by Jane | Aug 20, 2013 | Communication, Leadership
So often we do everything we can to avoid conflict because it makes us uncomfortable. Yet, when we’re not willing to get a little uncomfortable we often don’t know what’s important to us. Sometimes it’s important to take a stand so that we see how important...
by Jane | Aug 13, 2013 | Leadership
There is a tendency for us to like others who are like us. While there is nothing wrong with that, it does have a tendency to narrow our thinking and our behaviors. We keep doing more of what we like and what our friends and associates like and soon we find we’re...
by Jane | Jul 30, 2013 | Leadership
I don’t trust what you say. I trust what you do. No matter how much we say trust us, unless we behave in a trust worthy way, others won’t trust us, actually we don’t even trust ourselves. Think about it. When you tell yourself you’re going to do something, how often...
by Jane | May 7, 2013 | Leadership
As a leader you have a team, a very important team. This is the team that leads the company forward. They are also leaders of other teams. The question you need to ask them is, “whose team are you on?” Are they focused on the team they are leading or are they...
by Jane | May 2, 2013 | Leadership
You’ve created your vision. All the strategy and planning is done. You know what to do, so what’s next? It’s now time to share all of this, in order to ensure that everyone is going in the same direction. Going in the same direction doesn’t always mean traversing a...
by Jane | Apr 9, 2013 | Leadership
Remember those long summer days when you were a kid and you would start a project, maybe building a fort or going for an all day bike ride or doing whatever it was that seemed to make time speed up until the next thing you knew it was time to go in for dinner? We talk...
