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Inspired Leadership is a blog to provide a collection of my thoughts on leadership. I have helped numerous executives including general managers, department heads and supervisors over the years with various HR and operational matters and I find myself being driven to help those in and outside of the companies I have worked for.

I often find parallels in the things we do in life so you will find a collection of things that drive me forward in my personal and business life towards continual success. I also found great success utilizing concepts found in the Secret, the 8th Habit from Effectiveness to Greatness and Eat that Frog so you will see that a large part of what you will read will have a good deal of its base from those concepts.



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I am skilled in strategic planning, organizational development and change management. I have lead teams in mid sized to large mixed use resorts and hotels. I implemented and maintained a successful strategy that has improved associate satisfaction and retention each year, established a relevant Leadership Development Program as well as an Associate Recognition Program; you will find that I am deeply engaged in associate relation issues; assist managers with team conflicts, progressive discipline, job eliminations and potential harassment issues. I am currently working for a hotel company that is growing by leaps and bounds going from around 20 hotels to over 50 hotels in a years time. I am SPHR certified, a certified personal trainer as well as a certified professional coach helping people reach their potential in their business and or their personal worlds by harnessing their own leadership abilities and applying them to their daily activities with personal power and purpose. My specialties are coaching, recruiting, project management and I am a master trainer in service culture, branding, leadership development, behavioral interviewing and presentation skills.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Do you or someone on your leadership team display negative or non constructive leadership actions and behaviors?

We all have had our moments where we have done or said something that we wish we could take back. I am not talking about these types of situations. I am talking about CONSISTENT  negative or non constructive leadership actions or behaviors that reduce your ability to build relationships within a team. These actions  and behaviors also derail a leaders opportunities to advance in the organization. To be more specific I am referring to:

  
_  Stressed out                  
-  Talks too much
_ Use of strong, inappropriate words
_ Demanding
_ Overly-directive
_ Controlling
_ Lashes out at others
_ Over-burdened
_ Over-whelmed
_ Avoids others
_ Too quiet
_ Pulls back
_ Shuts down
-  Defensive


Ask yourself the following set of questions and ask yourself how will you know if you have made improvements in your leadership actions and behaviors and in demonstrating a more specific positive leadership presence.  Then rate yourself on your overall responses on a scale of 1 to 10. Keep this rating handy when you revisit this topic in another 90 days. Also When you review this topic months later you will have a reference point to work from for any adjustments.


DO YOU model the exemplary and constructive behaviors you want
others to use?
ARE YOU open to engaging in discussion with your team about your
own behaviors?
Does your team see you acting over-burdened and over-whelmed?
____ If so, do you reach out to your team during those times? _____ Do
you reach out in a positive and constructive way? ____ How do you do
this?
Have you and your team ever practiced having difficult conversations
about issues you are currently dealing with or issues you know to be
forthcoming?
Do you show calm mannerisms? _____ Do you sense that your team
needs more security and comfort? _______ What makes you think
that?
Do you believe that yelling and screaming are NOT good management
techniques?
Do you believe that barking out commands does not demonstrate a
positive leadership presence?
Do you believe that development of team members is an important
positive leadership skill?

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