Leadership can be a lonely role. When you’re at the top, the weight of decisions, the pressure to perform, and the responsibility for others can feel isolating. Yet, as Jeff Oak shared in The Leadership Toolkit, the most effective leaders are the ones who break out of isolation and lean into authentic connection.
Growing Your Influence is important to your leadership success. Growing your influence requires a lot of effort, it requires a directed mind and deliberate action. You can accelerate the process of becoming a leader by following a few simple steps. Here are three ideas that have worked for me in accelerating leadership growth: 1. Network […]
“Leadership is influence” ~ John C Maxwell Influence is defined as the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something. I think as leaders we all want to have an effect on our people’s development. An effective leader is someone who understands the power of influence. This is […]
Fear is a constant, but so is faith. Fear of failure is a huge factor in the way we operate, especially in leadership. It’s a concern and a question for everyone. There is this notion that all failure is bad. In reality, unless you are willing to overcome the fears and approach failure, with a […]
The best lessons are taught on the spot. Sometimes in leadership, we hold our thoughts, and “bite our tongues” with our staff or our peers. We do this for what we think is saving feelings or just simply keeping the peace at work. But is it though? Are we doing what is best for the […]
Any successful person that we see… Their journey always started much earlier than where we are seeing it from. We pick up and see where they are from today without seeing any of the backstories. It’s easy to look out and see how much more successful others appear than how we do… It’s just that […]
You are an accomplished leader. You want your team to win. When we are in a leadership role, we all want the people that work for us to be accomplished and accountable. We want them to feel happy and satisfied with their positions and how they interact with us. And… we want that to reflected […]
We all feel this way from time to time. There is just not enough time. There are just so many things to get done and it seems like even with all of the tools that are available right now… I don’t feel like I have the time. How can I fit all of this in? […]
As good and true servant leaders, we all want to know how to influence our people and change people’s lives for the better. We want to impact them for good; we want the people we lead to grow and flourish and see brilliant levels of success. And we want to leave our mark, by teaching […]
This week I have another amazing guest… Sharifah Hardie of “Ask Sharifah” The FRONT podcast is going live! Sharifah Hardie, also known as Ask Sharifah, is the CEO of XroadsTV.com and InTheNewsPR.com. Sharifah is also Host of ‘Ask Sharifah’ a video interview webisode for entrepreneurs and influencers. AND she is an amazing woman and a […]