or report results, the listeners process the information on.
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It feels like a gut punch. Has this ever happened to you? You think the meeting is going great. You’re confident about your presentation. Then, right in front of everyone your boss says, “That’s a terrible idea, what were you thinking, are you a fool?” Or maybe it’s not.
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Do you want people to care about your cause, idea or product? A client of mine, we’ll call him Don, was struggling to get funding for his startup. He had a promising software product; he’d done a test market; he had the data. People liked his presentation. Yet he.
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What’s more important? Getting the order out today, or creating a culture that will enable you to do 5,000 orders next year? The answer of course, is both. One task is urgent, the order today, it’s easy to understand what to do. The other issue is important, creating an.
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