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Are You Coaching, or Fixing? Let Employees Solve Their Problems

March 1, 2017 By Lisa McKale Leave a Comment

Are You Coaching, or Fixing? Let Employees Solve Their Problems

Ever look up at the end of the week and think, Where’d all that time go?? I worked over 40 hours and I still have things left undone! Forget checking your calendar--yes, everything you needed to do was on there. What … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Skills Tagged With: coaching, conflict, decision making, leadership style, mentoring, problem solving, resolution, teamwork

How the Best Leaders Sell Their Ideas to Their Teams

February 20, 2017 By Audra Franchini Leave a Comment

How the Best Leaders Sell Their Ideas to Their Teams

As a leader, you’re tasked with making changes and coming up with innovative ideas all the time. But that’s only half the battle – the other half is getting your team onboard. After all, it’s natural for most people to resist … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Home Tagged With: confidence, decision making, leadership, meetings, Strategic thinking, teamwork

Knowing When—and When NOT—to Negotiate

January 25, 2017 By Lisa McKale Leave a Comment

Knowing When—and When NOT—to Negotiate

We’ve all heard the expression, “Never start a war you can’t win.” Or on a more practical level: “Pick your battles.” Which, it turns out, is something successful women do to our advantage most of the time. Women are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Skills Tagged With: Assertive, career advice, decision making, negotiating, Strategic thinking, success, women

Resolve to Work Smarter: Four Habits to Start in 2017

December 28, 2016 By Lisa McKale 2 Comments

Resolve to Work Smarter: Four Habits to Start in 2017

“It’s so easy to stay productive. I just consult my to-do list, start my day fresh at 6 a.m., and plow through until everything is crossed off.” … Said no busy manager ever. Truth is, no matter how dedicated we claim to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: career advice, decision making, delegating, Habits, motivation, time management

No Sweat: Channel Pressure to Face Difficult Situations

December 7, 2016 By Lisa McKale Leave a Comment

No Sweat: Channel Pressure to Face Difficult Situations

Ever feel your heart beating wildly, or blood pressure pounding in your head? Believe it or not, that’s a good thing. Women can harness pressure to spur action, prompt decisiveness and reinforce their own confidence in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: Assertive, career advice, confidence, decision making, leadership style, pressure, Strategic thinking

Top 4 bad habits great leaders don’t want to slip into

November 28, 2016 By Audra Franchini Leave a Comment

Top 4 bad habits great leaders don’t want to slip into

Ask yourself this: As a manager, when’s the last time you got feedback from your employees?  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: career advice, decision making, leadership style, motivation

Stop, Drop and Roll: Put Those Stress Fires Out (Without Getting Burned)

November 23, 2016 By Lisa McKale Leave a Comment

Stop, Drop and Roll: Put Those Stress Fires Out (Without Getting Burned)

We’re organized, punctual and efficient—most of the time. We’re great prioritizers and masterful schedulers. Despite all this, stress still happens. Even personal situations such as illness, family needs, moving or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life Balance Tagged With: career advice, decision making, empowering, health, schedules, stress

To Lead, We Don’t Have to Fix Everything (and Everyone)

November 2, 2016 By Lisa McKale Leave a Comment

To Lead, We Don’t Have to Fix Everything (and Everyone)

What’s one of the highest compliments many women leaders seek? That we know how to problem-solve. It’s an admirable trait, bringing to mind the ability to compromise, make hard decisions and win others to our way of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: career advice, decision making, fixing, leadership style, Supervising

Make Up Your Mind: The Informed Decision Maker’s Guide

October 14, 2016 By Lynn Varacalli Cavanaugh Leave a Comment

Make Up Your Mind: The Informed Decision Maker’s Guide

A special report from the Pennsylvania Conference for Women Got a big decision to make? Maybe this can help… When it comes to decision making, women have an advantage, said psychologist Therese Huston at the “How We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Skills Tagged With: career advice, decision making, leadership skills, leadership style

Leadership Lessons From the FBI: How Resilient Are You?

August 30, 2016 By Lisa McKale Leave a Comment

Leadership Lessons From the FBI: How Resilient Are You?

We all know that resilience is a key indicator of success. Take it from a former FBI agent---when your life is on the line, adapting to setbacks, possible failures and imminent danger, you have to learn to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: adversity, career advice, confidence, decision making, empowering, FBI, leadership style, mistakes, resilience

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