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Best Work Environments

In the last post, we discussed how leaders affect the work environment.  Intentionally or unintentionally, the actions we take as leaders define the nature of our workplace, compatibility of our workforce to our environment, and the resulting outcomes.  Although we … Continue reading

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Ineffective Leaders and Broken Environments

Effective leadership means the difference between success and failure.  An effective leader creates an environment that brings out the best in each team member.  With few exceptions, the leader is the author and protector of an employee’s immediate environment.  Why … Continue reading

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Having Confidence

Confidence is a tricky thing.  When a person has too little confidence, we despise their inability deal with fear and uncertainty and make decisions.  Conversely, if a person has too much confidence, we consider the person arrogant, obnoxious, or even … Continue reading

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Creating Luck

Almost everyone believes in luck in one fashion or another.  As kids, we wear lucky socks for good luck in sports or use our lucky pencils on tests.  As young adults, we request that our friends wish us good luck … Continue reading

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Olympics and Leadership

Most of us find ourselves drawn to watching the Olympics even if we never competed in sports or consider ourselves athletic.  The Olympics capture the best in human athleticism as well as the human spirit.  Around our office, excitement has … Continue reading

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Leading without Empowerment

After the last few posts, a reader asked about how young leaders can deal with managers that don’t give them the authority necessary to do their job.  We have all seen the supervisor that micromanages a new manager.  The justification … Continue reading

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I’m New and You Should Trust Me

When new leaders take over, there is a period of exploration that occurs between the leader and his or her staff.  Both form impressions of each other that impacts the nature and results of the new relationship.  This process typically … Continue reading

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Countering External Barriers

In our previous post, we discussed some of the major challenges to young leaders that were external in nature.  The primary barriers pertain to three core areas: knowledge, support, and interaction.  A young leader needs to have knowledge of one’s … Continue reading

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Young Leaders and Internal Challenges

Just as there are external challenges to new leaders, each of us possess positive and negative characteristics that directly impact our ability to be successful.  Even if we are fortunate enough to have the luxury of operating in a supportive … Continue reading

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Making New Leaders

For those of us that dreamt of being a leader and made it a reality at some point, you probably found that what you thought it would be like was different from reality.  Before reaching the goal of being the … Continue reading

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