Dear, Brilliant, Powerful, and Achieved One, You belong exactly where you are. In the role you’ve worked so hard for. Around the table with the other executives and C-level leaders. I know it may not feel like that a lot of the time. But whatever garbage you’re listening to inside…

Effective Situational Leaders Say “I’m Sorry” (and These Other Three Phrases) Situational leadership isn’t easy when you need to pay attention to the diverse body of people under your guidance while applying the right type of leadership–directive, coaching, delegating, or visionary–to the situation and keeping your eyes on the ball…

How often does someone get promoted to a leadership (or C-level) position because they’ve produced amazing results in their technical role but do not have a clue how to actually lead? The answer: all the freakin’ time. And this promoting people into leadership without leadership development often is the reason…

Let’s get you up to speed in case you’ve not been following along. Situational leadership is critical to your team’s success. (Full stop.) There are four types of situational leaders: visionary, coaching, delegating, and directive. Meow, the name of the game in this blog post is delegating leadership, which is…

For Megan Trainor, it’s all about that bass, but for excellent performance from your teams, it’s all about that situational leadership. Four types of situational leaders are visionary, coaching, delegating, and directive. Today’s blog post is brought to you by the letter D for Directive Leadership. Defining directive leadership A…

Last month’s blog post covered situational leadership and its importance. I distinguished four types — visionary, coaching, delegating, and directing. This month we’ll dive deep into visionary leadership. Let me start by introducing you to my client Heidi. Heidi has been with the same company for 35 years. She started…

Everybody is a leader, AND everyone has barriers to their unique leadership expression that make them less effective or inspiring than they could be. On the surface, the barriers can look like barking orders or micromanaging or barreling through people to get shit done. And it can result in the…

When I coach people on using their natural talents via Clifton Strengths , the #1 talent people in this country have is Achiever. The Achiever’s motto is: “Get it done, get it done, get it done” and not just during the week. They’re even getting “it” (whatever it is) done…

Which are you going to choose — chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate is the commitment to the difference you want to make in the world and vanilla is the crap in your head. Chocolate is choosing to take the necessary actions to awaken your greatness so you can accomplish your dreams…