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10 Qualities Team Members Should Expect From Their Leaders

We place a lot of expectations on those we lead. From their actions to their qualities, we want them to be Superman. We know they can’t be, yet the expectation is often there.

I covered the qualities a leader should expect from their team in a previous post. Now, I’m flipping the script. We will look at the qualities team members should expect (and receive) from their leaders.

Four people around a table. All looking at a single cell phone

Photo by Mapbox on Unsplash

This one might sting a bit, but it’ll help you become the leader you want to be and the leader your people need you to be.

10 Qualities Team Members Should Expect From Their Leaders

1. Attentiveness:

Your team members need you to be attentive to their needs. When they bring an issue to you, respond. If they need something, find a way to get it to them.   Read more...

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How To Work With Difficult People

Our relationships in the office are important. We spend more time with these people than we do with our spouses and families. That’s a lot of time to spend with them, especially if they’re difficult.

And that’s what we’ll look at: working with difficult people.

The difficult people in your office could be a direct report. Or the difficult person could be your supervisor. Either way, difficult people create difficult work environments. 

When you work with difficult people, you become emotionally drained by the end of the day. You feel like you’ve waged a battle that cannot be won. Your day was a constant Jenga game of pulling or pushing the right piece…

It’s draining. You have the feeling of just wanting them gone.  Read more...

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Kindle Your Team’s Passion

We believe that what motivates us will motivate our team members. We’re off-base when we have this mindset.

Our motivations are not the motivations of our team. They may not get hyped up by:

  • Meeting this quarter’s numbers
  • Continued advancement
  • Dream vacations

They’re also not passionate about what we’re passionate about. Everyone has different passions. We have to discover and kindle our people’s passions. This will not only motivate them but also create dedicated, loyal team members. 

What does it take to kindle your team members’ passions?

Kindle Your Team’s Passion

What are some ways that you can kindle your team’s passions? Whether it’s an individual or collective team, there are ways you can discover their passions and then kindle them. Along the way, you may even kindle your passion.  Read more...

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Borderlands

A Reel Leadership Article

My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book.

Borderlands is based on the equally outrageous video game of the same name. It’s a raucous, random, and outrageous film that may leave moviegoers feeling disorientated. I know I left trying to figure out what I just watched.

In the Borderlands film, we’re introduced to Lilith (Cate Blanchett), Roland (Kevin Hart), Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis), Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), Krieg (Florien Munteanu), and the droid Claptrap (Jack Black). These six adventurers are on a mission to access the mysterious Vault on the planet Pandora. It’s believed Tiny Tina is the key to unlocking the Vault.

Various cast members from the movie Borderland crouched together with one of them wearing bunny ears

Will the crew be able to save Tiny Tina from Atlas (Edgar Ramírez) and Commander Knoxx (Janina Gavankar)? You’ll discover that as you watch Borderlands on the big screen.  Read more...

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4 Ways To Lead Up

There are very few of us who are at the top of an organization. We all find ourselves in various positions of authority. There are people below us. Then, there are people above us.

There’s a desire to continue our upward advancement. We want to show the leaders above us that we have what it takes to sit alongside them.

We want to be able to lead up.

The question becomes: how do we lead those who are leading us? It’s the struggle we all have throughout our careers.

I want to let you know there’s good news. We can lead up and not just down. We can impact our leaders as we impact those we lead.

What does that take?  Read more...