We all want to be heard, valued and appreciated. Part of being heard and valued is actually letting other people fulfill that want and need. In order to effectively work with patients, co-workers and even friends and family, you’ll need to leverage active listening skills in order to receive the whole message accurately and build trust with others.

Today we cover tips to help you grow in your active listening efforts.

It's often said that a leader's main job is to be a problem solver. You're hired to fix problems that pop up in your business. While it's a little bit more complex than that, you would do well to equip your teams to be great problem-solvers themselves. Today we walk through strategies to help your team raise their problem-solving skills.

If you ask people to describe themselves as leaders, a word that often comes up is coach. We did a deep dive into what coaching is and when to use this style back in LTW Episode 44: Situational Leadership- Coaching. Today we give you more actionable tips to be a great coach.

Do leaders actually have bad days? Sure, life happens! Today, we talk about the importance of having healthy outlets to work through those tough moments and why your team shouldn't feel and take the brunt of your off moments.

With all the change that happens in our personal and professional lives, it's easy to forget the way that things were before. We talk about the importance of remembering what got you where you are and some tips to help you reflect on the wonderful progress that you make over time.

Your written communication skills are vital in order to be a leader or influencer that connects to others. Today, we help give you some guidance on how to hone your written communication skills.

Trust is the foundation that all good relationships, both personal and professional, are built upon. Today we cover some areas where you can break trust with others and how you can avoid those relational landmines.

It's our one-year anniversary! Today we going to dive into ecology; the study of the environment and how all elements are connected. We break down how an understanding of ecology can positively impact our clinical care and quality of leadership with those that we influence.

A good vision is important for any group as they do their work. The vision guides us in our direction and heavily influences what we pursue, prioritize and even how we do our work. As good as an amazing vision can be, there can bit of tension for our leaders in the middle. They likely weren’t in the room as the vision was crafted, yet they are responsible for carrying out the vision and making it a reality.

Today we answer the question: How do you set, own and communicate a vision to others that you weren’t a part of?

We can all be a bit too hard on ourselves at times. Today we talk about the power of positive self-talk and how it can keep you in positive perspective when things don't go your way and during tough times. We cover;

*Types of negative self-talk

*Types of positive self-talk

*Tips to help you get started

*The benefits of positive self-talk