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How to Maintain Your Motivation

June 13, 2019 1 Comment

When you have a huge project to tackle—whether personal or professional—what keeps you going? To move forward and avoid burnout, it's critical to maintain your momentum. As leaders, we are in the difficult position of keeping our teams motivated while making sure to stay motivated ourselves. If you’ve been finding it hard to maintain your momentum, here’s what I do: Establish Your “Why” If we’ve learned anything from Simon Sinek, it’s that you always have to start with why. If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Excellence, Leadership Tagged With: goals, Motivation, setting goals

Delegate or Perish

April 11, 2019 Leave a Comment

"Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results." – George S. Patton Delegation: I do not know a single successful leader who thinks they are great at it. Even those who focus on delegation still take on more than they should. My grandfather told me as a child, “You can only put five pounds in a five-pound bag until you have to start taking things out.” Many times, we have to remove the things that we are good at and enjoy so we can pursue … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Excellence, Leadership, Talent Tagged With: capacity, delegation, leadership, Ron Kitchens, Southwest Michigan First, talent

Say Yes to Your Leadership

March 27, 2019 Leave a Comment

“The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.” - Joseph Campbell It is interesting that two of my favorite writers, Shonda Rhimes and Margaret Feinberg, share the same philosophy of saying yes to life and its adventures. Leaders have to stray from their routines to diversify their thoughts and experiences. You have heard “leaders are learners,” but this goes beyond that cliché. Great leaders are experience junkies. They say yes to knowledge and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Excellence, Leadership Tagged With: Always Forward, continuous learning, Creativity, Hamilton, leadership, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Margaret Feinberg, Ron Kitchens, Shonda Rhimes

Take Your New Year’s Resolutions to the Next Level

January 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

Happy 2019! I hope you enjoyed some quality time with your family during the recent holidays and made meaningful memories along the way. Now that it's January 2, you’re probably cleaning up after entertaining guests, or just getting around to solidifying your New Year’s resolutions. Personally, I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions. To me, New Year’s resolutions are usually not that well thought out. They are great at giving you a quick “sugar rush” of feeling accomplished, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Excellence, Wellness Tagged With: 2019, action, goals, Motivation, new year, New Year's resolution, personal expectations, setting goals

How to Cut Through Career Stagnation

October 16, 2018 Leave a Comment

Have you been hitting the snooze button more often these days? If you’ve been in the same position professionally for a while, you may be feeling stuck, or that you don’t have the same enthusiasm that you once had. If that’s you, it’s okay. It happens. There are plenty of strategies you can use to get back to jumping out of bed in the morning! But be aware: If you don’t make a change now, stagnation can create a vicious circle where frustration and sameness lead to disengagement and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Excellence Tagged With: burnout, goals, Inspiration, Learning, mentor, mentorship, performance, preeminence, stagnation

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