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Susan Shapiro
Jul 14, 20214 min read
Are Your Leadership Skills Ready For VUCA?, by guest writer, trainer and speaker, Tim Durkin
Hurricane season has started, and their volatility is a metaphor for our business climate today. Exceptional times calls for exceptional...
Susan Shapiro
May 19, 20213 min read
What glassblowing has to do with coaching our people
How to practice the full artistry of coaching your people
Susan Shapiro
Feb 26, 20212 min read
Moneyball People, Product, and Process
“Michael Lewis's bestseller, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game” is the story of the 2002 Oakland Athletics and their general...
Susan Shapiro
Oct 6, 20203 min read
Be prepared to go non-linear!
Expand your leadership in three areas You may feel like you are drinking from a firehose as you lead your team, address organizational...
Susan Shapiro
Aug 24, 20203 min read
Back-to-back Meetings Are Killing Us – 5 Tips For Sanity
Let’s break out of the mold which structures 30 minute or 1 hour meetings. They don’t have to be that way. For instance, how about a 10...
Susan Shapiro
Jul 28, 20203 min read
Better Communication: Connecting to Build Rapport While Still Being Authentic
Clients often ask me how they can be authentic and true to themselves as a leader while still improving their communication. People...
Susan Shapiro
May 26, 20203 min read
Two Perspectives On Leading In a Crisis
Positive surprises from a virtual leadership With most of us on video conference calls all day for work, it can get tiring. Here are two...
Susan Shapiro
May 19, 20203 min read
How to Authentically Self-Promote Yourself to Your Boss at Work
You might be struggling with feeling inauthentic with your boss when it comes to self-promotion. Although it may feel uncomfortable, this...
Susan Shapiro
Apr 1, 20202 min read
When Cool Heads Prevail
Are people talking about you behind your back and saying you’re a hothead? Or, do you notice your team is on edge all the time? What does...
Susan Shapiro
Mar 10, 20203 min read
Steps to Personal Development and Growth for Leaders
Bumpy ball development journey Babies develop rapidly, just ask parents and grandparents aware of the milestones of development. We learn...
Susan Shapiro
Dec 2, 20192 min read
Dig to speed your improvement
Most leaders who want to get promoted have received feedback along the way in their career, but they don’t know what to do with it. For...
Susan Shapiro
Nov 5, 20192 min read
The easy way to give feedback
Feedback made easy How often do you need to give feedback to someone, yet struggle with how that feedback will be received by the other...
Susan Shapiro
Oct 15, 20192 min read
Why leaders must set clear expectations
Leadership for Entrepreneurs Ben Horowitz, the cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and...
Susan Shapiro
Mar 25, 20192 min read
Put me in coach
Growth as a leader Many leaders I coach are being groomed for the next level. Some have recently been promoted and feel over their heads....
Susan Shapiro
Feb 25, 20193 min read
Transparency
What does this mean to the leader? It does not mean bare your soul and take the filter off of everything you say. It means to help your...
Susan Shapiro
Feb 18, 20192 min read
MBWA
Management by wandering around. Coined by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in the beginnings of HP, it meant walk around and talk with your...
Susan Shapiro
Jan 8, 20192 min read
Practicality of letting go
For those of you who love problem solving, enjoy the challenge and excitement when a breakthrough is made, like to dominate...
Susan Shapiro
Oct 22, 20182 min read
Mindset and Change
The topic of keeping up with change is on the minds of my clients more than ever. The Center for Creative Leadership states that of the 5...
Susan Shapiro
Feb 27, 20182 min read
Navigating the powerful person
Sometimes powerful people surround themselves with others who won’t challenge them. If you are a direct report of that powerful person,...
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