Align4Profit Leadership Development Blog
Leadership development may be the most important activity in any organization. In my quest to helping men and women become more and more effective leaders, I share weekly articles that are a quick read with a promise to give your leaders actionable tips they can implement immediately.
It’s my goal to share my experience together with candid and pragmatic advice founded on deep research.
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July 23, 2020
Many organizations are prioritizing, renewing, and re-committing their efforts in reshaping their D&I strategy to fast-track inclusion, mitigate bias, and become more empathetic. Many, too, recognize how difficult it can […]
October 14, 2019
We’ve looked at the first two stages of building good habits — Preparation and Activation. Now for the final stage, in which we focus on rewards, measure results, reward success, […]
September 30, 2019
Now that we’ve looked at the Preparation stage of building better habits, let’s see what it takes to Activate good habits, the second step in the Preparation, Activation, and Progress […]
September 16, 2019
Most of what we do every day may feel like decision making, but at least half of our actions are habitual. Our habits develop from responding to cues that, over […]
August 12, 2019
Nobody wants to fail. I get it. Yet when I talk to people who have achieved noteworthy success, they all acknowledge the important role that failure played in their success. […]
July 29, 2019
Think of your mind as a device such as a smartphone that you can control. In a way, it is. You can make adjustments to your device settings — choose […]
July 15, 2019
Leaders become more effective when they listen, really listen. You know your leaders have been really listening when the people they lead feel that they are being not just heard […]
May 27, 2019
I travel a lot for business, and when I travel, I always find time to explore my environment. It builds resilience. What’s the point of going to a new place, […]
May 13, 2019
Now that we’ve looked at questions on Relatedness, Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose, let’s consider questions that focus on the final facet of the RAMPP model — Progress. Nobody likes to […]
April 29, 2019
Now that we’ve looked at the Questions on Relatedness, Autonomy, and Mastery, let’s consider questions that focus on the fourth facet of the RAMPP model — Purpose. Purpose is achieved […]
April 17, 2019
Your leaders can improve their questioning process by improving their observations during the questioning conversation with three kinds of follow-up questions after each initial question. Queries that examine, clarify, and […]
April 1, 2019
As I explain in How to Ask Intimate Questions, when you pose sincere questions that address specific issues of concern to your employees, you demonstrate your interest and concern for […]
March 18, 2019
One-on-ones are a great way to check in with employees, encourage higher performance, and foster higher engagement. They provide a perfect opportunity to meet employees’ needs. When managers meet their […]
March 4, 2019
Rumination can be the ruination of even the most effective leaders. Leaders who dwell too much on the mistakes they make or on events that set them back are ruminating. […]
February 18, 2019
Great leaders and effective managers have all learned to capitalize on moments that matter. In The Three Questions, the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy instructs readers that there is only […]
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