This 4-step approach will help you develop the mindset to strategically set hard boundaries and manage your workload. To think like an executive, you have to act like one!
How to Say What You Do with Impact: The Human Elevator Pitch
The Perfect Elevator Pitch...6 Tips for Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch...The Key Components of a Powerful Elevator Pitch... You know the advice. You know it’s in your best interest to have a short "pitch" ready in case you bump into someone with influ ...
How to Rise to the Decision-Making Challenge Like a Champion
After leaving his club in smallville Germany in 1998, Dirk Nowitzki landed with perennial losers The Dallas Mavericks. After a difficult start with his new club in the "big league", Nowitzki went on to lead the Dallas Mavericks to 13 NBA Playoffs, includ ...
How To Unlock Your Hidden Dragon Right Now
"Do I have permission to be creative?" This would be an irrelevant question to any artist or entrepreneur. After all, there's no need to get permission for something that comes naturally. But not everyone is Walt Disney or Steve Jobs. Wher ...
How to Make Change Catch Fire Like a Pyromaniac
An 'e' ticket? How did you feel the first time you left home with one of these in your pocket? Partly naked, I'm sure. "Never leave home without your ID, money or ticket." I realize there's a whole generation or two who might laugh at this 20th c ...
How To Lead A Difficult Conversation In A Way That Builds Trust
“I’ve noticed that you’ve been late on a few deadlines recently. Your motivation also seems to be quite low in our weekly meetings. My concern is that this is affecting your performance. Do you have any thoughts on where my observations might be coming ...
6 Powerful Behaviors to Facilitate Positive Change
Change comes about as a result of accepting what is, rather than a striving to be different (Beisser 1970). This was the key idea I presented in the LinkedIn Pulse article, "3 Powerful Steps to Embrace the Change Paradox". For any team leader or man ...