Get an Accountability Partner
If you have a mentor, that person can serve as an accountability partner as well. They will have more experience than you in a specific...
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Susan Shapiro
May 2, 20173 min read
The Importance of Focus
A Story of Focus “Hold that plank for one minute,” my trainer said. “No problem,” I thought, because I have two hands and two feet on the...
Susan Shapiro
Apr 25, 20172 min read
Inclusion and The Four Dimensions of Leadership
Ever feel excluded from a key meeting or social gathering? Feels pretty bad doesn’t it? It may bring back memories of what it felt like...
Susan Shapiro
Apr 13, 20173 min read
Business Advice From the Moose With the Muffin
Strange, but true. There’s an important professional lesson hiding in a popular children’s book by Laura Numeroff. If You Give a Moose a...
Susan Shapiro
Mar 23, 20173 min read
3 Leadership Lessons Learned From Sea Turtles
From the moment they’re hatched, sea turtles are hurled into the world to fend for themselves until they’re ready to fulfill their...
Susan Shapiro
Jan 24, 20173 min read
Master the Feedback Balancing Act
Great leaders take an active role in helping their employees grow. A major part of that process? They’ve learned to master the feedback...
Susan Shapiro
Jan 10, 20173 min read
It’s 2017: Move to the Front of the Line!
Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? Even if you didn’t, there’s still something oddly liberating about a fresh calendar in January....
Susan Shapiro
Dec 6, 20163 min read
An Up-Close Look at Remote Management
You land a new role. Exciting? Yes! But then you realize you’ll be managing people all over the country—or even the world. Time for...
Susan Shapiro
Nov 29, 20163 min read
Is Jargon Hijacking Your Communications?
“I don’t understand.” Not the words you want to hear from your clients or your teams. And certainly not the words you want to be thinking...
Susan Shapiro
Nov 1, 20163 min read
Career Development: Take the Fitness-Tracker Approach!
Fitness trackers provide us with constant, real-time data about the health and efficiency of our bodies—distance walked, calories burned,...
Susan Shapiro
Oct 18, 20163 min read
Why We Need to Embrace Our Career-Path Curves
When my coaching clients struggle to move their careers forward, the roadblock usually is not their managers. Or their organizations. Or...
Susan Shapiro
Oct 10, 20163 min read
Defining Your Leadership Style: What’s Your Metaphor?
Are you a bulldozer or a Tesla? I promise that question will make perfect sense in less than 60 seconds. Investing the time to understand...
Susan Shapiro
Oct 4, 20163 min read
Moving Beyond the Fear of Asking for Help
In my last post, I talked about the Fear of Asking for Help (#FOAFH) and how that can damage our careers. Now I want to give you some...
Susan Shapiro
Sep 26, 20164 min read
It’s Real: The Fear of Asking for Help
Your manager finally trusts you to lead the big project. That joyful feeling of confirmation is soon interrupted by the queasy reality...
Susan Shapiro
Jun 14, 20163 min read
A Smarter Way to Identify High Potentials: The Challenge Factor
“WANTED: Future leaders to help our organization reach outrageous goals and face challenges we can’t even begin to imagine while using...
Susan Shapiro
May 10, 20163 min read
Making Peace with Conflict: What Leaders Need to Know
I was definitely surprised by the feedback from my last blog. While I discussed coping with a boss who avoids conflict, I was bombarded...
Susan Shapiro
Apr 12, 20161 min read
Building Your Brain’s Gray Matter: The Unexpected Strategy
Professionals go to great lengths to expand their knowledge and success: taking courses, reading voraciously, networking with industry...
Susan Shapiro
Mar 29, 20163 min read
Are You Cultivating Real Growth for Your Career?
As a kid, I always loved Spring—especially when my Dad would help us create a garden. He’d guide us to plant seeds in rows and carefully...
Susan Shapiro
Mar 22, 20163 min read
The Shark Tank Principle: The Big Take-Away for Leaders
If you’ve seen the popular TV show Shark Tank, you know the moment I’m talking about. The wildly enthusiastic entrepreneur starts...
Susan Shapiro
Mar 1, 20163 min read
Leaders Sinking? The Surprising Key to Survival
Leaders today are often drowning in a sea of high expectations. If they can’t deliver, their teams (and perhaps their companies) may not...
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