Doris Kovic
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Leading With Optimism - 10 Ways to Be Optimistic
"Are you kidding me - how can I be optimistic? There is nothing to be optimistic about in this economy." With the constant stream of bad economic news it is very easy to get caught up in thinking that nothing positive is happening. We start to believe that there is little that we can do to improve our circumstances; we withdraw, play it safe, feel concern, and fear about our future. We become especially vigilant for further signs that we are at risk. Optimistic leadership is not about seeing the world through rose colored glasses.
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Creative Power: 10 Ways to Energize Your Teams
In my consultations with clients I hear many complaints about the challenge of getting teams to work together well. There is recognition that teamwork offers huge rewards but also frustration with the personal experience of working within teams. One of the ways to improve teamwork is to leverage the power of creativity.
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Achieving Results By Letting Go - The Art of Delegating
Are you a master of doing it all, juggling priorities, constant meetings and email overload? When I ask leaders what change they could make to become more effective, one of the most common responses is that they need to delegate more. They recognize the need to delegate most of what comes across their desk but they don't always do it. There is just too much work to go around and as the business can least afford a misstep, we become more hands-on.
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Top 10 Derailers of Management Teams
Do you have a high performing management team? Could it be better? If your answer is anything less then great,... and yes it could be better. You are not alone. All to often it is easier just to accept that although your team is not functioning optimally, it is perhaps good enough. However the management team is the compass for the entire organization. If at some level a management team is dysfunctional - this dysfunction will spread throughout the organization.
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5 Reasons to Hire an Executive Coach
The best advice Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Google, ever got was to hire an executive coach. Initially when board member, John Doerr, suggested this, Schmidt resisted because as an experienced CEO he didn't think he needed a coach. But now he is a big fan of coaching and states in an interview with Fortune Magazine that "everyone needs a coach".
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Employee Motivation: 10 Ways to Engage Your Employees
How motivated are your employees? Are they fully engaged and passionate about their work? In challenging economic times it is natural for most people to lose some level of enthusiasm. When we cut costs and people around us lose jobs and even their homes, our desire to take on the "biggest and baddest" challenge at work can falter. But in these times, the last thing we need is lost productivity and less passion. In fact, what we really need is to raise the bar and get more productivity and creativity from our people. Can you motivate your employees to do more?
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Building Effective Business Relationships
Research shows that even with the best products and business practices, you still need strong relationships to succeed in this marketplace. The following is a roadmap to turn personality differences into positive business results. Respect is at the heart of building business relationships. It is the glue that holds together the functioning of teams, partnerships and managing relationships. (Up and down, peer-to-peer, internally and exte ally). Respecting the right to differ is a concept like apple pie and motherhood.
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