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
Transforming from a new manager to an authentic leader involves embracing a coaching mindset. Guided by team goals, the leader as coach draws from sources like benchmarks and industry norms. Establishing personalized goals for each team member fosters a coaching
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Seven components that often known but also often overlooked when planning for next year’s success. Success-oriented professionals are typically pretty good about annual planning. It feels good to be organized. It can also feel great to think and plan for