Leadership 3/8

May 23, 20163 min read

Workaholics: Wake Up and Schedule the Vacation!

Be honest: are you addicted to work? Do you feel guilty when you’re not working? Does it actually seem stressful to take time off or go...

Leadership: The Science Behind Trusting Your Gut

Susan Shapiro

May 17, 20163 min read

Leadership: The Science Behind Trusting Your Gut

Imagine getting lost as you drive through an unfamiliar area late at night. You’re faced with a choice: head down a dark road that...

Making Peace with Conflict: What Leaders Need to Know

Susan Shapiro

May 9, 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...

How to Cope with a Boss Who Avoids Conflict

Susan Shapiro

Apr 18, 20163 min read

How to Cope with a Boss Who Avoids Conflict

When tortoises feel threatened, they retreat into their thick shells to safely wait out the potential crisis. But what happens when...

Building Your Brain’s Gray Matter: The Unexpected Strategy

Susan Shapiro

Apr 11, 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...

Feeling Mentally Capsized? The Flip Side of Work/Life Balance

Susan Shapiro

Apr 5, 20163 min read

Feeling Mentally Capsized? The Flip Side of Work/Life Balance

Spoiler Alert: this is NOT one of those work/life balance articles about being consumed by our work and allowing it to invade our...

Are You Cultivating Real Growth for Your Career?

Susan Shapiro

Mar 28, 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...

The Shark Tank Principle: The Big Take-Away for Leaders

Susan Shapiro

Mar 21, 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...

Leaders Sinking? The Surprising Key to Survival

Susan Shapiro

Feb 29, 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...

Driving Alignment: 10 Best Practices Leaders Can’t Ignore

Susan Shapiro

Feb 8, 20163 min read

Driving Alignment: 10 Best Practices Leaders Can’t Ignore

One of my coaching clients (we’ll call her Cindy) was in trouble. Cindy’s department was responsible for delivering content marketing for...

Avoid a Leadership Coaching Fumble: 3 Game-Changing Rules

Susan Shapiro

Feb 1, 20163 min read

Avoid a Leadership Coaching Fumble: 3 Game-Changing Rules

Are you among the millions of people who love to watch the Super Bowl? Office chatter in the weeks leading up to the event often focuses...

Missed Opportunities: What’s Clouding Your View?

Susan Shapiro

Jan 25, 20163 min read

Missed Opportunities: What’s Clouding Your View?

Sometimes good leaders can miss great opportunities. I’m not referring to the wing-it-and-hope-for-the-best managers here; I’m talking...

Leadership 2016: Prepared to Feed Your Creativity?

Susan Shapiro

Jan 12, 20163 min read

Leadership 2016: Prepared to Feed Your Creativity?

“Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper...

When Recognition Backfires: Are Leaders and Teams Seeing the Same Thing?

Susan Shapiro

Dec 7, 20153 min read

When Recognition Backfires: Are Leaders and Teams Seeing the Same Thing?

It happens all the time: two people look at the same image but see something different. In a business setting, that phenomenon can pave...

Lessons for Leadership: Moving Past the Hurdles to Happiness

Susan Shapiro

Dec 1, 20153 min read

Lessons for Leadership: Moving Past the Hurdles to Happiness

“Happiness doesn’t always make you feel happy. Often, happiness requires you to do things that make you feel anxious, resentful,...

Aha Moments! 21 Examples of Coaching-Inspired Clarity

Susan Shapiro

Nov 17, 20153 min read

Aha Moments! 21 Examples of Coaching-Inspired Clarity

We’ve all experienced “aha moments”—those sudden glimpses of insight or comprehension that change everything in an instant. They are the...

Communicating a Powerful Vision: Is Your Team Committed? Or Just Involved?

Susan Shapiro

Nov 3, 20153 min read

Communicating a Powerful Vision: Is Your Team Committed? Or Just Involved?

Ever heard this saying? When it comes to breakfast, chickens are involved but pigs are fully committed. So what’s the business connection...

Why Celebrating Success Today Boosts Performance Tomorrow

Susan Shapiro

Oct 27, 20153 min read

Why Celebrating Success Today Boosts Performance Tomorrow

During my years working at HP, Manuel Diaz was VP of Sales for the Computer Systems Division. During a training event, he spoke to the...

Susan Shapiro

Oct 20, 20153 min read

Too Busy To Notice Success Flying By?

This time of year is exciting for many of us in Texas. (Not just because of football.) The Monarch butterflies migrating from Canada...

The Dangers of Office Gossip: Pope Francis Weighs In

Susan Shapiro

Oct 6, 20153 min read

The Dangers of Office Gossip: Pope Francis Weighs In

Pope Francis may not have specifically preached about the evils of office gossip during his recent U.S. visit, but he has often discussed...

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