Better Leaders League

I recently finished Dale Carnegie's classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People, and was blown away by his simple and powerful principles. So much so, I believe it should be required reading for every manager.  

In this episode, I share 4 key ideas that I hope will shift how you operate as a manager whose job it is to influence others on a daily basis.

A lot of my recent training work has centered on helping employees find ways to cope with change, challenge, and uncertainty. Because the world is overwhelming us in so many ways, it's time we had more strategies to help us counter the stress and anxiety.

Recalling the Law of Rhythm and how the universe makes sense and order out of chaos and confusion, we too can call on rhythm to help us through tough times.  

In this episode, I share a simple tool to help shift your mindset when it all gets too much.

This is more than a cute scene from a movie, it's an important lesson in connection and authenticity for managers.

In one simple admission, this "manager" connects herself to her "team" in a way that we can all learn from.

It begs the question for all of us, are we allowing the space for vulnerability in our leadership?

This election has got me scared. It also has me thinking.

Control over the election outcome - or any outcome for that matter - lies in our response to it. There's the "thing" that happens (good or bad), and there is our response to the thing.

There's a lesson here for leaders who are being tasked to step into their leadership to a degree beyond measure, especially during turbulent times.

Are we learning how to become more flexible tough all this craziness? Oh heck, yeah. Is it teaching us lessons that will benefit us later on? Yep, that too.

Remind yourself of all that you are learning and how well it will serve you, especially when things seem overly difficult.

All of these limits that have been put on us physically sparked flexibility and, ultimately, grew resiliency in all of us.

Is there something that bugs you so much and yet, you find that you don't speak up about it or don't do anything to solve it? You keep silent and all the while stewing over the problem, wasting your mental energy.

Wouldn't it take just as much energy to positively address it? Perhaps it's time to reframe our role in solving the problems that face us.

Are we learning how to become more flexible tough all this craziness? Oh heck, yeah. Is it teaching us lessons that will benefit us later on? Yep, that too.

Remind yourself of all that you are learning and how well it will serve you, especially when things seem overly difficult. 

All of these limits that have been put on us physically sparked flexibility and, ultimately, grew resiliency in all of us. 

What needs to happen for you to feel happy? What would have to happen for you to feel successful at work?

We may have far too many "rules" in place that essentially block our ability to achieve the feelings we desire - or we have our happiness or our success tied to things that we have no control over..."When my boss does x.... When my spouse does x...THEN I will be happy."

Maybe it's time to re-evaluate how we gauge our personal and professional success.

Is there something that bugs you so much and yet, you find that you don't speak up about it or don't do anything to solve it? You keep silent and all the while stewing over the problem, wasting your mental energy.

Wouldn't it take just as much energy to positively address it? Perhaps it's time to reframe our role in solving the problems that face us.

What needs to happen for you to feel happy? What would have to happen for you to feel successful at work?

We may have far too many "rules" in place that essentially block our ability to achieve the feelings we desire - or we have our happiness or our success tied to things that we have no control over..."When my boss does x.... When my spouse does x...THEN I will be happy."

Maybe it's time to re-evaluate how we gauge our personal and professional success.