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Does It Have to Be Perfect or Can It Be Good Enough?

Next Level Blog

Here are some of the tactics my clients have been sharing with me lately that they use to determine when something has to be perfect or “good enough” is good enough. When you satisfice, you accept an available option as “good enough.”. Is It a 10 or a 2? – One of the leaders I’m working with likes to ask himself, “Is this a 10 or a 2?”

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Don’t Blow Past Your Strengths

Next Level Blog

Over the years, I’ve seen that as an opportunity for leaders in both tactical and strategic ways. As a tactical example, you may have the strength of being able to quickly identify the next steps for action. Dial Them Down : Conversely, there are times when you need to dial your strengths down.

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How to Tame This Attention Span Killing Device

Next Level Blog

Leave it behind – In a 360 degree feedback survey I conducted for an executive client a few years ago, his direct reports left a lot of comments about how they felt unimportant because he was always distracted by something on his smartphone. All three of these tactics have a few things in common. So, how about you?

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What Gets in the Way of Listening

Harvard Business Review

She recently received 360-degree feedback from colleagues that she needed to improve her listening skills. While tactically there are many ways to strengthen your listening skills , you must focus on the deeper, internal issues at stake to really improve.

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Three Myths About Your Strengths

Harvard Business Review

Perhaps, you might assume that being extremely strategic could lead an executive to fail to focus on tactical, day-to-day issues. And again, that could happen, but it''s wrong to assert that strategic thinking causes people to stop thinking tactically.

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How Women Can Show Passion at Work Without Seeming “Emotional”

Harvard Business Review

That’s what we’ve found in our review of more than 1,000 360-degree feedback reports on female executives. If some colleagues, male or female, don’t respond to passionate appeals, they may respond more favorably to a different tactic. Support what your gut is telling you.

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How Poor Leaders Become Good Leaders

Harvard Business Review

Using 360-degree feedback data over a 12- to 18-month period, we were able to track what, exactly, the leaders who'd made the most significant progress were doing. Getting leaders to stop and look at the bigger picture can help them see potential problems sooner and focus more on strategic and less on tactical issues.