| By Susanne Biro | www.forbes.com | In my career, I have learned more about exceptional leadership by being on the receiving end of its opposite. Here are three fundamental things I have learned never do to others, simply because I know first-hand how damaging they can be. 1. Don’t lie. This includes blatant lies, half-truths and errors […]
Four Habits That Define Great Leaders
By Aaron Levy | www.forbes.com | In my work with over 5,000 leaders, I’ve found there are four traits all powerful leaders have in common. These leaders are master motivators, expert talent evaluators and powerful communicators, and they are courageous enough to serve their people by sharing the critical feedback each person needs to grow. Underneath each […]
How Leaders Really Improve
By Jeff Boss | www.forbes.com | It’s been said that when it comes to improvement you should dedicate more focus on developing your strengths than your weaknesses. The argument is that by improving what you’re already good at you become even better, thus compounding improvement. But I couldn’t disagree more. You can’t not improve when you try something you’re […]
How To Set Goals (And Why You Should Write Them Down)
By Annabel Acton | www.forbes.com | There’s some impressive science to back up goal setting. And yet it’s something we’re never taught or encouraged to do. But the statistics don’t lie, and make a strong argument for getting good at this skill; and making a habit of it. A Harvard Business Study found that the 3% of graduates from […]
Preparing For Performance Reviews, Part 2: Handling Feedback
By Jay Sullivan | www.forbes.com | Last week, I wrote about giving feedback during performance reviews. This week, I offer tips on handling the feedback you receive in the most productive and graceful manner. With 2017 wrapping up, shortly, we will all sit down to discuss with our manager how we performed on our goals for the year. […]
5 Ways To Get Unstuck And Fire Up Your Productivity
By Annabel Acton |www.forbes.com | We all get stuck sometimes, especially as entrepreneurs with heaving task lists. All too often, a problem or to-do item will crop up and suddenly we find ourselves in the procrastination twilight zone, spiraling in a sea of paralysis and unable to make progress. It happens. But it can be overcome. […]
How To Give Negative Performance Feedback, Part 1
By Caroline Ceniza-levine | www.forbes.com | Giving performance feedback can be tricky because ideally you want to turn the situation around but you don’t know how the person receiving the feedback will react. In this post, I’ll share suggestions for sharing negative performance feedback when you have a recipient who gets defensive. In a follow-up post, Part […]
Are You Too Fixated On Your Own Scoreboard?
By Forbes Coaches Council, www.forbes.com Over dinner, a former client and now dear friend shared that he was working on “scoreboarding” less. He explained that for too long, he had been too focused on what he achieved and how these goals were displayed to the world around him. He confessed that this obsession had changed how he […]