Are you following the 4 rules for getting valuable work done?
This week’s Step Up Tips focuses on an area of leadership that many find challenging: how to do deep work in the face of overwhelming demands on our time. We borrow from Leading Blog, in which the book by Cal Newport, Deep Work is highlighted. “The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare […]
How to stop chasing your tail: a truthful tale of leadership discovery
This week’s “Step Up” Tip focuses on a pervasive problem many leaders face: the proverbial “tail-chasing” syndrome. The “Chasing Your Tail” Situation In this story, our character, Brian, is clear about what he wants. He is reeling from being out of balance, working harder and longer, yet unable to complete things without a struggle to […]
How Recruiting Fails: Leadership Learning
This week’s Step Up Leader Tips focuses on a key leadership competency: recruiting talent. During my past life as a vice president of a retained executive search firm, I learned how much opportunity there is to educate companies for a more successful recruiting experience. Large organizations have HR departments and often employ internal recruiters or […]
Leadership Spring Cleaning: Getting Your House in Order for Productivity.
In honor of the beginning of spring, for the next two weeks Step Up Tips will offer information to help you increase your leadership productivity—using effective tools to change habits. Take my new client Linda. She recently came to me with two big goals for our work together; one is helping her create a productivity […]
How do you make your leadership development sticky?
This week’s Step Up Tips and Tools borrows from a book review in Leading Blog that reviews what is required to make your leadership sustainable. I have worked with many leaders who became frustrated after they’ve invested in training, development, and perhaps even coaching, yet are unable to make what they learn “sticky. To sustain […]