Being a leader involves changing your mind. A lot. New data comes in. Business conditions change. Unexpected events occur. Trends pop up, and forecasts get beat or missed. Like a sailor, you are constantly moving, tacking with the wind. Teams, however value consistency. Ask anyone and they’ll tell you, one of the qualities they value in a manager or leader is predictability. There’s immense pressure to always be right. To make the right call, to
Author: Chris Streeter
Being a boss is hard, if you let it be. It’s also easy, if you let it be. Autonomy makes the difference. As a manager of managers, you have a choice: take on the responsibilities of your team, increasing your own workload; or trust them to do their work, even delegating some of your own. For me, the choice is always clear. As a leader, I hire and train my team to be highly autonomous
When you become a new manager, and first begin leading a team, it’s important to start with clear expectations. For me, setting expectations one of the first things I do when I begin working with a new team or a new individual. Your expectations are unique. So is how you chose to be a manager. They’re as much about you and your management style as they are about your work and corporate culture. However, there
While “showing up” can be one of the most disempowering tropes of workplace culture, its meaning is evolving in the new workplace culture. The new professional appearance is all about the power of individual character. How you act, how you communicate, and how you address others around you can have a profound impact on your perception in the workplace, and the influence you wield, at any level. How you choose to show up will always
It can be easy to get caught up in hustle culture. It can be easy to overlook your personal needs in a professional environment. But you’re a whole person, not a machine. Failure to address your emotional needs, and provide for personal satisfaction, can have consequences in all aspects of your life. Increasingly, people are becoming aware of these interdependencies and taking steps to better care for their whole self. This can create new challenges, as you may
While some find the process of life coaching to be therapeutic, it’s incredibly important to be clear: coaching is not therapy. A life coach is there to help you set goals, strategize successful ways to achieve them, and reflect on your actions and thought processes. A therapist might do some of those same things! But your life coach is not there to help you address trauma, diagnose or treat emotional disorders, or address issues of