It's not me, it's my boss...oh really?
If your manager makes you want to go home and scream into a pillow every single night, or you’ve taken up kickboxing just so you can picture your manager’s face on the bag, then keep reading.
Sounds like you are suffering from a toxic relationship with your boss. You are not alone—an EY study (detailed in the Harvard Business Review) reported that 58% of people trust strangers more than their own boss! That’s right, they trust a random person off the street more than they trust the guy responsible for their development, compensation, and day-to-day happiness. Pretty scary!
New Year, New Relationship with your Boss
If your manager makes you want to go home and scream into a pillow every single night, or you’ve taken up kickboxing just so you can picture your manager’s face on the bag, then keep reading.
So sounds like you are suffering from a toxic relationship with your boss. You are not alone—a EY study (detailed in the Harvard Business Review) recently reported that 58% of people trust strangers more than their own boss! That’s right, they trust a random person off the street more than they trust the guy responsible for their development, compensation, and day-to-day happiness. Pretty scary!
Become a Great Leader by Acting like a Child
If I told you that you can increase your executive presence and strengthen your leadership power by acting like a toddler, you would think I am absolutely insane. But think about it. The reckless abandonment with which toddlers approach interactions, requests and relationships yield great results. Most people find themselves smiling at, charmed by and wanting to appease a toddler.
What Being Misquoted in the Press Taught Me
A few weeks ago, I presented my signature speech on Effective Self-promotion to a group of 60 to 70 highly successful women in the Venture and Private Equity space.
The event went very well, and I had great feedback from the organizers and the audience. And then it happened… Something, that as an entrepreneur, you always hopeful but also fear. A press article was written about the event and my presentation.
Performance Review Giving You Anxiety?
Many of you have told me that you are dreading your upcoming performance review OR that your recent review is stressing you out! It seems that you never feel like you get any meaningful information from the review, and you are more confused after your review happens than before.
Criticism! Three steps to prevent it from stressing you out
Criticism! Three steps to prevent it from stressing you out
How to get the most out of your summer intern
Our two summer interns started last week. We are a small company and feel vulnerable every time we bring someone into our little nucleus and open our business up to them.
Beware! These toxic thoughts are success killers.
No matter who you are or what you do I am willing to bet that if you are having any of these thoughts below then you are holding yourself back from achieving great success. As an executive coach, I am fortunate to work with and get in the brilliant minds of the brightest and most success executives on Wall Street and beyond. Like the rest of us, my clients have insecurities that we work on recognizing and banishing them from their minds. Here is the list of thoughts that are surprisingly common and are the greatest offenders to our success