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How to Sync up Your Team for Success
Do You Know the 3 Components for Effective Alignment?
While weak leaders blame their followers for a lack of alignment, strong leaders know that it is their responsibility to create it. Alignment doesn’t just happen. It is created. Here are three ways to make it happen with your team.
7 Ways to Get Your Team to Take More Initiative
Try These Proven Methods to Spur Action and Get Results
Self-starters who take action and get things done are essential to any effective organization. But what are you supposed to do if your teammates don’t show initiative? I was recently talking with a friend. He was frustrated his employees didn’t take enough initiative. The lack was really affecting his business. The problem was he blamed […]
One Person No Leader Can Afford to Exclude
3 Reasons to Include The Spouses of Our Team Members
Last week I took my entire team on a Caribbean cruise to mark a major accomplishment. Celebrating success is something I really believe in. Family is also something I really believe in—and that’s why we included not only our employees and key contractors, but also their spouses on the trip. That meant accommodating more than […]
3 Powerful Habits Every Leader Needs to Excel
Plus 17 More That Will Give You a Significant Edge
When you think about leadership, what’s one word that matters more than almost any others? In his new book, H3 Leadership: Be Humble, Stay Hungry, Always Hustle, Brad Lomenick says “habit” is the key. More than 40 percent of the things we do throughout the day aren’t the result of decisions, he says. They’re habits. […]
No, You Don’t Need to be Great at Everything—and Why You Shouldn’t Even Try
One Belief Holding You Back in Business and Life
If you’re an entrepreneur at heart like me, it’s tempting to wear every hat in the business. This is especially true if you’re cursed with being halfway good at all those jobs. That’s not a compliment, by the way. I should emphasize the word cursed. Think of it this way: Would you intentionally hire someone […]