“We do not learn from experience but from reflecting on experience.” – John Dewey Do you know how others view you as a leader? Regardless of where you are in your career, self-awareness is a key building block for effective leadership. Being conscious of our...
In the previous blog What’s Your Leadership Style? Part One, I talked about five major styles of leadership: Autocratic Democratic/Participative Transformational Delegative Transactional We looked at Autocratic and its opposite approach, Democratic/Participative...
When it comes to leadership styles, which one is right for you? Each style has its own benefits and drawbacks, so if you’re in a position of leadership it’s important to figure out which one will work best for you and your organization or business. It...
A while back, a client told me about a training program she had attended about “executive presence” and how its tone-deaf message badly missed the mark. The narrow-minded, toxic key message centred on the idea that there is a specific and correct way to be an...
Our New (Temporary?) Normal It’s now been about two weeks since many workplaces implemented radical changes and sent workers home to work. This means managers/leaders have also started ‘leading from home.’ This transition would be hard enough if it were planned and...
