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What to do when you feel overwhelmed
Learn how to use the Eisenhower Matrix in order to reduce overwhelm. Also known as the Urgent-Important Matrix, this productivity and time management tool categorizes tasks into four quadrants based on their urgency and importance.
Don’t reach for technical solutions when facing adaptive challenges
You know that optimistic feeling when you start a new self-help book or find a new tech solution you hope will solve all of your problems? 🌈 That.
The biggest mistake managers make that keeps their team from making progress
When an adaptive challenge is involved, a technical solution won’t solve your problem - it can’t address the core issues causing your challenge and won’t bring about the impact desired. That’s why we need a different approach.
Taylor shows why the usual goal setting approach doesn't work
What if the typical way we approach goals is actually why you can’t seem to make progress on the goals that really matter to you?
Even Mark Zuckerberg stresses over team "drama"
Is tension on your team keeping you up at night? You aren’t the only one! Even the most experienced managers struggle with the discomfort of team “drama.”
Jacinda Ardern: "It takes strength to be an empathetic leader."
The former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern proved that the future of leadership is kindness. She showed that empathic leaders can also be strong and bold
How the best managers tap into their team’s potential
If you are an overworked and frustrated manager, this video training will help you get to the next phase of growth for your team.
A problem with S.M.A.R.T. goals
In this video training, I share why it is totally normal to think that SMART goals will solve the problem of getting your team into alignment and offer some things to look out for so you can be more effective.
How S.M.A.R.T. goals failed this leadership team
A common mistake managers make is creating goals that are intended to inspire massive action, but don’t provide clarity on how to prioritize activities.
The biggest capacity building leaders need to do
Bottom-line: To get more done as a team, leaders need to build their capacity to be with discomfort, uncertainty, and fear. You have to be willing to sit with the discomfort of the in-between or the uncertainty of not knowing.
Your productivity system won't actually solve for overwhelm...
In this video, I share why your productivity system isn’t going to solve the overwhelm you feel as you look at your to-do list.
The 'Achilles Heel' of each Enneagram type
One of the skills conscious leaders develop is the awareness of when they are operating on automatic and when those automatic patterns are no longer serving them. Without this discernment, you tend to think you are playing to your strengths and that other people are the problem.
Working with leadership paradigms
Bringing your awareness to your implicit belief systems can help you be a more effective manager. Learn the 9 styles of leadership and how you can work with them to uplevel at work.
Do specific goals really work?
Goal setting is all about getting clear on the destination so everyone is on the same page and working toward the same end point. Here’s how to balance specificity with flexibility.