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270: How Can You Motivate Your Team for the Long Haul?

November 2, 2020 Leave a Comment

If everyone is moving forward together, success takes care of itself. —Henry Ford On Today's Episode: Carla and I dive into the ins and outs of motivating your team This year has accelerated us into a future that was already coming for us Why you should create a scoreboard The importance of encouraging your team to participate in creating the future The role overcommunication plays If there is anything leaders have learned this year, it's that change is the only … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Always Forward, Carla Sones, change leadership, communication, development, growth, high performance team, high performing team, leadership, leadership development, Motivation, podcast, professional development, purpose, Ron Kitchens, Southwest Michigan First, strategy

Getting the Most out of Feedback

July 11, 2019 Leave a Comment

Everyone wants to improve, and everyone knows they need helpful feedback in order to get there. The problem is that giving quality feedback is a difficult talent for leaders to master—and nobody is very good at receiving feedback that may be negative. However, giving good feedback is the key to keeping your team engaged. Luckily, these discussions do not need to be unpleasant—especially when you use them as opportunities to celebrate success and discuss what’s next. Here is your guide to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Excellence, Leadership Tagged With: feedback, growth, Learning, mentor, Motivation

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

198: Leap Out of a Rut in These 4 Steps

May 6, 2019 Leave a Comment

Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits. Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out. —Eleanor H. Porter On Today's Episode: Carla and I are talking about getting out of a rut Harvard Business Review's research to get unstuck When ruts are most likely to happen LEAP: my preferred system to jump-start the team Laugh Exercise Art Praise Everyone can get stuck in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Always Forward, Carla Sones, development, gain back motivation, growth, jump-start team, leadership, leadership development, leap, leaping out of a rut, momentum, Motivation, podcast, professional development, Ron Kitchens, Southwest Michigan First, stuck, stuck in a rut, workplace rut

184: Why Emotional Intelligence in Leadership is So Important

January 28, 2019 Leave a Comment

In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels. —Daniel Goleman On Today's Episode: Sarah Mansberger joins Carla for another episode, this time to talk emotional intelligence (EI). Daniel Goleman's five key elements of EI. How "amygdala hijacks" can throw a wrench into any good intention. The role that empathy plays. Bonus: Brené Brown has a great video that illustrates empathy vs. sympathy. How EI helps make you a better … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Always Forward, amygdala, amygdala hijack, brain, Carla Sones, development, EI, emotional intelligence, emotional intelligence in leadership, empathy, growth, leadership, leadership development, Motivation, podcast, professional development, Ron Kitchens, Sarah Mansberger, self-awareness, self-regulation, social skills, Southwest Michigan First

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