How to Hold a Team Mastermind Problem Solving Meeting
Nothing beats a great mastermind group to challenge your thinking, spark new ideas, and help you grow. Most of the time, we think of these mastermind groups as people from different organizations with similar levels of ambition and experience who meet to share ideas...
Don’t Let Limited Perspective Destroy Your Team
Limited perspective traps leaders and drives apart teams. Recently, I’ve watched an organization of passionate and caring people disintegrate. The limited perspective of leaders and team members has frustrated communication and problem-solving. They’ve devolved into...
Leadership Mistakes You Make When You’re Scared
Are you holding back? Is fear keeping you from leading well, advocating for your team, or confronting a poor performer? Or are you worried about making a mistake or how you’ll look? In this episode David examines how fear can cripple your leadership and steps...
5 Reasons Your Employees Ignore Your Coaching
Have you ever had (what you thought was) a great coaching conversation—your employee seems to get it—but fifteen minutes later they’re back to their old habits? So you give them more coaching, this time “louder” either literally, or through...
Are You Making This Tragic Accountability Mistake?
Have you ever noticed that lack of accountability is contagious? If you know your boss is paying close attention to your results (and how you achieve them), you’re more likely to be absolutely certain that your team is doing the right thing, at the right time....
What To Do When You’re Losing Your Soul
What do you do when you feel like you’re losing your leadership soul? You don’t like how you’re treating people. You’re not living up to your own values. Or you’re overwhelmed and not sure you can get the results...
How Managers Can Reclaim Their Lost Soul
In a recent leadership development program, we talked about “manager soul loss” – the isolation, bitterness, and despair that seeps into many leaders’ hearts. We share the stages of soul loss and symptoms to look out for to help leaders identify and prevent them...
How to Talk With Your Boss When You Totally Disagree
Talk with your boss when you disagree—you might be surprised at the results. I was seething. The CEO had just asked my team to do something that I felt lacked integrity, was unprincipled, manipulative, and put our clients in a bad position. On top of all that, it...
