Mistakes do not erode trust. The way we face mistakes erodes trust. In the Dimensional Leadership™ model, increased self-awareness helps us recognize how the way we show up to our mistakes affects ourselves, as well as others. The responsibility of the role you are in, regardless of title, has a certain expectation that builds up […]
How do you know what your key performance indicators for your business are, especially during chaotic times?
Business readiness requires thoughtfulness surrounding how to bring business strategy into everyday actions. This article touches upon necessary milestones that connect strategy and action in a way that is useful for preparing and planning.
Improve your listening and improve your results. It is a learnable skill. By becoming a better listener, you can improve your productivity, ability to influence, persuade and negotiate.
With technology changing so quickly, and the way we use technology ever-evolving, we are always facing a sense of urgency. It’s weighty. It’s unclear. It becomes a playground for doubt.
What does your company tend to downplay when evaluating an opportunity? We asked that question to our audience, and majority answered that it was a capacity to complete.
Don’t let change influence the direction of your growth. Just don’t. Don’t do it. (If you chortled just a little, you got it … change is a constant.)
Self-imposed limits are just that: put on you, by you. Situations navigated at different stages of your life create how you navigate the world today.
Communication problems come from shortcuts. The shortcuts we make automatically to be efficient with our time and to be able to do more with the time we have.
Our recent questionnaire confirmed what we already knew – there is no single way to lead well. Defining what makes good leadership and a good leader, can not be explained by some mathematical equation. However, most of the time, people agreed that leadership needs to be consistent, and those good leaders have to keep on […]
Priorities are necessary when we are making decisions. Regardless of size, the options you consider and choose from set the direction of your next steps.
With gobs of information about leadership available on different styles, approaches, and what to do to build your own leadership, leadership seems elusive. On the surface it seems to be hard to grasp. Terry “Starbucker” St. Marie, a guest on the BOLD Business Podcast, uses words like caring, respect, connection, and trust. Our life experience […]
When you set a short- or long-term goal, you have identified an expected outcome. By the time you complete the goal, does the outcome look anything like you initially planned? The answer was unanimously NO from the 100 people I asked. Every single person said the starting goal looked nothing like the expected ending … […]
When we are driven to get to our goals, we try to do more in the same amount of time and zero in on improving our time management skills. Setting clear goals is also important to building confidence and results. Yet there is a piece that ties both together: Achievement. The capability to achieve is the result of clear goals and an understanding of time management.
Compromise boils down to being respected and feeling understood. Yet, most of the time, we experience a reaction in our memory or body that is negative when we hear the word. The negative reaction stems from us – when we didn’t really know what we wanted.
Prioritizing is a skill with several steps. This is the first in a series of articles that will break down and explore the importance of each step. When we practice conscious prioritization, we see more – hear more – and make better decisions.