Are You Accountable?
March 21, 2011 by Sylva Leduc
I recently watched a video on leadership, accountability and learning. The leaders I coach have told me that they really enjoyed it, so I decided to share it here.
Cheers,
Sylva Leduc
The Leadership Strategist
www.SageLeaders.com
MENTOR MONDAY: Setting Your Goals for 2011
February 1, 2011 by Sylva Leduc
January is off to a great start with many people joining us for this month’s Mentor Monday call to discuss goal setting. Have you set your own goals for 2011?
Length of this podcast: 31 minutes
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During the call Sylva mentioned the book by Jinny Ditzler, called Your Best Year Yet. You can find the book at Amazon. .
You can also download our short, one page summary of the Best Year Yet questions. BYY-10 Questions
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Are you registered for Mentor Monday? If you are, then you’ll receive an automatic reminder to join us on the fourth Monday of each month. If you are not registered, then register here
Happy New Year!
Sylva Leduc
Executive Coach
Sage Leaders Inc.
Are Arizona Businesses Prepared to Succeed in the New Business Reality?
September 2, 2010 by Sylva Leduc
The rules have changed and we cannot return to business-as-usual. So, where do innovative business leaders find the tools, processes and passion to survive and thrive in this evolved business environment?
Once in a while, I send out a notice to my contacts when I hear about, or am associated with, a program I truly believe will help the business owners in my network…
My savvy associate Margaret Jacoby, is spearheading a Leadership Power Groups (LPG) seminar and consulting series starting in September. She’s working together with key sponsors like the Small Business Development Center. The program involves 10, monthly, three-hour seminars, with follow-up consulting sessions. Specific topics geared to mid-size businesses, will clue us in about how to do business in this crazy new environment. Really, if you look at how we need to do business now, it’s totally different, and it’s evolving as you read this.
I’m involved as one of the LPG presenters and will be sharing information on the leader’s role in the new reality. I am also eager to hear insights from all the other presenters Margaret has lined up.
Read about this opportunity and share the info with anyone else you know who could benefit:
Web site: www.leadershippowergroups.com/
Twitter: twitter.com/LeadershipPower
Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Phoenix-AZ/Leadership-Power-Groups/284979179742
SBDC: http://www.azsbdc.net/workshop.aspx?ekey=10300115
MJ Management Solutions, Inc.’s Leadership Power Groups are designed to teach business owners how to play by the new rules, and run a successful business beyond 2010, without sacrificing passion and values. The 10-month workshop and consulting series, sponsored by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), starts in September 2010.
Attendees will receive down-to-earth, immediate action steps to move mid-sized businesses forward. They also will gain the know-how to manage people more wisely, serve customers more effectively, and improve processes to fit the new reality.
The sessions are limited to only 12, hand-selected businesses. Starting Sept. 8, 2010, leaders from each of these organizations will participate in a three-hour monthly session for 10 months. Each in-depth session shared with the 12 business teams will cover a leading-edge business topic, such as leadership, leveraging talent and social capital, social media strategy, and financing and forecasting. The sessions are individualized and include one-on-one, follow-up consulting with industry experts.
The 10 sessions will be held on the second Wednesday of each month, from 4 to 7 pm., at the Maricopa Community College Small Business Development Center, 2400 Central Avenue, Suite 104, Phoenix, AZ 85004.
For more information, visit http://www.leadershippowergroups.com/, or contact: Margaret Jacoby, MJ Management Solutions, Inc., 480-924-6101, margaret@mjms.net, www.mjms.net.
Daniel Goleman on Social Intelligence
August 31, 2010 by Sylva Leduc
Daniel Goleman, well known for his work on Emotional Intelligence, has turned his attention towards it’s greater application in leadership. In this 10 minute video from Harvard Business Review, Goleman talks about Social Intelligence, a big breakthrough in neuroscience.
Sometimes the video takes a while to load and it’s well worth the wait.
Goleman’s five step process to enhancing social intelligence:
- Decide whether you are motivated to enhance your social intelligence
- Get feedback from others through a 360 assessment
- Identify your strengths, weaknesses and what you want to focus upon
- Create a learning agreement with yourself
- For the next few months pay attention to your actions
These are very similar to the steps which I outlined in Roadmap to Success and similar to the executive coaching we offer to organizations. The biggest differences are that we also recommend before-and-after 360 assessments, along with a mid-point check in. After all, without ongoing input, a leader may think he/she is making positive change but is in fact just doing “more of the same.” The extra input makes a huge difference in helping a good leader to become a great leader.
Expect the Best,
Sylva Leduc
MENTOR MONDAY: Re-Engage Your Employees
August 20, 2010 by Sylva Leduc
On August 23rd we will be offering our eighth teleconference of the year. This month, the focus is on employee engagement. Actually, it’s on employee RE-engagement.
Why re-engagement?
Because we are hearing from too many people that their manager/leader is taking them for granted. You may even have heard it yourself in the “You’re lucky you have a job” rhetoric. But as the economy improves (yes, it will improve) those same employees who do not feel appreciated will be quitting as soon as they have a chance.
So don’t take your most valuable asset for granted. Join us on the call. Even if you can’t join live, we’ll send you the link with the recording.
