Author: Shannon Waller
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“Batteries Included”: Why It’s My #1 Must-Have In A Team Member
You’re looking to hire a new team member. Does your usual hiring process look something like this?
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How To Spot The Clues That You’re Dealing With A Wrong-Fit Team Member
Sometimes it’s crystal clear. A team member has done something very wrong, like stealing or harming someone. Most symptoms, though, are much more subtle, and it can be easy to miss the signs that things aren’t as they should be.
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How Do You Know When You Should Be Delegating?
Recently, I had an insight that led to creating a delegation formula that’s not so much about how to delegate but when to delegate.
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A Unique Approach To Personal Productivity: Three Strategies For Those With Short Attention Spans
A number of years ago, I realized that my approach to being productive needed to be quite different from what seemed to work for others. I always struggled to feel productive, to focus, to handle the day-to-day tasks and to hit deadlines. After experimenting with every day planner and time-tracking system I could get my…
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It Takes Courage To Say No — Tips For Mastering This Key Skill
Let’s start by acknowledging this: Saying no can be hard; it’s so much easier to say yes! In fact, saying no can take a great deal of courage in certain situations.
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Why It’s Important To Always Protect Your A-Players
I’m passionate about developing successful teams, especially entrepreneurial teams, in which everyone is contributing, engaged, productive and profiting. How do you achieve that? What are the benefits? What happens when it isn’t working, and how do you fix it?
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Why “Great Job” Isn’t Always Great Acknowledgment
We all love to be acknowledged, and we’re taught that expressing our appreciation is part of being a caring and effective leader. However, when it comes down to actually showing appreciation, most of us aren’t all that good at it.
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The Face Of Leadership — And What Your Team Might Be Reading Into It
Even a strong, skilled leader can send their team into a tailspin of self-doubt — and at worst, fear — just by being unaware of the emotion or lack of it writ large on their face. In the same way, a naturally serious or flat demeanor can wreak havoc on people’s sense of safety and…
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Why Perfectionism Is The Number One Enemy Of Teamwork
A lot of people consider themselves perfectionists, and they take a perverse pride in holding themselves and others to almost impossibly high standards. If this were a winning strategy, I’d be all for it, but it’s not. It’s a teamwork killer; it slows down productivity, and hijacks other people’s creativity.
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4 Steps To Freedom: When Firing Yourself Is The Smartest Thing To Do
Many entrepreneurs—and even team leaders and team members—fall into a trap that, at Strategic Coach, we call “Rugged Individualism.”