Leadership, Quest Newsletter
What Makes Leaders Great
Do you have the missing link? When we survey participants in our seminars and ask, What are the characteristics of a great leader? The following are the most shared comments: Has a clear positive vision…
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Leadership
Attitude Is Everything in Conflict
Conflict is a natural part of life and can’t always be avoided. Sometime conflict has positive outcomes, other times conflict has negative outcomes. When it comes to conflict, a lot depends on your attitude. An…
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Communication, Leadership, Quest Newsletter
Is It Possible to be Too Open Minded?
“My boss tells everyone that he always has an open door,” an employee recently told me. “Technically he is correct in his statement. His door is always open. The problem is his mind is shut…
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Leadership, Quest Newsletter
6 Tips to Increase Your Reputation as a Fair Leader
Throughout my years as an executive coach, I’ve learned that scoring low in the area of fairness on a 360 Leadership Development Assessment prompts the same response from just about every leader: disagreement and/or astonishment….
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Communication, Friendship, Leadership
Are Your Coworkers Driving You CRAZY!
Do you have people on your team that drive you nuts? In twenty years of consulting, I have learned that people described as “difficult” often times are not difficult at all, they are just different in their interaction and communication style. As a leader, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to …
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Leadership, Leading Change, Quest Newsletter, The Advisor
Can You Change Fast Enough to Not Become Obsolete?
In this rapidly changing world, one of the keys to being a successful leader is to be adaptable with a strong willingness to learn and change. A few of the powerful changes that are impacting today’s leaders include: technology; workforce demographics – the baby boomers are beginning to leave the …
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Communication, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Leading Change
6 Tips on How to Coach an Executive Who Doesn’t Want Help
We were asked to coach a leader by a CEO who said to us, “If this executive does not improve her leadership skills and her ability to build strong relationships with a diverse group of people, she is going to undermine her ability to ever be promoted in this organization.” The CEO …
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Leadership, Leading Change, Quest Newsletter
Challenging the status quo or derailing your strategic plan?
Are you allowing a senior leader to coast while organizational results and revenues are suffering? Most likely, this manager is getting enough accomplished to get by and satisfied by his performance. But, you face three major problems when your direct report is allowed to maintain the …
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Friendship, Leadership, Quest Newsletter
Ethical Leadership: A new kind of poverty?
Every day we are bombarded with news about decisions made by leaders that cause us to question their integrity and ethics. So much so that we have banned the news in our home, especially after 7:00 p.m., to stave off the restlessness that comes with this kind of news and in the hopes of getting a sound …
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Communication, Leadership, Vision
10 Traits of a Great Executive Team
The success, or the failure, of an executive leadership team can be felt throughout the organization. Strong teamwork and communication at the top, trickles down through all levels of management, to front-line employees. However, when…
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