20 ways to make it easier Being a manager can be a thankless job, with demands from your boss, co-workers, employees, and just about everyone else. It can feel like all the work is falling on you. You don’t get much respect and, in many cases, not much acknowledgment. You are being pulled in a […]
Take Ownership of Your Work and Stop Making Excuses
Do you truly and always take ownership, ownership of ideas, thoughts, and work products? When I think of ownership, I often equate it to values and beliefs. If you say or do something, you own it and should believe in it. Ownership is part of your value and belief system. In other words, you always […]
5 Ways a Coach can Move you Forward
How did you do on meeting your goals last year? Did you accomplish all or at least some of what you planned to do? If you could look back, is there one thing you didn’t finish? My guess is you answered like most people and didn’t accomplish all you wanted to. You most likely got […]
Three Words To Drive Success
Each year you should choose three words that will help you stay focused on what’s important. The words relate to everything you do. It also helps to say no to projects and tasks that won’t help drive you toward meeting your outcomes for the year. I learned about this exercise years ago from Chris Brogan. […]
Three ways to check-in on how you are managing
Are you being your ideal manager? Are you congruent with your values and beliefs? It’s been a year, as you know. Besides COVID, we are coming out of the winter months. For some people, It was like a double whammy. Locked in from COVID and dark and cold from the season. You may be emotionally […]