The Leaders 15 Minute Guide to Having the Difficult Conversations
More often than any of us might like to admit, there comes a time when we have to have the difficult conversations with others.
Leadership Conduct & Behavior
Leveraging Dimensions of Diversity
“Always remember that you are unique just like everyone else.” – Margaret Mead*** A Dose of Reality An African American employee complained of unfair treatment and harassment based on race in her nursing department. The diversity leader in the organization was responsible for investigating such allegations. This diversity leader and …
HR: Friend or Foe?
A staunch, stiff HR department or even a staunch, stiff leadership culture is less likely to partner with management to identify and dismantle the things that are disruptive to employee engagement.
Doing Great Business Includes Monitoring Third Party Vendors
The role of outside vendors is to perform a service or provide products that make us more viable and position us for greater success. They should be held to the same standard of excellence as anyone else and closely monitored…
Four Keys to Thriving Leadership in Changing Times
Given the realities of the times we live in and the constantly changing normality, now is the time for leaders to consider amending their paradigms or consider changing industries altogether.
One Powerful Method to Boost Your Cultural Competence
In order to be culturally sensitive and exude cultural humility, we must have an accurate and healthy view of ourselves and a respect for others without an attitude of supremacy or superiority.
Master Your Leadership by Coaching
In developing ourselves as better leaders, we should see ourselves as coaches.
The 4 Ways to Use Fear to Inspire Change
Fear tactics or fearmongering…is a form of manipulation and can become dangerous when manipulating for individual or financial gain.
Why Being Colorblind is Bad for Inclusion
The way to raise non-racist children is not to create a society based on making others disappear through a self-imposed blindness, but it is to speak openly and honestly about the value people bring….
Investigating Bias & Discrimination: Protecting Your Organization from Common Barriers
There are multiple ways of protecting your organization from common barriers when investigating bias and discrimination but they only work if you’re committed to using them.
5 Pieces of Leadership Advice to Live By
“No one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is.” – Irvin Himmel*** Camille was a kind, educated woman. She was driven but soft spoken; a willing servant and a pleasure to work with. She was happy to marry the man of her dreams but it …
Congratulations! You’ve Learned the Mysteries of Trailblazing
A trailblazer is defined as one who blazes a trail that others can follow, in areas that have not yet been charted. When I think back about it, I feel myself wondering where that trailblazing woman is today.
Three Life Changing Lessons We Can Learn from Negativity
Negativity can come from within and it can also come from the people around us. To protect ourselves and propel ourselves forward there are three life-changing lessons we can learn from negativity if we ask ourselves the right questions.
Eight Great Meeting Ideas to Improve Your Meetings Today
“You have a meeting to make a decision, not to decide the question.” – Bill Gates*** Have you sat in meetings where only a select few get… or take… the floor to speak? Have you sat in meetings where freedom reigns and the conversation is all over the map? Maybe …
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Leadership: Three Ways to Avoid Organizational Failure
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison*** When I was young, my Dad loved watching westerns on TV, “cowboys” as my parents would call them. I didn’t see the attraction. I didn’t understand the appeal. Then one day, as my Father was …
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Ten Realities of Leadership that Lead to Success
“Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under led.”- Stephen Covey*** Stella Stella was a tough example of a woman. She ran her household, in spite of her husband and unfortunately, she ran him too. If you asked her husband, John about being involved in something or simply being present at …
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How Gaslighting Undermines Your Personal & Professional Confidence
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.*** A young 10 year old tells her teacher that a boy in her classroom keeps teasing, taunting and touching her. The teacher asks, “Did he hurt you?” “No,” the little …
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Understanding Critical Race Theory
“The child becomes largely what it is taught; hence we must watch what we teach it, and how we live before it.” – Jane Addams*** Critical Race Theory (CRT) is the idea that elements of racism exist within the major institutions of society, causing many of the inequities we have …