by Julie Poland | Sep 21, 2017 | Coaching, Growth and Change, Life as a Leader
You’re in charge and you’re responsible to lead your team to good results. Yet when you look around you see people who are dragging, missing deadlines, and submitting sloppy work. They know what to do, but they aren’t doing it. You’ve tried to...
by Julie Poland | Jan 26, 2017 | Influence, Strategic Leadership, values
Is it best for you to stay out of the fray? Is it wiser counsel to observe what is going on around you (or try to ignore it), or do you have a responsibility to step into the action, or at least to speak up? National politics has taken over social media. You could...
by Julie Poland | Apr 7, 2016 | Growth and Change, Life as a Leader
Whether you realize it or not, you have a rhythm. Even if you’re not a musician, in your life and in your work you repeat patterns with uniformity, with regularity. Some might call it being in a groove, where it’s as comforting as dancing with someone you...
by Julie Poland | Mar 24, 2016 | Growth and Change, Life as a Leader
Have you heard the expression “who you are speaks to me so loudly that I can’t hear you telling me who you are”? The same goes for your company culture. It’s important that you communicate about values, expectations, etc., but the indicators of...
by Julie Poland | Feb 17, 2016 | Life as a Leader
We don’t like the mess in the middle, that inevitable space between what was and what will be. Back in our banking days the word “conversion” was met with groans, because everybody knew there would be complications no matter how seamless they were...
