Failing Forward
It is important to have a growth mindset and being ok with risking failure. The best way to move forward is to take risks. Failure is often inevitable, but it can be a valuable learning experience.
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7 Leadership Mistakes to Avoid
Every leader and manager makes mistakes. These can however, be some of the best learning opportunities to move forward and make improvements. This post lists 7 common leadership mistakes to avoid.
To Grow Yourself, You Must Know Yourself
A key strength is self-awareness and by being aware of your own strengths, limitations, tendencies and working style, you are well placed to grow and progress. It is also helpful to know others working styles, so you can work more effectively with others. A free template User Guide is available as part of this post.
The Power of Positivity
A positive mindset leads to increased productivity, improved results, more creativity and better overall job satisfaction. There is a lot of power, therefore, in adopting a positive mindset and finding ways to create a positive work culture.
It’s the Season, to have a Reason
The starting point for any of us, regardless of our work, has to be why are we doing it in the first place. What is the reason you are doing this job; what is the driving goal behind all the hard work? If you don’t have a purpose and reason for your work, then chances are you are also not being an effective leader, being productive or setting a positive tone.
7 Tips to Have More Productive Meetings
Having too many meetings is a complaint often heard by those working in both the for profit and non-profit world. Meetings can be viewed as being a waste of time, having no clear purpose and lacking results. Meetings can, however, be a great way to make decisions, share ideas and work towards goals. Here are 7 tips to having more productive meetings.
Getting Going
My overall goal is to create a dialogue about strategies to inspire and support people to do their best work, while also developing organizational cultures that are positive, respectful, productive and focused on the mission of each specific organization. It should give readers a few ideas, be a forum for others to share their ideas and ultimately create a community of those looking to be a little more inspired in their work and truly make a positive difference.
Leading Up 