The impostor syndrome is so prevalent in management, and especially in fast growing startups. It takes a high-achieving person to accomplish a promotion to management and/or become hired by a rocket ship of a startup, so the feeling that you are inadequate is super prevalent. I want to discuss what the impostor syndrome is, who […]
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Do you find yourself stuck in the past? Maybe there’s something you want to do, but you aren’t sure you can because of your past performance? “I’ve never been able to do that before, or successful at it, so what makes me think I can in the future?” What I want you to try, is
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How much of your life is caused by you, and how much of it happens to you? For a large portion of my life I felt like it was all happening to me. I was the victim, and I couldn’t control the people around me who were causing all of these “awful” things to happen
I know I’m not the only one who wonders… Is it nature or nurture that makes a person successful? We’re going to answer that age old question today. …for the workplace at least. What does it take to succeed? There may be people who report to you, that despite your best efforts, time, patience, and
By now you know that in order to empower your team, and free up your precious time, you need to delegate tasks to your team. But maybe you’ve been burned in the past when you’ve delegated, or maybe you’re not sure how to do it right. You’re in the right place. Here is… The Delegation Ladder This delegation
Raise your hand if you dread giving critical (or “Redirecting”) feedback. Maybe you’re like me and you hate conflict of any kind. Or maybe you don’t mind conflict, but you feel like every time you give feedback, it demotivates your employees… Ladies and gentlemen, I give you… The magic formula for telling someone what they did wrong —
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Did you know that Gallup estimates 70% of employees are disengaged in the workplace? They also estimate that 50% are looking for a new job. Sheesh! That’s a lot! Do you suspect that someone on your team is part of this 70% of disengaged employees? Or maybe you suspect you are part of that group? Today we’ll
I want to explain an idea called “Psychological Safety.” Google did an internal study to find out the attributes of their best performing teams, and the number one attribute was Psychological Safety. What is Psychological Safety? Team members feel safe to take risks and be vulnerable in front of each other. The result of having psychological
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