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The Imposter Syndrome is an Imposter!
Let’s say you imagine yourself in a leadership role, and IMMEDIATELY your mind says back to you, “Who, YOU?” Acknowledge how much power your mind has! It gets your spoon to your mouth reliably, it keeps you in your office chair while simultaneously saying, “take a...
The Imposter Syndrome is an Imposter!
Let’s say you imagine yourself in a leadership role, and IMMEDIATELY your mind says back to you, “Who, YOU?” Acknowledge how much power your mind has! It gets your spoon to your mouth reliably, it keeps you in your office chair while simultaneously saying, “take a...
Leadership Strategies for Building an Effective Team
In today’s business it is important to strengthen the links uniting you and your team if you are committed to being victorious. The reality is a leader without followers goes into battle alone. Leaders earn followers. So how do you garner their allegiance?...
The Key to Eliminating Poor Executive Decisions
Consider this statement, “Lack of clear thinking leads to poor decisions.” It seems obvious, right? However, clarity goes beyond decisions being made at the executive level. When clarity is present, people have the freedom that is created by clear boundaries—employees...
Dimension of Team Power #7: Team Trust
“Above all, success in business requires two things: a winning competitive strategy, and superb organizational execution. Distrust is the enemy of both. I submit that while high trust won't necessarily rescue a poor strategy, low trust will almost always derail a good...
Team Power Dimension #3: Encouraging Team Innovation
Wow, we are already on week three of our seven-week series. If you’ve missed the early content, you can start from the beginning by clicking here. Or if you’d rather read the topic in its entirety, you can download my complimentary eBook, 7 Dimensions of Team Power...
Executive Team Building: Team Killers and Builders
Executive team participation is a bit of a chess game. If you saw the first Harry Potter movie you know that sometimes chess can be dangerous to one's health! The Chess Board picture to the right shows a beheaded King, and the one below is called "King under Fire." I...
Why and How: Leader Vulnerability and Leader Transparency
Paradoxically, leader vulnerability is the access to real, authentic power, as scary as that thought is for leaders who have not tried it on. Being vulnerable happens when you are transparent; doing such things as telling it like it is even when the news is not...
Responsibility without Authority Feeds the Drama Triangle
I've been there and maybe you have too — being held accountable for producing a result, then given people to work with who do not report to you. Hah! Good luck! In executive team building the drama triangle must be identified and squashed. Sometimes unwittingly the...
When did you Last Challenge your Core Assumptions?
This is a critical question that causes many companies — and individuals — to suffer unintended conseqences. SO many of our actions are based on faulty assumptions. You really can challenge your core assumptions effectively. I offer you the possibility that doing so...
Why are A-Players Fired? Why do they Leave Voluntarily?
Let’s say an employee — let’s call him John — takes initiative to advance the team’s efforts to reach a goal. After much convincing he had team alignment, but his name was all over this project. His idea and its implementation fail. Is his failure a good thing or a...
Some Kernels of Sage Advice for Building an Effective Team
The importance of having a well-oiled, well-equipped and responsive team has been known and practiced for a long time. Great leaders in history such as Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were able to conquer whole populations with their teams. Certainly now, as...