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Have you ever had a dream job turn out to be a nightmare? You were told how amazing the culture, benefits, and teams were; but, did they tell you about what the company needs to improve? How about hearing firsthand from employees about their experiences? Probably not. Coming into a
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I had a great conversation with Shawn Richards talking about how we work to build strong teams. Without a doubt, working with fantastic people and building a strong culture is key to success. We aren't perfect at it, but we work very hard at creating strong teams.
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When everything is going right, good leadership seems easy to do. Under good leadership people are happy, tasks are getting done, and everything is seamless. It’s an illusion if I say that it’ll be like that forever. Because at some point in time, we’ll face tough times.
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A little appreciation goes a long way. Imagine the feeling of staying late at work to help someone else. You got all your work done for the day and your ready to go home, when a colleague or manager of yours asks if you can help them with something. You
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Do the best you can, to achieve the most you can, with what you have. What’s great about work is it develops us. By its very nature, we are challenged. We learn more and more about ourselves, things like determination, responsiveness, accountability, problem-solving, and self-control to name a few.
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The road to success is paved with failures, just like the road to failure. Wait, what!? It’s true. Both the road to success and the road to failure have moments where things will go badly. Moments where deadlines won’t be met, where procrastination occurs, and where people will
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Leaders are supposed to be there for you. They are supposed to be rational, responsible, and respectful. Whether these qualities are present, or not, it’s important to make the most out of the situation. No matter how bad their behavior is, try to avoid it. Try to let it
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Some think that with the role comes respect. Others believe that because of the role, they are owed respect. Either way, it doesn’t do anyone any good to respect someone else solely because of their role. Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not
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To control and monitor everything in a team, situation, or place is time consuming. Let’s say you are assigned a task, and instead of the manager leaving you be to go do their own thing, they interfere. They come back to “check on you” but end up correcting you
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There are a lot of factors that will contribute to your success, but the biggest factor will be yourself. Let me go back, believing in yourself. Whether something is achieved, or not, it first begins as a thought. And as that quote from Lao Tzu goes on to explain, your
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When addressing the qualities of a “good leader,” these are a few that often get brought up: humility, delegation, listening, problem-solving, optimism, vision, diplomacy, etc. The list usually goes on to mention commitment, courage, resilience, empathy, patience… honesty, confidence, creativity, intuition, motivation, accountability, trust, purpose, influence, etc. Leaders might possess
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Questions are an invitation. They challenge peoples’ mentality to think. When leaders give out answers or tell others what to do, the opportunity to be creative is taken away. For instance, if I were to ask you why the sky is blue, what would your answer be? While I pause