One of my first bosses told me that to be successful it’s much more important that people fear you than like you. He cautioned that my inclination to be
Doug Conant, former CEO of Campbell Soup and a well-known consultant and advocate for introverted leadership shares how he uses quiet influence to conduct focused conversations with his team.
Someone gets recognized with the best of intentions... and the eyes start to roll. Or, the audience begins to clap very slowly with plastered-on smiles. Or...a quiet murmur comes over the crowd.. and the text messages start to flow. Sometimes recognition backfires. On the other hand, we've all witnessed the exuberant celebration when a name
Change one year to one day and ten years to one year and the same applies. We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day and underestimate what we can do in a year.
Knowing why you are doing something is essential to your inspiration and motivation to act. https://leadingwithquestions.com/leadership/what-is-the-legacy-of-the-leader/
Though I don’t want to undermine or downplay the serious struggles people face in life, every day has its own everyday struggles. I struggle out of bed in the morning […]
Guest Post by Dr. Kina Mallard, President, Reinhardt University As an academic leader, you may feel like you spend most of your time in unproductive meetings with unmotivated colleagues. Meetings, often seen as a necessary evil, can be transformed into the most productive and motivational work chairs and deans undertake. The secret to this transformation lies in your ability to ask the right questions at the right time. When asking question becomes a work habit, you will find your credibility among your colleagues increases, you will gather the best information to make the best decisions, and you will expedite the decision-making process and find yourself with more time for other tasks. ...
If you want your team to remember what you say, leverage recency, repetition, recall, and emotion in your remote team communication.
“I don’t know what my path is yet. I’m just walking on it.” ~Olivia Newton-John Sometimes we don’t know where we’re going until we get there. Somet
As the waves of Baby Boomers hit the shores of retirement, businesses and government agencies across the United States face huge talent shortages. While the Baby Boomer generation has 76 million members, Generation X following it numbers only 50 million. So, if you think finding qualified workers is tough in today’s low unemployment environment, […]
One of the biggest issues in communication is having a misunderstanding. https://leadingwithquestions.com/leadership/the-single-most-powerful-question-you-can-ask-in-communication/
You may not be aware that Weaving Influence provides book production services including copy editing, typesetting, interior and cover design, paperback book publication through Kindle Direct Publishing, conversion to ebook, […]
Michael Bungay Stanier is a coach and best-selling author whose passion is coaching organizations toward doing Great Work, instead of just good work. Here he shares some thoughts on improving communication and interaction with others, which can help all of us do more great work, no matter what our roles or job titles may be.
“Learn from your mistakes.” How frequently do we hear that – or something similar? Failure is touted as one of the most powerful teachers we’ll ever meet. It’s been elevated in some cases to a magical status that can produce outcomes of legendary proportions. (Think 3M and the less- sticky glue that ultimately birthed adhesive […]
Saint Patrick’s Day is a day we honor everything Irish, including the country. There is an old Irish song that contains inspiring lyrics...
About Cheryl Bachelder Cheryl is a passionate restaurant industry leader who serves as CEO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., a publicly traded global chain of 2300+ restaurants. Cheryl is known for reinvigorating great brands and inspiring leaders to reach their full potential – with exceptional performance results. She has enjoyed a rewarding career working at Procter & Gamble, Gillette, Nabisco, Domino’s Pizza and Yum brands. Cheryl and her husband Chris have been married thirty three years and are parents to three adult daughters » Learn More
Guest Post by Johannes Bayer How many questions did you ask today? 5, 10, 20, 50…? My dream job: Being paid to know which questions to ask. Dilemma 1: Managers are paid to know all the answers and make business predictable. Asking lots of questions is not what corporations pay managers for and is often seen as a sign of weakness, insecurity and incompetence (or we are embarrassed to ask basic questions). Asking questions adds value: separating facts from fiction – “how do you know that? What specific examples do you have?” focus on value adding activities – “what are we gaining by doing this? What happens if we don’t...
I was recently facilitating a class for executives teaching them how to hold potentially difficult conversations. One of the attendees asked me, “With all that we already have to do, is this really all that important?” I walked to the whiteboard and drew a picture
People often ask me for advice on how to give \
Today's podcast discusses launch teams in depth—what they are, why they are important, and a few things to think about when you form a launch team.
