Guest article by Bill Murphy, author of Thriving in the Storm Everyone knows that setting goals is essential for success, but actually achieving those goals can seem daunting. I’ve learned – through my success in the mortgage industry, my athletic accomplishments, and the coaching I do to help others – that there are five essential steps for reaching your goals. These … [Read more...]
How You Can Accelerate Your Learning
By Kevin Eikenberry The world is changing, faster than ever. While this can be exciting news for an achievement minded person, like you, it also causes a challenge: it is much more difficult to be truly great at anything. If we want to be highly effective, successful, and productive, we must accelerate our learning. Here is five step process you can use to get good at … [Read more...]
How You Can Achieve Greater Results
By Kevin Eikenberry Looking for a way to help your team achieve goals? As a frontline supervisor, you help to set goals. We help the team to set goals, we help individuals on our teams to set goals, and you even help departments to set goals. We expect these goals to be reached during regular work hours, in addition to their regular work. There are three major reasons … [Read more...]
What Choices are You Making?
by Kevin Eikenberry As a new supervisor, you are constantly making decisions. You are bombarded with thousands of decisions every day. We make thousands of micro choices each day, most of them subconsciously guided by our habits and beliefs. These micro choices have a tremendous impact on our lives. It is the culmination of these micro choices that create our … [Read more...]
Are You Aware of What Your Best Really Is?
by Kevin Eikenberry Perhaps it is further proof that a principle is a principle when it becomes more clear and true to you the older you get. If that is true, there can be no doubt that self-awareness is a principle that matters. In order for us to lead at higher levels, indeed in order for us to live at higher levels, we must become more self-aware. What is … [Read more...]
Set Expectations That Employees Fully Understand
"What do you expect?" People say that all the time in an earnest or quizzical way, or sometimes with outright exasperation. However, more often than not, people simply think it without ever taking the extra step to clarify what is expected of them. That leads to mistakes, conflict, shoddy work and productivity losses, because your employees and coworkers ask or think of … [Read more...]
Being Thankful for Criticism
Thanksgiving is Thursday, and today I am asking you to choose to be grateful for something that you may have never said "Thanks" for: criticism. Especially criticism that comes from your employees. When you are a new leader, I know it's hard to hear that you aren't doing well or that your ideas are flawed. Hearing that from people who report to you can be infuriating. … [Read more...]
Making Goals Happen
This week's episode comes from a a listener's question about goal achievement. They asked: How do I make sure that my team reaches their goals? I think "making sure" that someone reaches their goals isn't necessarily possible but as leaders, we can "help" them and "hold them accountable" - all leading them to be more successful at goal achievement. Check out the video … [Read more...]
5 New Habits to Help You Reach Your Goals Faster
It's that time of year when we all set personal and professional goals for ourselves. Have you set your resolutions for next year? I know I have. The problem is, too often we put the time into setting the goals, and then we expect to magically reach them during the year, even if we don’t change our behavior or effort. That's why we spend so much time at the end of the … [Read more...]
Cure Employees’ “Holiday-itis” and Finish the Year Strong
If you are feeling a little less than motivated, you aren't alone. This time of year has a way of affecting people’s attitudes, energy, and productivity. Even if you are feeling especially productive, you may notice that your employees aren't. In fact, they could be suffering from a serious case of "holiday-itis." As with any ailment, the first step in treatment is to … [Read more...]