leadership Tag

08 Jan Create Your Career Masterpiece!

Posted at 10:25h in Career Success, Executive Presence, Leadership, Leadership Mindset, Women In Leadership by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

Here is a profound idea to ponder at the start of your year: We fear being wildly successful more than we fear failure. For the vast majority of people – including talented and ambitious leaders – the greatest obstacle is not their fear...

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08 Jan Sarah’s Video Tips – How to counteract workplace negativity

Posted at 09:00h in Career Success, Corporate Culture, Leadership, Video by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

  Sarah Hathorn discusses how to counteract negativity in the workplace   Tell me what you think! Post a comment below. Do you want to use this blog article? You may, as long as you include this complete bio with it: Sarah Hathorn is a leadership development mentor, executive presence coach,...

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13 Dec How to Nail a C-Suite Promotion

Posted at 08:00h in Career Acceleration, Career Success, Corporate Culture, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Predictable Promotion by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

My Predictable Promotion advice was recently included in an article in the U.S. News & World Report “Money and Careers” section. The reporter who interviewed me was particularly interested in my insights regarding how to prepare for a leadership promotion. Despite high unemployment and a...

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06 Dec Rank and Rate Your Human Capital

Posted at 14:19h in Leadership, Talent Development & Retention by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

You rely on all sorts of handy metrics and guidance benchmarks to ensure you stay focused, productive, and right on time as both a team member and a leader. You’ve got your budget spreadsheet, your snapshot of sales, margins, and revenues, and performance reports and...

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04 Dec Lead Teams Designed to Win

Posted at 15:35h in Career Success, Communication, Executive Presence, Influence, Leadership, Teams by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

You work hard to make team contributions and respect your teammates. But your peer has a “me first” mindset. They steal your thunder, but don’t shoulder their own share of the workload. Even when you try to approach them to talk about it they just...

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30 Nov Train to Win

Posted at 12:08h in Career Success, Leadership by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

Many leaders make the blunder of mistaking interest for commitment and excitement for sacrifice. Being attracted to success is definitely a necessary prerequisite. But flirting with the idea of winning is never enough. You have to back up your desire with steady, progressive action and...

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20 Nov Bridge the Workplace Generation Gap

Posted at 16:23h in Career Acceleration, Career Success, Communication, Leadership by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

How do you get recent college grads to respect the grandparents on the team? What do you do to improve collaboration between Gen X employees and Baby Boomers? Can you pair up people to emphasize their strengths and strengthen their weaknesses? Leading a multigenerational workforce...

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20 Nov The KLT (Know, Like, and Trust) Factor for Relationship Building

Posted at 15:31h in Career Success, Communication, Executive Presence, Influence, Leadership by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

In today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive business environment it is more crucial than ever to concentrate on building high quality sustainable relationships. Unfortunately many leaders forget to leverage the KLT Factor when communicating face-to-face to build that vital rapport. But when people know, like,...

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07 Nov Power Words Boost Your Influence

Posted at 10:12h in Career Success, Communication, Leadership by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

As a leader you are probably accustomed to taking charge. You are comfortable being assertive. You are trained and practiced at giving orders. In fact, it’s probably a natural part of your personality. Unfortunately that also means that you may have developed a bad unconscious habit....

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17 Oct The Trademark Look of a Leader

Posted at 10:00h in Brand, Career Success, Leadership, Professional Image by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

Do you always exude externally visible leadership presence? Or is your leadership brand like most of those seen in today’s business arena – merely a temporary branding identity that you only consciously wear and emphasize when you are in the spotlight? Every leader knows that they...

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