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Mar 15

Natural Leaders: Spoiler Alert – They Constantly Work At It

They’re out there, natural leaders, that is. These are people who make leadership seem as easy and ordinary as riding a bike. They have a measured way about them and just seem, intuitively, to know what to do and how to do it. A Lunch Meeting I happened to have... read more →

Jan 19

How Will You Act in 2024?

What’s grounding you as you move into 2024? As a leader in life (home and work), what behaviors are going to positively support your key deliverables this year? Solid leaders are very deliberate. They plan for contingencies. But here, I’m not talking about business planning for the year. I’m talking... read more →

Sep 30

Three Automatic Anxious Behaviors that Can Undermine Our Effectiveness

We’re so much more automatic than we think we are. Have you ever driven from one place to another and honestly couldn’t remember what happened along the way? Maybe you were listening to a favorite song or you were really upset about what someone just said or did. And, at... read more →

Aug 29

Do You Polarize or Problem-Solve When Challenged?

Me the SME You’re most likely in your job because you’re smart and good at what you do. In some cases, you might even be a subject matter expert. Your opinions matter. So, what happens when your opinions or ideas are challenged? How do you typically respond? As we approach... read more →

Jul 12

How’s It Going So Far this Year?

It’s already mid-year and a good opportunity to check in on the success of your work to-date. So, here’s my first question to help gauge this: How would you gauge the quality of your professional relationships right now? There is often a strong correlation between positive answers here and the... read more →

May 21

Leading From the Right Place at the Right Time

Leadership trends come and go. One, though, that has staying power is the concept of situational leadership (Hersey and Blanchard). The bottom-line here is the leader’s ability to adjust her or his style of leadership based on the need of the moment. Their eyes are on the individual, the team,... read more →

Apr 19

Helping Relationships at Work – Work

“No man is an island,” English poet John Donne famously said. But I think that if we had our choice, many of us would really try to be islands. We might prefer to work mostly alone – doors closed, communicating mostly through email, or, the sometimes-annoying, IM. I’m pretty sure,... read more →

Feb 19

Who Did This? Taking Responsibility for Leading Myself First

When our dog, Lucy, did something like chew up the binder of a book or dig through the wastebasket, we would playfully say, “Who did this?” We humans can sometimes be quick to assign blame. As old and wise as I supposedly am, too often, I look for someone else... read more →

Feb 24

The Here And Now: Moving Forward with History

Our histories are in our DNA. And some scientists would say that this is actually physiologically true! Minimally, though, much from the past has been subconsciously passed down through the generations. So, for example, learning more about my family history can possibly help me better understand my own patterns of... read more →

Dec 16

The Power of a Metaphor

I appreciate the power of a good metaphor. Teachers of all sorts have used them effectively throughout history. At P. A. WEISS Leadership Solutions we recently changed our name to Iridium Leadership. Here’s the story. Iridium is a noble metal and is one of the most solid substances on... read more →

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