Before consistency becomes a habit, it’s a choice, and being consistent as a leader is one of the most important choices you can make in your career.

When a leader acts inconsistently, their employees do not know what to expect from them. This creates confusion and uncertainty, and it causes you to...

An effective leader not only produces quality work themselves, but they also accomplish work with and through others. They do not try to carry the workload by themselves, nor do they position themselves as a bottleneck, making employees come to them before taking action. Instead, they build up their...

The future is unwritten, and we are the authors. We get to choose the direction we go, the mission we adopt, and the plan for which we pursue our goals. Everyone’s journey will look different because we each carry our own internal compass. In order to follow that compass, we must first understand wh...

The thing about becoming great at your job and demonstrating how reliable you are is that people will come to rely on you more and more for achieving greatness. Some might consider that a blessing, while others would consider it a burden. When you make yourself the go-to person, you become an essent...

Every single one of us has been a customer somewhere, so we know what we expect out of the customer experience. However, when it comes to serving our customers, we often have a different perspective on what should go into the interaction. We love it when an employee goes above and beyond to help us,...

As we approach the end of June, we are getting close to halfway through the calendar year. Not only is this a time to reflect on how business has been up until this point, it is a time for adjusting your organization’s strategy for the remainder of the year. You want to ensure you are on track for a...

Just because you could be doing more doesn’t mean you’re not doing enough as it is. You don’t have to max yourself out to prove that you work hard, that you’re committed to your goals, that you’re a dedicated employee, or anything else. Sometimes it is better to give more of your attention to a smal...

We often are so focused on getting things just right that we can forget about getting started. There’s this pressure to have everything figured out before we even begin, whether it’s starting on a new project, making a career change, or adjusting the company’s marketing strategy. But the idea of hav...

As much as we may sometimes wish that we could hit a redo button and try something again, we cannot avoid the consequences of our actions. No matter how much you regret doing or not doing something, how good your intentions were, or what outside factors played into the outcome, you have to make the ...

We are all very busy, but we’re not always very productive. The reason for this is two-fold: sometimes this is because our focus is on the wrong tasks, and sometimes it’s because the work we do does not produce the results we were hoping for. 

On the surface, being busy and being productive look th...

Decision fatigue is real, and not only is it emotionally draining, it can also be detrimental to business. Every single day is filled with small decisions that add up, ranging from what to wear and what to eat for lunch all the way to which route to take to the office and which tasks to prioritize f...

There will be times when someone gives you feedback that you didn’t ask for or want. It is easy to become frustrated when this happens, especially when they notice something that you didn’t. However, feedback is essential to improvement, and the reason someone may not feel receptive to it is because...