Five Ways to Maximize Peak Leadership Performance

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Gain More Focus, Clarity, and Effectiveness For Peak Performance Throughout Your Day Every leader is unique. As is their distinct mix of talents, skills, and leadership traits. As a result, achieving peak performance looks quite different from leader to leader. However, every leader’s performance—positive or negative—is directly influenced by the ways in which they work.…

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Setting goals that boost your leadership impact

The practice of setting and reviewing your goals is as essential to your leadership journey as it is to your personal growth. Goals can help you clarify your priorities, thereby empowering you to make conscious choices about where to spend your time and energy. Your journey towards achieving your goals can also challenge your thinking…

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Consider a fresh perspective to get unstuck

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When you find yourself stuck, have you ever noticed how a different perspective can change everything? It can often be the breath of fresh air you need to get yourself moving when you’re not sure how to proceed. Sometimes it’s as simple as looking at a problem from a different angle. At other times it’s…

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Communicate with HEART and watch your people thrive

Communication styles naturally vary from leader to leader. They may even look and feel dramatically different. However, if you want to engage, inspire, and empower those you lead, focus on the most effective communication styles and practices. In particular, the approach I call communicating with HEART. HEART = Honesty + Empathy + Authenticity + Relating…

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Regular assessments are a must for leadership and career success

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Leadership ‘tune-ups’ are as important for your leadership as your car. You’ll keep your effectiveness engine running at its best when you make a habit of regularly assessing – and finetuning – your leadership skills and overall performance. Otherwise, you’re bound to repeat your mistakes or continue defaulting to the behaviours that may be hindering…

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Better listening makes you a better leader; four ways to listen well

Better listening makes you a better leader; four ways to listen well

As a leadership coach, I do a lot of listening. In addition to helping clients strengthen their listening skills, I frequently challenge myself to be an even better listener. I make it a priority because listening is the skill most highly correlated to leadership effectiveness. In reflecting on some of my most valuable ‘listening’ experiences,…

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Lead from the heart to bring out the best in your people

Have you ever wondered why some leaders are so much more effective at bringing out the best in their people? When I facilitate professional development workshops for leaders, I often invite participants to reflect on the leaders they have worked with and most admired. Leaders who served as positive role models and fueled their growth…

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Resilience is the skill you need for lifetime leadership success

Leadership Resiliency

Resilience may prove to be your most important lifetime leadership skill. Why? Resilience is the skill you need most to work effectively amidst a wide range of life and leadership challenges. Specifically, the challenges you face in times of uncertainty, stress, volatility, and change—whatever the source. Setbacks, even outright failures, are inevitable for every leader.…

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How to thrive as a leader when the going gets rough

Leadership self care when things are rough

Every leader’s performance—positive or negative—is directly influenced by the ways in which they work. Peak performance requires the optimal use of your cognitive storehouse, your brain. Not just how you use it—but when. And that’s especially true during turbulent times when stressors begin to mount, and you can easily become overwhelmed. When you blend that…

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