Becoming a leader shifts your focus from yourself to those around you. How you choose to lead has lasting effects on your team, and they will take what they have learned from you, good or bad, and apply it to future situations. They will share that knowledge with others, and your leadership legacy c...

Managers should be helping their employees manage their stress; they should not be causing it. As much as your team should be trying to make your job easier, you should also be trying to make their jobs easier. This entails being consistent, reliable, calm under pressure, open to feedback, and helpf...

We tend to invest in a lot of things in life, like friendships, professional relationships, housing, travel, hobbies, and more, but the greatest investment we will ever make is in ourselves. We are our own greatest asset, and the sooner we realize and accept that, the better off we will be. Whether ...

Take a few minutes to think about your typical daily routine. How do you spend most of your time? If you have a full-time job, then for five days a week, you spend at least one-third of your 24 hour span at work, which does not include the commute to or from your office. Not only that, but according...

The smell of ink on paper fills the room as people take notes, and the only sounds are of the slight scratch of their pens, the steady breathing of the audience, and the speaker at the front of the room. No one dares avert their attention as the words flow out of him, captivating people of all ages ...

What if I told you that you could master mind control? It’s not as difficult as it sounds; it just requires patience and practice. That is, of course, in regard to controlling your own mind. You can have social influence over others, but you can only control yourself. Having that control over your o...

Leaders can make or break an employee’s experience at a company, and the effects of their leadership approach can have a lasting impact. While the leader’s goal is to accomplish work with and through their people, they should also prioritize developing healthy working relationships with their team m...

When we think of leaders, we typically think of people in a position of authority, but leaders are everywhere, and they don’t need a title to have influence. In fact, many leaders don’t have a title. Instead, they might be a coworker who encourages their teammates to work towards their goals, a frie...

With today marking the beginning of the second half of the year, it’s time to evaluate what is working, what is not working, and what needs to be implemented or improved upon moving forward. Take some time to reflect on the goals that you have set for your business. Are you on your way to accomplish...

Many leaders have recounted that when they were the strongest as a leader, it was not a time of peace and certainty. It was in the chaos of facing and overcoming challenges that they are most proud to look back on in their leadership journeys. That is because we often don’t know what we are truly ca...

We are all guilty of making assumptions about people and situations, whether we mean to or not. It is human nature to try and make sense of things quickly, which means we often jump to conclusions without having all of the facts. While this does help us process information, it can also lead to a num...

In business, a leader will try to empower others to lead themselves. However, what leaders often forget is that a person can lead themselves but still have questions for you. As a leader, you act as a guide and as a resource for your team. You might encourage them to be mostly self-sufficient, but t...