by Laurie Hillis | Apr 19, 2024 | Career Change, Courage, Dare To Lead
A sure fire way to engage them Part of me wants to stop this blog right here. I often think this is all that needs to be said if your team is experiencing friction, lacking motivation, missing trust, or failing to meet your shared goals – TALK TO THEM! They are...
by Laurie Hillis | Mar 26, 2024 | Career Change, Courage, Dare To Lead
Job interviews, performance assessments and development plans often centre around our strengths and weaknesses. They tend to be a little tricky to identify and trickier to communicate without sounding fake, insincere, or like we’re trying to “pad” our self-view and...
by Laurie Hillis | Mar 11, 2024 | Career Change, Courage, Dare To Lead
From terror to excitement Mid-point, mid-career, mid-life … crisis? Crisis might be dramatic for some (for some, it’s real), but I think most people naturally start to reflect more and take stock of their life up to this “midpoint,” and look ahead, anxious about what...
by Laurie Hillis | Feb 19, 2024 | Courage, Dare To Lead, Leadership
Sidestepping: A misuse of power? We hear a lot about how people abuse power; taking advantage of it to get others to do what they want. In fact, it’s what I wrote about in my last blog. In reading more from author Julie Diamond and her work on the topic of Power in...
by Laurie Hillis | Jan 29, 2024 | Courage, Dare To Lead, Leadership
The difference between power that is given and that is earned Power. What does that word mean to you? What feelings does it elicit? What experiences have you had with it? Where do you have it and where do you not? How we experience “power” is dependent on so many...