Do you volunteer your time and expertise? Are you a leader in your professional or volunteer organization? This episode includes insights for volunteers and volunteer leaders. Today, I am speaking with CPAs who serve as volunteers, board members, and committee leaders
An Authentic Interview with Boomer Muth: How you respond to a mistake as a leader.
This interview is recorded in front of a live audience who had just finished lunch at the Independence Golf Clubhouse. We had a terrific audience of business leaders who you will hear in the background during the interview. Since the
First-Time Managers Guide for Setting Performance Expectations
One of the common factors (of 6) that are missing is setting clear performance expectations. In today’s podcast, I share five reasons first-time managers don’t set clear performance expectations. I also share how to help team members to understand what
What You Don’t Know About Facilitating Meetings.
Should you wait to start a meeting to allow latecomers to arrive or should they start on time? In today’s podcast, I share my thoughts about starting meetings on time along with a list of reasons why. I also share
5 Signs Your First-Time Manager May Be Failing
You feel like your first-time manager isn’t making it. You aren’t sure why they aren’t more successful leading their team. In today’s podcast are FIVE signs your first-time manager may be failing and what to do. We cover everything from
6 Activities That Keep Delegation From Failing
These are simple actions you can start today to reduce delegation failure. Delegation is a skill that most managers and leaders I work with struggle with most. Most assume delegation success and are often confused when delegation fails. Most managers
Why Micromanagers Are So Bad at Delegation
Ways for managers to avoid micromanaging. Most managers who micromanage their team are unknowingly doing so. Most micromanagers would say that they aren’t micromanagers. You may be micromanaging and not realize it. So, what’s so bad about micromanaging anyway? If
The Dirty Secret About Delegation Nobody Wants to Accept
What Delegation Masters Accept in their Delegation Strategy and Others Resist To have a high-performing team, the leader of that team uses delegation as a strategy in their leadership toolbelt. The fact that you have a team by definition is
Ten Reasons Delegation Fails
These ten failures of delegation are what I have found that leaders experience most. Delegation is the number one skill that leaders I work with struggle with most. Most leaders don’t have a delegation strategy. Most leaders don’t ever think
The Difference Between Authority and Accountability when Delegating
Why it’s important to know the difference between authority and accountability. Leaders don’t understand what delegation really is and what it is not. Many leaders are already delegating without realizing it. Every task completed by your team, every function they