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Aug 14 Top Leadership Secrets to Design Dynamic Cooperative Teams
Have you ever been part of a team that just didn’t quite gel? Everyone is in the same boat, but can’t manage to row together in synch, to move the project upstream. Oftentimes that happens after receiving a promotion, moving to a new department, or...
Jul 31 Simply Volunteer to Supercharge Your Leadership
Recently, my husband Marc and I volunteered to work at Trinity Church Soup Kitchen in downtown Atlanta. They’ve served meals to the disadvantaged since the 1950s. The day-long experience reaffirmed the truth that when you give of yourself to those in need, you get something...
Jul 17 7 Effective Leadership Success Tips to Achieve Top Results
Every senior executive I coach in Fortune 500 companies faces nonstop leadership challenges. They endure mergers, have to keep raising the bar on quarterly performance and productivity, and feel constant pressure to innovate. They achieve one goal or launch one initiative. Then another obstacle appears...
Jun 26 You Need to Stop Dreaming and Start Achieving Powerful Promotions
Early in my career at Federated Department Stores it was my dream to lead large teams. But then my bosses told me that I was an introvert, and that I did not possess a leadership personality. They said I should focus my energy and talent...
Jun 12 Leadership Communication to Skyrocket Underperformers to Success
While working for years at Macy’s as a senior executive, I had to have numerous conversations with underperforming team members. I’ll admit that I would shy away from having those difficult conversations in the beginning. I didn’t want that person to feel bad or take...
May 22 Strategies to Achieve a Successful Negotiation
For years, I served as a senior executive with Federated Department Stores (now Macy’s), which was a Fortune 100 company at the time. Throughout my tenure I had to negotiate high-stakes deals, related to my career progress. As a leader you have to continually build...
May 08 Don’t Let a Lack of Online Presence Impede Your Success
Way back in 2006, when I launched my own consultancy practice, I implemented a social media strategy to establish a stronger brand. I was an early adopter of social media marketing, and development of my online presence was instrumental to my success. It helped me...
Apr 24 Expertly Manage Colleagues for New Leadership Promotion Success
Many of my corporate and private coaching clients receive internal promotions and are super-excited about the opportunity to lead at a higher level. But they may now be managing people who used to be viewed as equals, peers, and competitors. That has the potential to...