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We are grown up now and as we sit in meetings with other adults it is still happening! Some folks are followers and others lead. Those...
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Susan Shapiro
Dec 12, 20173 min read
10 ways bosses improve teamwork and relationships
Last week’s post dealt with 10 reasons you may not get along with your boss. What if you are that boss? What’s your role in improving...
Susan Shapiro
Nov 28, 20172 min read
Investing in the future
When my parents passed away, I felt it would be appropriate to honor them by investing in a student’s future by creating a scholarship...
Susan Shapiro
Oct 31, 20172 min read
Support growth NOT by telling others they are smart
This is a fixed vs. growth mindset. Carol Dweck, pioneering researcher on motivation, wrote “Mindset: the New Psychology of Success,”...
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
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 23, 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
Dec 5, 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 28, 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
Oct 31, 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 24, 20163 min read
Is Your Career Suffering From Tunnel Vision?
If you’ve worked hard to differentiate yourself by specializing in a certain area, you may run the risk of over-relying on your...
Susan Shapiro
Oct 17, 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 21, 20163 min read
The Power of Being Precise
Sometimes accuracy is a requirement, not an option. I was reminded about the importance of precision in business after reading a recent...
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
Jun 6, 20163 min read
Negotiation Deal-Breakers: When to Walk Away
If you regularly negotiate to land new clients and projects—or to convince your boss you deserve a promotion—you probably have some solid...
Susan Shapiro
May 31, 20163 min read
When Rage Derails a Career: Coping with Anger
We all experience moments of anger; we’re human. But some people have a hair-trigger temper that takes them from “calm” to “rage” in the...
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