Tag: effective leader

When I facilitate leadership development sessions or coach leaders, I often hear, “That sounds like a lot of work.” My response, “Leading is hard work.  This doesn’t mean that being

Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous (VUCA) – that certainly describes the world we are living in today.   Prior to the shutdown brought about by the pandemic, it sometimes seemed to me that the world was spinning out

Often when I what a company is doing to engage employees, someone inevitably shares something like, “On Friday afternoons we can take an ice cream cart around!” “We’ll have a

A friend and I were recently preparing for a presentation by writing out conflict scenarios to show effective and ineffective ways to handle conflict. One particular scenario was between a

In the last post we talked about an important skill leaders need to build high-performing teams: facilitating conflict resolution. If you haven’t already read the previous post, take a moment

Leaders are responsible for two types of alignment within an organization: External alignment, where the focus is on positioning the organization to be in the right place and at the

In my article, Learn This Skill To Dramatically Improve Your Leadership Effectiveness, I discussed the importance of leaders being able to see the world from the perspective of those you lead