The greatest obstacle to launching isn’t the competition, lack of resources or strategy. The greatest obstacle to launching is you. [Read more…] about How Your Leadership Climate Impacts Your Team Forecast
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How to Change Roles Within An Organization
Considering a new role within your organization? If so, take some time to perform a “readiness” audit before you charge ahead. Here are 8 things you need to do. [Read more…] about How to Change Roles Within An Organization
3 Ways to Get a Promotion This Year
I received some great advice early in my career. I will never forget the conversation. I was fortunate to be traveling with our Vice President of Operations. We happened to be good friends and when you combine that with a two day trip, we were given the opportunity to engage in lots of conversations, one of which was how to get promoted. I simply asked him his thoughts on how to get promoted and I’ll never forget the answer he gave me. [Read more…] about 3 Ways to Get a Promotion This Year
Build a Network of Peers: Why and How to Start
Steven Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People said:
“Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.”
From the small but effective teamwork of a basketball team, to the interdependent collaboration of a massive business to achieve a common goal… examples of teamwork and community are everywhere. The true value of this collaboration is sometimes missed. It’s easy to forget, particularly in the busyness of launching something new, that we need teamwork and community to succeed and even more importantly, sustain that success. [Read more…] about Build a Network of Peers: Why and How to Start
How to Launch: The Final Step
If you’ve made it this far in the launch sequence, congratulations! You’ve done the hard part of making sure your idea, project or business isn’t simply adding to the noise of the marketplace, but truly fulfilling a need. [Read more…] about How to Launch: The Final Step
The Best Leadership Advice I’ve Ever Received
When I worked for an organization as its marketer, I was flattered when I was invited to give my input in important meetings, honored when asked to create departmental organization charts and proud to be known as the guy with the creative solutions.
But after years of fielding questions and giving advice to everyone from the sales team to event producers to my supervisor, I started feeling undervalued and under appreciated. I was still called a “marketer,” yet I was doing so much more than what my title said I did.
At the peak of my frustration, I received John C. Maxwell’s book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, and in it is a quote that changed everything. [Read more…] about The Best Leadership Advice I’ve Ever Received