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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.

March 8, 2020March 8, 2020

How to Stop Undermining your Leadership By Being a People Pleasing Manager

Communication in a leadership role is nuanced. It’s a balancing act between two subtly different leadership communication styles. One of them is being generally agreeable as a leader to keep the peace, but picking the battles where we will push back. The other is to stay agreeable as a leader and being run over by your staff because you will not stand up because you want to people please. This latter is a very dangerous practice. You need to stop undermining your leadership by being a people pleasing Manager.

Your leadership is undermined when you are too focused on people pleasing. In Management, it is our job to keep operations going, not to be everyone’s friend. It’s always nice to be friendly, but boundaries need to exist.

November 24, 2019June 25, 2020

Performance Review Phrases to Use for High Performing Employees

Performance review time is enough to elicit a hearty sigh from even the most seasoned manager. Although the review for the problematic employee can write themselves, writers block can occur when trying to find constructive feedback for a performance review for high performers. Below are some meaningful positive and negative feedback phrases that are associated with a high performing employee.