Do You Focus on
Strengths or Weaknesses?
Ask anyone who’s just had a performance review what they’re working on improving this quarter, and I’ll bet they’ll tell you precisely what deficits they
Ask anyone who’s just had a performance review what they’re working on improving this quarter, and I’ll bet they’ll tell you precisely what deficits they
Most of us have a poor sense of our talents and strengths yet are acutely aware of our weaknesses and flaws. Why is that? I’ll
All organizations have a mission statement and a set of values or guiding principles. When people put values in action, they feel energy, enthusiasm, and
After you’ve read many of the books on executive presence, it’s still clearly a unique quality that’s expressed differently by each leader. There are no
It’s not that companies do a poor job of educating employees about corporate codes of ethics and values. Almost everyone signs an agreement to uphold
In some ways, the ability to spot a difficult coworker is counterproductive. We’d be better off tagging a person as different rather than difficult. Why?
For those of us at Proffitt Management Solutions, leadership is a melody composed of knowledge, attitudes, skills, and habits. Just as a conductor leads an
At Proffitt Management Solutions, we believe in the transformative power of executive coaching. Just as alchemists sought to turn base metals into gold, we aim
Whether you’re giving difficult feedback to an employee, approaching your supervisor with a problem, or having an uncomfortable conversation with a peer — handling difficult
Imagine a workplace where people are scared to voice their opinions, where the fear of failure is so intense it paralyzes action. Such a work
The term “glass ceiling” evokes an image of an invisible, yet unbreakable, barrier that prevents women from advancing to higher levels of leadership, especially in
The world of quantum physics with its electrons, quarks, and uncertainty principles may seem far removed from the art of leadership. However, the quantum world