High Performance Leadership

Does your team get all the training that it needs? No matter how skilled, no matter how masterful, teams need to constantly learn. Centered leaders find ways to provide the training that their teams need so that they can continue to grow and excel. Are you doing that? People enjoy their jobs more when they have the skills to do their jobs expertly. Why not help them on that journey? -- Douglas Brent Smith

What are you learning this week? Are you working on some core skills? Are you brushing up on another language. Maybe you're learning a new code. Centered leaders keep learning. Sometimes it's hard. Sometimes work gets in the way. Keep learning. If you're hungry enough to learn, you will find a way . If your employer supports learning, grab at it every chance you get. If your employer does NOT support learning, go ahead and sponsor it yourself. The most expensive education is the one you need and fail to get. Learn. Keep learning. You don't want to evolve, right? -- Douglas Brent Smith If you're interested in bringing more learning to your organization, book our leadership workshops . Not only do they help you develop core leadership skills, they are surprisingly affordable.

L eadership is not being in charge -- it is taking charge when help is needed. When you find yourself in a situation where you are wondering who's in charge -- that's the universe telling you that it's up to you... Are you ready to lead when you're needed? What are you doing to improve your leadership skills so that you WILL be ready? -- Douglas Brent Smith http://frontrangeleadership.com

I found something I'd never seen before in a job ad today. It's something to think about. Listed as a job requirement, it said that the job candidate must have: "The ability and personality type to work in a  micro - managed  environment until you have built up a trust level with the people you support." What kind of work environment does that imply? It certainly gets points for honesty. Any new hire will know exactly what to expect: specific instructions, close direction, careful follow-up, and tight requirements. But wait -- while a seasoned professional might not need that level of micro-management, and while transformational, participative leaders allow lots of autonomy and choice, let's consider the needs of a new employee. Someone new to an organization may not be ready for unsupervised decision making because they're too busy adjusting to the culture, learning the job, creating new relationships, practicing new skills, and doing important tasks.  Maybe...