Addressing Concerns People Have With 360 Assessments
I have had several recent conversations that raised questions about 360 Assessments. Really, more than questions, these were concerns people had or have heard about the use of, and implementation of...
View ArticleFocus on Future Results
In my issue of Powerquotes Plus yesterday, the quotation I picked was from Jack Nicklaus, perhaps the greatest golfer of all time. He said: “Focus on remedies, not faults.” This is a truth for...
View ArticleFeedback is a Gift
Last week, The New York Times published an interview with John Donahoe, President and CEO of eBay. While the entire article is instructive, in the opening section he talked about how he has dealt with...
View ArticleTips For Leading Generation Y
Members of our Remarkable Leadership Learning System were treated to a great Guest Conversation call this week. My guest was Bruce Tulgan, the author of many books, including his newest Not Everyone...
View ArticleHundred Percenters
This week’s Resource Recommendation – Challenge Your Employees to Give It Their All and They’ll Give You Even More By Mark Murphy Every leader I know would like to have an entire team of “hundred...
View ArticleWhat Do You See? – How Your Vision Drastically Affects Your Results
While I’ve never worn any sort of corrective lenses, at my age, I am becoming increasingly more aware of my vision. Things that were once perfectly clear are now sometimes hazy. I once took my vision...
View ArticleFeedback Shorthand
In a Bud to Boss Workshop earlier this week, a question was asked that I had some trouble answering at first, and because of that I have been continuing to think about it. Without exposing any...
View ArticleSeven Ways to Be More Comfortable and Confident When Receiving Feedback
There is lots of advice for leaders, managers and coaches on how to give better feedback. I’ve written and taught quite a bit about it myself. But today I want to write about something else. Something...
View ArticleThree Ways to Effectively Show Your Gratitude
Most people realize the value and importance of being grateful for the positive and meaningful things in their lives. Much has been written about the benefits of an attitude of gratitude. It doesn’t...
View ArticleThe Differences Between Feedback and Advice, and Why It Matters
Feedback and advice. In modern organizational life they are related terms. When you look at them grammatically, they are connected, but not as related as I thought before I researched them a bit. From...
View ArticleFive Ways to Recognize – and Value – Your Expertise
If this title has you scratching your head, wondering if I am suggesting you become an egomaniac, relax! That is the furthest thing from my mind (though I’ll talk about it before I’m through). The...
View ArticleUsing the Four Types of Feedback Effectively
You’ve likely heard when you deliver feedback it should be balanced. When you have heard that, what people typically are suggesting that you should strive to give people a balance of positive and...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Key to Effective Feedback
Every leader has, in a formal setting or not, needed to provide feedback on performance. In workshops around the world I have asked people to give me their best tips for providing effective feedback....
View ArticleYou (Really Are) Remarkable
Yes, I wrote a book called Remarkable Leadership and yes, Remarkable is a part of our branding. But the product I am excited to tell you about wasn’t created because I am building a brand. It was...
View ArticleAre You Playing Silent Leadership?
I recently learned of a version of soccer known as silent soccer. What is that you ask? It is defined as: A form of soccer in which spectators are not allowed to yell, cheer, or coach from the...
View ArticleThe Mighty Pen – Four Reasons to Write Positive Feedback Down
Every leader, supervisor, coach, team member and parent has been told of the value of giving positive feedback. We’ve heard reasons why. We’ve heard we don’t do it enough. We’ve learned all of the...
View ArticleA Powerful Activity for Your Office Christmas Party
Several years ago in December, some people asked me for a creative training opener. I posted a version of my idea on the earlier version of this blog then. Last Friday at Remarkable House, I used the...
View ArticleMaking Feedback Really Work
I didn’t grow up a Bruce Lee fan. I knew who he was, was aware that he died far too young, and, until the last few years, that was about all I knew or thought about him. Until I met Dwight Woods....
View ArticleThe Gift of Feedback
As we count down to Christmas, I am creating 12 daily leadership tasks, designed to be completed in 12 minutes or less that I am calling the 12 (Leadership) Days of Christmas. You can see the premise...
View ArticleThe Valentine’s Gift to Give To Your Team
Elementary School, Valentine’s Day. Everyone arrives with a bag filled with those small little Valentine’s Cards, signed, sealed with names on the outside of the envelope. Secretly, or not so...
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