by Dr. Mary Kay | Apr 4, 2017 | Leadership Skills
Why do you do your job? For leadership opportunities? Something makes you get out of bed every morning and go to work, ready for another day of challenges and accomplishments. Is it the money? Bills that you need to pay? Prestige? Or have you followed a career path...
by Dr. Mary Kay | Mar 28, 2017 | Leadership Skills
Last week I heard a group of leaders say, “If we could just get great employees to want to come to work and work when they are here, we would be unstoppable!” Can you relate to this? Now, let’s think about this situation from the perspective of employees. “If we could...
by Dr. Mary Kay | Mar 7, 2017 | Leadership Skills
Think of a time when you just read a great leadership book or attended a fantastic leadership workshop and immediately put into action what you learned. Isn’t it a great feeling to uncover a solution to a problem or situation and then take action? Yes, it is fun...
by Dr. Mary Kay | Feb 16, 2017 | Leadership Skills
The challenge for many leaders is getting buy-in from team members on decisions or change initiatives that may be unpopular. As an example, let’s say that a company’s owners have decided to change their employees’ health insurance carrier. This could be a real hassle...
by Dr. Mary Kay | Dec 20, 2016 | Leadership Skills
A key and immediate benefit—one that many people do not realize—is that increasing your leadership skills will help you win the game of life. And I don’t know anyone that doesn’t like to win! It doesn’t matter what you do for a living – if you...