3 Habits New (and Seasoned) Managers Should Be Starting

By Michael Holland -   The power of our brain to create and execute habits can be extremely beneficial or detrimental. Your brain doesn’t know the difference between the habit to walk (think about it) and the habit to grab that unhealthy snack every night.  The brain simply recognizes something being performed several times [...]

By |2025-04-02T12:40:56-04:00April 30th, 2025|New Leader|Comments Off on 3 Habits New (and Seasoned) Managers Should Be Starting

Why Less “Sanding” is Needed with New Leaders

By Michael Holland - Recently I was watching one of those home remodeling shows and the host was showing off the before and after shots of wood trim in a house.  To do it right, they had to put in a lot of work to strip down the layers of paint that had [...]

By |2025-03-19T09:17:31-04:00March 19th, 2025|New Leader|Comments Off on Why Less “Sanding” is Needed with New Leaders

Ways to Grow Healthy Roots of Leadership in Leaders

By Michael Holland - Recently we had a large tree fall in woods behind our house. It’s huge and I wondered how could this tree fall when others around it were fine. Some leaders are like strong trees with deep healthy root systems. They had nutrient rich soils that helped promote growth. They [...]

By |2025-02-19T10:54:29-05:00February 19th, 2025|New Leader|Comments Off on Ways to Grow Healthy Roots of Leadership in Leaders

How Leaders Can Gain Legitimate Authority

by Michael Holland  -   Do you have legitimate authority? What a great question.  Malcolm Gladwell in his intriguing book David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, brings us perspective that we should know—or may already know—but that we often overlook. This perspective is contained in a principle of legitimacy and [...]

By |2025-01-15T11:34:47-05:00January 15th, 2025|New Leader|Comments Off on How Leaders Can Gain Legitimate Authority

What Will the Legacy of Your Leadership Reveal

By Michael Holland -   Adolf Hitler has a legacy.  He left a rippling wake from his leadership. As soon as you saw that name you had an immediate reaction to the legacy he has left and understandably a very negative reaction. Now consider Abraham Lincoln who also has a legacy.  He left a [...]

By |2024-12-11T14:40:39-05:00December 11th, 2024|New Leader|Comments Off on What Will the Legacy of Your Leadership Reveal

Why An Explicit Leader is as Rare as an Oak in the Desert

By Michael Holland -  You know a great leader within a few minutes of talking with them. There's no mistake.  They stand out like an oak tree in the middle of the desert. Their title - or lack of a title - bear no connection to their leadership impact.  They create a circle [...]

By |2024-10-16T15:08:48-04:00October 23rd, 2024|New Leader|Comments Off on Why An Explicit Leader is as Rare as an Oak in the Desert

Hey Leader, What’s Your Destination

By Michael Holland - There is an older TV commercial where a young couple throws a dart at a map and then take off for their weekend adventure to wherever the dart landed. How spontaneous and fun. Your employees are hoping you’re less adventurous. In the rush of work and the ever-changing whims [...]

By |2024-09-19T16:08:04-04:00September 25th, 2024|New Leader|Comments Off on Hey Leader, What’s Your Destination

The Traditions You Enable as a Leader

by Michael Holland -  What traditions have you created or enabled within your team or company? As a leader, you are in the powerful role of creating rituals, beliefs, values, and cultural norms by the ways in which you behave and enable behavior within others, both as individuals and in groups. Tradition sounds [...]

By |2024-09-02T11:22:55-04:00September 4th, 2024|New Leader|Comments Off on The Traditions You Enable as a Leader

Leadership 101: The 8 Things You Wish Your Boss Knew

by Michael Holland -  Your role as a leader – should you choose to accept it – is to effectively lead the people asset you’ve been charged with owning.  This means: You are responsible and accountable for the effectiveness and productivity of each individual person on your team, as well as the team [...]

By |2024-07-06T15:50:01-04:00August 7th, 2024|New Leader|Comments Off on Leadership 101: The 8 Things You Wish Your Boss Knew

You Just Fired Your First Employee: The 6 Things You Should Do Next

By Michael Holland The pressure has been building for months.  You were clear on his performance review 6 months ago.  You were clear 3 months ago when you put him on the performance improvement plan and 1 month ago you met with him to sign the update to the PIP making sure he [...]

By |2024-07-06T14:25:34-04:00July 24th, 2024|New Leader|Comments Off on You Just Fired Your First Employee: The 6 Things You Should Do Next
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