Leadership Development Archives

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020

Powerful and Persuasive Words to Use as a Leader

It’s not what you say, it’s the art of how you say it. Art? Yes, language and tone is a powerful tool to persuade action as a leader. By choosing your words carefully and paying close attention to tone, you control your messaging. Through this careful messaging, you can persuade and change how people view you and your leadership. Read below to learn some powerful and persuasive words to use as a leader.

May 17, 2020May 17, 2020

How to Use the Generational Similarities to Lead in the Workplace

Just to make your leadership more of a challenge, you get to lead Generations X, Y, and Z. Since I’m sure you have not been managing from under a rock, you have likely heard that there are generational differences at play in your workplace. There is the theory they these groups have different motivations and work styles that are not always compatible with each other. They actually are not so different – here is how to use these generational similarities to lead in the workplace.

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020

Questions to Ask Yourself As A Leader To Find Out If You Lead By Example

Do you want to be by your teams side when they succeed, or be the reason that they fail? By being an inspiring leader, you let your team know what’s possible and you can be a shining example. Staff respond better to a leader who is willing to get their hands dirty and feel that their leader is ready to battle along with them. Leaders achieve this response through their leadership authenticity and leading by example. While many leaders aspire to this status, they fall short because they do not realize what a powerful leadership tool it is to have your staff emulate your examples. To find out how you can achieve this, below are a list of questions to ask yourself as a leader to find out if you lead by example.

March 28, 2020May 7, 2020

How to Manage your Virtual Team from Home

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Are you an experienced work from home guru, or just starting out? Managing a virtual team from home is completely different than a traditional office space. Read on to find out how you can lead a productive team from home – keep up your team’s progress, check in on milestones, and keep up the teamwork in your pajamas!

A hilarious article by CNN reports that sales of business attire for your top half is increasing, but bottoms are decreasing. The trend to work from home is on the rise in the face of a global pandemic. Now that so many are working from home, will there be a push when this is all over to continue?

March 7, 2020March 10, 2021

Creating a SWOT Analysis – On Your Own Leadership Skills and Abilities

Let’s do the opposite of a performance review. A performance review is done annually with your boss where you highlight all of your accomplishments and minimize (but provide lessons learned) of any shortcomings. Instead, you’re going to take an honest and confidential look to assess your leadership skills and abilities using the SWOT analysis tool.

June 2, 2018May 20, 2020

How to Develop Mental Toughness as a Middle Manager

Mental fortitude is a term entering the business world that was borrowed from elite athletes. Understandable, as mental toughness is believed to align with better performance. Having a high sense of self-belief mixed with the attitude that one controls their own destiny allows us to persevere through difficult circumstances. Simply put, mental fortitude is unshakable confidence that you can get through the current challenge facing you. Here is now to develop mental toughness as a middle manager.