The Strategy Corner

In this episode, you’ll have the opportunity to sit and think about your company’s performance as a whole. In this macro-level view, you’ll have the chance to ruminate on what worked and what didn’t and address any problems you discovered as your company experienced the pandemic. What will you change as a result of this week’s questions?

This week I’d like you to focus on your team and their performance during the pandemic. By setting aside some time to pause and reflect, you’ll be able to move forward with clarity to accomplish your business goals and strengthen your team.

Spend some time reflecting on your leadership, and learn from your mistakes and successes. I invite you to answer 5 questions that require you to dig deep and get honest about what you did during the pandemic. Over the next few episodes, we will continue to explore this idea as we look at aligning our behavior with our goals and purposes.

Putting off a difficult conversation just because you’re dreading it doesn’t resolve your problem. In my book review for Crucial Conversations, I share my favorite ways you can orient your point of view to have productive conversations that lead to a resolution. I also provide quick tips for how to lead in a difficult conversation in an easy digital download.

The shift to working from home during a national pandemic has definitely shortened our attention span. Focusing on work when so much extra stuff is going on can be incredibly difficult. I offer strategies today that will help you reprioritize your work, increase your output, and center you on your goals again.

It can be easy right now to make excuses for why you’re not being consistent in your business and your life. The crisis was a pretty huge disruption in all of our lives, but it’s time to move toward our goals again. I talk about small and actionable ways you can add consistency back into your daily life again.

Disruptions have taken on a whole new meaning this year as we have had to get used to social distancing and staying at home. Getting clarity when everything we planned for has shifted takes some work. I walk you through some thought exercises that will help you slow down so that you can speed up again.

Have you ever scheduled a meeting and then dreaded that meeting? Do you ever sit down to do a task and find that your brain simply can’t focus? Today I talk about some simple solutions for working through reluctance or outright resistance, and why your feelings are totally normal.

There are three negative phrases that can suck the joy out of your life. I introduce three new positive phrases that help you reframe your life with gratitude, and that helps you see the bright side of the work you’re privileged to do. Reclaim the energy in your life by simply changing how you talk about the work you do.