Recently, I was asked by our executive business coach to cast a 3-year vision plan for the company. It sounded like an easy task till I realized the deadline for this plan was coming up fast. There were so many questions and doubts in my mind on how to do this well. I started out by doing research on where “the experts” felt the direction of the next 3 years would be going. As I was...
Our Executive team had to brace ourselves as we looked at each other and asked, “Is it us? Why are we bleeding good people?”. What we found are a few themes and made some moves.
Life teaches you a lot of lessons through successes and failures. It’s all a choice if you learn from those situations. Our desire at IOL is to help all leaders grow and get better for your teams. A lot of wisdom comes from your past experiences with people. It is critical to “listen to your spidey sense” when you feel it. Trust me, this is your superpower!
What the h...
Today the US recognizes all the hard work those employees and owners do daily to keep our economy moving forward. One day does not equal all the hours, days, and years of hard work but it’s still at least a moment to pause and recognize the sacrifices made daily. Success is earned not given!
It’s important everyone takes time to stop and recognize that gift of being able to...
I was sitting in a sales meeting when I heard Steve Scherer say for the first time, “I don’t know how this is going to turn out. That is the truth. But I am going to work hard to figure it out.” The room filled with silence. I was in disbelief that I just heard my VP of Sales tell the entire team that he wasn’t sure what was going to happen next. I was filled with fear t...
Lets be real.
No filters.
No BS.
Three Poor Leadership Traits that I have done and really messed up:
Lack of emotional intelligence
Strong passiveness
Being too nice
Lack of emotional intelligence:
Are you able to see how your team views you as a leader?
Are you present when your team needs you?
Are you disappearing at stressful times?...
