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Why be reactive when you can be productive? Prioritization is an effective leadership skill you should be honing.
When every day presents multiple business and leadership problems and opportunities, here’s a way to better prioritize your work and that of your team.
Are you a to-do list maker?…
How to reframe the filters that hamper effective communications and leadership
Reframing filters helps you create stronger connections, communicate better, and generate positive results
Filters are ideas/thoughts/perceptions that we form over time, and they are constantly affecting how we think about…
Understanding filters is essential to effective communication and leadership
If your communication skills aren’t as effective as they need to be, or your leadership style isn’t getting the results you want, it’s time to adjust your filters.
“#NoFilter” may…
Leadership quotes about resilience
Inspiring quotes about resiliency and leadership from psychologists, authors, executives, activists, political leaders, and motivational speakers.
Resiliency is being a good leader in an imperfect environment, not trying to create…
Great leaders have the leadership skills to build great teams: How strategically are you building yours?
Being able to build a team with a mix of temperaments based on the problems you need to solve is a leadership skill worth mastering.
Different temperaments—Guardians, Artisans, Idealists, Rationals—tend…
Know your audience, speak their language, and see your leadership effectiveness soar
Using knowledge of individual temperaments can help you troubleshoot issues, communicate more effectively, and ultimately lead more effectively.
Temperaments reflect the natural way someone is “wired”—their predisposition to think and…
Leverage your leadership temperament: What famous leader do you identify with?
The answer may depend on the particular temperament you’re born with.
A person’s temperament is the combination of their mental, physical and emotional traits—their natural predisposition. Temperament governs how…
Skills for effective leadership: 5 keys to master effective communication
Your biggest communication challenge is to bridge the communication gap between the message that is sent and how it is received.
If you have an important message to deliver—a speech,…
Skills for effective leadership: Correcting communication breakdowns
“You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” – Lee Iacocca
Communications break down for many reasons—messages go undelivered, are misunderstood,…
Skills for effective leadership: Owning communications—for better or worse
“The two words ‘information’ and ‘communication’ are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.” – Sidney J. Harris