Whether you are an Executive Assistant or an Executive who has support from this role, leaders know that Executive Assistants (EA) play a vital role in the success of any organization because their function is to support an executive’s optimal performance. The importance of the relationship between an executive and their assistant can’t be underestimated….
I read an article recently that talked about a popular class at Yale called The Science of Well-Being, designed by professor Laurie Santos. She pulled research findings on the psychological science of happiness and created a class with practical step-by-step exercises designed to boost happiness. This article caught my eye because recently I made one…
As leaders we hate to quit. Just the thought of “giving up” makes us cringe. It might be the feeling we are giving up on a person, or giving up on a goal or initiative; either way, leaders don’t like to feel like they haven’t given all their efforts towards something or someone who is…
As a leader one of the foundational aspects of working with others is knowing yourself. Recently I was involved in a situation where I had to make a decision that was fraught with complications and a nebulous outcome based on many factors. The guiding principle of my decision was based on the Sun Tzu proverb…
Is your bottom line affected by workplace conflict and managing employee drama? Harvard Business Review published a RHR study that showed poor performing executive teams decrease employee engagement scores by 42%! A task management software company published estimates that office workers spend more than two and a half hours per week trying to resolve conflict,…
I recently watched a presentation by Brene Brown (author/motivational speaker) where she discusses the myths of vulnerability in leadership. As business coaches, one of the first things we do with executive teams is have them read The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, so the team can begin to gain deeper trust with…
Symptoms of employee burnout costs over 300 Billion dollars per year in health care related expenses. Companies lose 15.4 Million working days a year to employees calling out “sick”. Often employees are silent and don’t discuss openly their feelings of burnout because they don’t want their supervisor to interpret their fatigue as a lack of…
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone into an organization to teach time management skills to leaders and I learn that top executives do not have an executive assistant assigned to support them. This role is critical for a leader’s success and time efficiency. Do you have an executive assistant (EA) that helps…
As business leaders we often find ourselves in the position to give and receive constructive feedback. Rarely are we taught how to have these critical conversations in a way that gives us the results we want. Feedback is a gift we are giving or receiving IF the communication is productive and based on wanting the…
How your DISC behavior profile may be a factor At a recent leadership training session, the management team brainstormed ways that their DISC profile might contribute to a leader’s challenges with delegation. For those of you not familiar with DISC, it’s a behavioral profile tool used by thousands of organizations across the world to improve…