The Empowered Buisness

APRIL 6, 2014

For example, when a company is stuck or has plateaued, I often hear reasons like …. The Real Problem Is Your Leadership “Map.”. A statement still widely used in many contexts, including management. While your leadership mental maps can actually create many problems in your organization, let’s look at 2 common examples.

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The Empowered Buisness

JULY 14, 2015

Your underlying (and often unconscious) attitudes and motivations determine what you pay attention to and focus on in your leadership role. Before delving into 7 key leadership motivation patterns, let’s first look at 3 often-missed truths about performance. Satisfy the motive and you will manage the behavior.

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The Empowered Buisness

MAY 6, 2014

Willpower is one of the least understood concepts, especially in the world of leadership. To make tough decisions, manage never-ending changes and handle the demands of their roles, leaders rely heavily on willpower to make things happen. Living your company’s purpose and values takes daily leadership discipline and self-control.

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The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 2, 2014

These are just a few examples of how companies, even with great cultures, can go to the dark side. A past client company with a strong people-oriented culture – one that I deeply admired when I first started working with them – is one such example. A good example is the obsession with positive thinking within organizations.

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The Empowered Buisness

MARCH 4, 2014

For example, assessing a competitor’s strengths focuses on content. While the structure of your thinking may view competition at a higher elevation, such as the changing forces in one’s industry and impact on the competitive landscape. Example of Holistic Thinking: Bill Gates and Paul Allen did not invent anything to start Microsoft.

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The Empowered Buisness

APRIL 14, 2015

In 1987, I flew to LA to a women’s leadership conference for one reason only. Leadership p resence includes character, charisma and self-confidence YET is much more. The BIG question is … How can YOU develop your own leadership presence? I learned, for example, to own my space as a speaker by claiming the stage as my “home.”

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The Empowered Buisness

OCTOBER 30, 2013

As a hiring manager, you are dazzled by first impressions, how good the person looks on paper, credentials, advanced degrees, well-prepared interview responses, etc. Examples could include driving history check, credit check, drug tests if necessary, etc. I’ve have heard too many leaders’ hiring regret stories.

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