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You Can Be A Leader Too!
What’s your idea of a leader? Many people I have encountered from different walks of life and career paths do not see themselves as or consider themselves leaders. Why is this so? I think most people have an ill-conceived notion of who a leader is. They see power...
The Journey from Uninspired to Great-full
Just three years ago, I was so uninspired that I found myself walking around literally asking people, “What makes me unique? What makes me valuable?” It was frustrating, and exhausting. I kept hoping someone’s answer would fill void I felt inside. Alas, they couldn’t...
How to Get Unstuck and Get Moving
Nearly every person I’ve met at one point or another in their life has needed to get unstuck. They have either been doing the same thing over and over again or just don’t know what the next step should be. The exact same thing happened to me and here, I share my story...
Land Your Dream Opportunity: An Interview with Zephan Moses Blaxberg
Just two years ago, Zephan was working a full time job with a top technology company and was frustrated with his inability to do the work he loved. Since we went to the same gym, I got to experience not only his struggles, but also his breakthroughs. Nearly every day,...
Misti Moments: Bored Employees Quit
Are your employees bored? Get them excited about their jobs and watch retention rates soar!
3 Steps to Resolving Team Conflict
Your Question: How do I resolve team conflict? How do I get team members to move past their history and associated baggage to do what is best for the team or organization? My Answer: This question is often posed from a “generational conflict” perspective, yet the...
How to Get Chosen for the Task
Reader Question: How do I get more opportunities to contribute? Why doesn’t my boss (or colleagues) pick me for projects? How do I get chosen? Another great question! Not only have I gotten this question, I’ve heard many leaders get the same one. Back in January,...
7 Ways to Replace Complaining With Lasting Commitment
Getting work done through others is exhausting when your team is full of complainers. They come to you with problems, rather than solutions, and find creative ways to engage their co-workers in their negativity. Cheryl, the chief operations officer of a technology...
How a Humble Historian Can Make You a Better Leader
Primarily, we measure the success or failure of employee (and even customer) engagement by how dedicated they are to us, our product/service, our company, etc. Yet, we fail to measure the actions that motivate such caring. By “engagement,” I mean getting them to focus...
One Entrepreneur’s Secrets To Success: Interview with Kate Erickson
Kate Erickson is a creator, engager and implementer over at EntrepreneurOnFire, a 7-day a week podcast that interviews today's most inspiring and successful entrepreneurs. She is also the host of Kate's Take: The EntrepreneurOnFire Audio Blog and author of The Fire...
Is it good to provoke people?
"Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe." Winston Churchill What comes to mind when you hear the word provoke? Most people have...
Become a best place to work: Lessons from a 13-year-old Jewish girl
Another great question from you, my listeners – Thank you! Your Question: How do I make my company a best place to work? Thousands of leaders have visited Zappos to learn about what it takes to build a strong company culture. Ultimately, they want to become a magnet...
Do Religion and Leadership Go Together? An Exclusive Interview with Brian Holmes
“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’” – Brian Holmes Brain is the author of numerous books and curriculums, including the internationally acclaimed, The Ties That Bind, a...
6 Critical Steps to Securing Sponsorship, Followership, or Even Mentorship
Around this time last year, I decided to learn how to swim, and raise $500 for the Swim Across America Laboratory here in Baltimore. With a mean doggy paddle, fear of asking for money, and just fifteen weeks to make it happen, I was overwhelmed and quickly tired of...
Get Noticed: How to get the higher ups to acknowledge you as a leader
Another great question from you, my listeners – Thank you! Your Question: How do I get the "higher ups" to acknowledge I’m the leader of the team? How do I get my teammates to acknowledge that I’m the leader of the team? Tweet: “If your actions inspire others to dream...
How To Finish Important Projects
Before I head down to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where I finished my first book, From Boomers To Bloggers: Success Strategies Across Generations, I want to share a simple message with you. Here it is: Every single one of us has greatness within us. We all want...
Top leadership trait to stretching beyond limits
A very special “Thank You” all of your for asking such awesome questions! You can submit yours here. Your question, answered: What is the one trait that leaders must have that challenges us to stretch beyond our own limits to do our very best? Most of us unknowingly...
Are You a Grit or an Oat?
Looking up at his battered face, I longed to understand his experience of the world. I tried to imagine how the twelve-year old he once was ended up in prison? How had he even survived a gunshot to the head? How had he made it past eighteen, much less to thirty-four?...