Your leadership and management skills can be dramatically improved by taking a page out of the motorcycling playbook. This past weekend I took a training course in how to drive a motorcycle from Rider Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota. To say I stretched myself would be an understatement. I was left fatigued at the end of each 9 hour day. [...]
We don’t often consider the way decision making is driven by energy: anabolic (positive) and catabolic (negative).
“The final mystery is oneself” — Oscar Wilde Would you spend the rest of your life following the notions of a 12-year-old child? Probably not. Why is it then that people feel attached to the life trajectory and vision they formed at that age? When we’re young and imagining our futures, we don’t understand the [...]
How to Prepare for a Meeting The first seven steps to prepare for a meeting are: 1. Set a clear and achievable goal for the meeting How to Prepare for a Meeting: Steps #1 & 2 that is in line with the organization’s vision and mission 2. Choose the appropriate type of meeting: decision-making, informational, [...]
The first four steps of how to prepare for a meeting are: 1. Set a clear and achievable goal for the meeting that is in line with the organization’s vision and mission [How to Prepare for a Meeting: Steps #1 & 2] 2. Choose the appropriate type of meeting: decision-making, informational, motivational, or creative [How [...]
How to Prepare for a Meeting The first three steps of meeting preparation are: 1. Set a clear and achievable goal for the meeting How to Prepare for a Meeting: Steps #1 & 2 that is in line with the organization’s vision and mission 2. Choose the appropriate type of meeting: decision-making, informational, motivational, or creative [...]
How to Prepare for a Meeting Once you have a clear and achievable goal for the meeting How to Prepare for a Meeting: Steps #1 & 2 that is in line with the organization’s vision and mission, and you’ve chosen the appropriate type of meeting, selecting the right participants ought to be easy! Sadly, it’s not. [...]
How to prepare for a meeting is important for all employees and critical for any manager or leader. Step by step process that will improve your meeting preparation and wow your co-workers
Leaders who want to see far into the future, look first into the past. Is this a habit that needs nurturing?
Four Goal-Setting Questions Here are four critical goal-setting questions to ask: What do you want? When do you want it? What are you willing to give up getting it? Yes, I know that is only three questions, and no I don’t have a problem with math. But the fourth question, if uncovered [...]
Work to Do Before You Network The informational interviews I’ve given typically fall into two categories: 1. The job hunter arrives relatively unprepared and asks questions that arise through the natural course of conversation. He wants to know about the type of work I do and if I have any recommendations based upon his particular [...]
Creating a Personal Marketing Plan A personal marketing plan isn’t a bio or a résumé, though it draws from the same well. A personal marketing plan demonstrates how your unique skills and talents would be ideal for a specific position (or two) in a particular organization/market. A personal marketing plan should contain the following: Position [...]
Core Values If you want to find a new position or career that’s right for you, first you need to know what you think is right given your values. What are your core values? Your core values won’t only help you find the right path and position, but will also make you a stronger leader, [...]
How to lead an efficient and effective meeting Communicate the importance of attendance, participation, and punctuality. If key staff members don’t show up, cancel the meeting. If their absence has been approved in advance, have them delegate their decision-making responsibility to someone else in the meeting. Make sure all agenda items are aligned with your [...]
Creating a strategic plan is quite an undertaking for a business. Not only are you often hiring outside firms for facilitating the process but you are using an enormous amount of internal resources for gathering data converting it to meaningful information and sorting that data over 3 to 5 days of meetings of your key [...]
