A few weeks ago, I wrote an article called 5 Ways To Know If Your Team Is Inconsistent. If you haven't read it, would you click on the link and check it out? Now that you've evaluated the team that you lead and you've discovered that they're not as consistent as you'd like them to be...now what? How do I help them become more consistent? Well, I'm glad you asked! Here are five ways to help increase consistency: Over communicate. When leading a team, I'm not sure that it's possible to communicate too much. I'm sure that it is, but...
The Five Step Method To Failing Well
I fail in life far more often than I care to admit. Maybe it's my perfectionist tendencies or just the high bar that I set for myself. Regardless, failure has been and continues to be a regular part of my life. I miss deadlines. I disappoint people. I forget important things. I spell words wrong when I'm typing. I would imagine that you've experience failure at least once before. Right? Please make me feel somewhat normal here... Over the years, I've been around others as they've failed. And some do it well...and some not so well. Let me be honest...
5 Reasons People May Not Be Following Your Leadership
There are times throughout a leaders tenure that he/she must look behind them and see if anyone is following. Are the goals that have been set being accomplished? Is the organization moving in a positive direction? Are people working together to achieve the desired outcomes? Losing your influence over the people that you lead often does not happen quickly...but, rather, happens over a period of time. People are forgiving at the beginning, but the longer you lead, the less they are willing to forgive your shortcomings. Those that you lead need to be led...want to be led. We've probably all...