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How to Give More Effective Feedback
Giving feedback is a huge part of leadership, but few leaders do it effectively. Here are two simple tips to get the best results from your feedback. The post How to Give More Effective Feedback...
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A Senior Exec Reveals the Myth of Experience
It’s a common myth: the more experience you have, the better, right? As a senior executive from Procter and Gamble explained to me, that’s not always the case! The post A Senior Exec Reveals the Myth...
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The Real Truth Behind Obstacles
What’s going to get in the way of you producing the results you want to produce this year? If you find yourself coming up against some obstacles, you might want to watch this short video! Now it’s your...
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Why You Should Set High Expectations
It’s easy to blame a team member for underperforming. As a leader, however, you may be partially responsible. The bottom line is this: if your team isn’t performing as well as you’d like them to, it...
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3 Ways Travel Makes You a Better Leader
Can a vacation make you a better leader? Absolutely! In fact, travel (especially international travel) provides numerous leadership lessons. Here are just three of them. Now it’s your turn. What...
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Why Consistency is the Key
Do you wonder why you’re not producing the results you’d like–in both your personal and professional life? Maybe it’s time to take a look at the things that you do every day. What you do consistently...
View ArticleHave You Set Your Bar High Enough?
If your team isn’t performing at the level you’d like them to, maybe you need to look at where you’ve set your own bar. The post Have You Set Your Bar High Enough? appeared first on The Executive...
View ArticleHow to Lead When Things Go Wrong
It’s relatively easy to be a leader when everything’s going well. But what about those times when things go wrong? What do you do then? It turns out the answer is not easy…but it is simple. Real...
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5 Ways to Build a More Cohesive Team
I hear it all the time: “How can I get my team to all focus on a single goal? How can I get them pointing in the same direction? Honestly, some days ‘herding cats’ seems easier than leading my team!” I...
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3 Things High Achievers Listen To
Elite athletes will tell you that much of their physical performance is driven by what they put in their bodies. Elite leaders will tell you that much of their mental performance is driven by what they...
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The 5 Dumbest Things Leaders Say
“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom” – Gen. George S. Patton. “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe” – Abraham Lincoln. “Great minds...
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Is Your Experience Causing You to Make Bad Decisions?
One of the greatest benefits a long-term leader can bring to his or her organization is their experience. The experienced leader has seen it all before. The experienced leader isn’t likely to get fazed...
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5 Not-So-Obvious Mistakes People Make When Setting Goals
“In the Spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” So says Tennyson. “In December a young (and not-so-young) leader’s fancy somewhat more heavily turns to thoughts of goals for the...
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Are Your Policies Getting in the Way of Your Team’s Creativity?
All businesses depend on innovation to stay ahead and thrive in an ever-more-competitive landscape, and all innovation begins with a creative idea. But many businesses have set up policies that...
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Becoming Timeless: Bowie, the Beatles, and Apple
David Bowie existed before Ziggy Stardust, but it was Ziggy Stardust that put him on the map. The striking, glam costume; the red hair; the over-the-top Spiders from Mars tour—all these elements, plus,...
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What’s the Best Size for Your Team?
Leaders—good leaders, that is—put a lot of thought into the makeup of the various teams for which they’re responsible. They’re very concerned with, as Jim Collins put it, “getting the right people on...
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Why “What” Is More Important Than “How”
Part of a leader’s job—a big part—is to define the destination. You can call it the vision, the target, the goal. At a certain point, these terms become almost interchangeable. They are all some...
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Are You Speaking Your Customer’s Language?
Here’s a quick quiz for you. If you want to have a great conversation with someone who speaks only Italian, and you speak both English and Italian, which language are you going to choose? If you said...
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How to Produce a #1-Rated TV Show
It would be good to be Shonda Rhimes, wouldn’t it? She’s the creator and producer of not one, not two, but three hit TV shows: Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder. Along the way...
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The Power of Consistency
I shouldn’t be writing this. Really. If I had any sense, I wouldn’t be writing this. I wouldn’t be writing anything. Why? Because it’s late at night on Sunday, and I have an early flight tomorrow...
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