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Found Time – What Great Leaders Do With It

By Michael Holland - While on your way to a meeting, you get word that the meeting is being rescheduled. You now have 45 minutes of found time. Found time is like winning a small lottery.  You smile like when you walk outside on the first really nice day of spring. Great leaders are prepared [...]

By |2023-02-01T11:50:44-05:00February 1st, 2023|Productivity|Comments Off on Found Time – What Great Leaders Do With It

Do You Have a Balanced Portfolio of Leadership?

By Michael Holland -  My keen financial planning colleagues can speak for hours about the art and science of balancing portfolios.  For the rest of us, we know that it's good to have a balanced portfolio whether it's with financial assets, the food we choose to consume over a week, or the selection of adult [...]

By |2023-01-11T17:33:31-05:00January 11th, 2023|Your Development|Comments Off on Do You Have a Balanced Portfolio of Leadership?

The #Leadwell Daily Ritual: Becoming a More Effective and Happier Leader

By Michael Holland - Having worked with hundreds and hundreds of leaders, I find so many lack focus on working to become effective at leading well. The key is micro-behaviors.  Those little things that we do that have longer term ripple impacts.  The gap for most leaders comes from not intentionally creating habits that enable healthy micro-behaviors [...]

By |2022-05-12T11:58:02-04:00May 11th, 2022|Productivity|Comments Off on The #Leadwell Daily Ritual: Becoming a More Effective and Happier Leader

The Myth of Multi-Tasking and How Shallow Work Kills Your Productivity

By Michael Holland - Whether alone or in meetings, many believe that they are getting lots of work completed because we are great at multi-tasking. There’s an urban myth that says we are so much more productive because we are multi-tasking. But science proves it wrong: we actually do things in sequence.  Now, those sequences might [...]

By |2022-02-02T11:20:04-05:00February 2nd, 2022|Managing Performance|Comments Off on The Myth of Multi-Tasking and How Shallow Work Kills Your Productivity

Crafting the Story: The Critical Questions You Need to Answer as a Leader

By Michael Holland -  Great leaders learn the art of crafting the story in which employees can place themselves. The story has historical underpinnings, heroes, villains, a bit of drama, obstacles to overcome and a goal to be achieved that is just beyond the capabilities of the team but is within reach. Great leaders give [...]

By |2021-09-29T15:31:08-04:00September 29th, 2021|Building My Team|Comments Off on Crafting the Story: The Critical Questions You Need to Answer as a Leader

How a Hobby Revealed 3 Advantages to Shorter Planning and Feedback Cycles

By Michael Holland - Golfing is one of my favorite hobbies. A few years ago, I started looking at my scoring in 3 hole increments providing a look-back at 3 holes to see how I scored and a motivation and plan for the next 3 holes. With this rhythm, I was able to celebrate success [...]

By |2021-04-21T15:29:00-04:00April 21st, 2021|Productivity|Comments Off on How a Hobby Revealed 3 Advantages to Shorter Planning and Feedback Cycles

Your Inner Circle: Are They a Catalyst or an Anchor?

by Michael Holland -  John Maxwell's 11th Irrefutable Law of Leadership (from The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You) states that a leader's potential is determined by his inner circle, those closest to him. Basically, your success as a leader, whether you're a CEO or a new supervisor, builds [...]

By |2020-07-22T11:57:54-04:00July 22nd, 2020|Your Development|Comments Off on Your Inner Circle: Are They a Catalyst or an Anchor?

#Leadwell Virtually Tip of the Week – Balanced Communications

As leaders we know that we must overcommunicate during times of change and uncertainty.  We are currently faced with both. But we should strike a balance with our communication, being fluid as the challenges ebb and flow. There needs to be more communication but not so much that employees are overwhelmed.  A daily team huddle [...]

By |2020-04-07T10:50:42-04:00April 7th, 2020|#Leadwell Virtually|Comments Off on #Leadwell Virtually Tip of the Week – Balanced Communications

Summer Reading List for 2019

By Michael Holland - Great people leaders are life long learners consuming blog posts, podcasts, articles, videos and books to gain perspective and increase knowledge. Leverage your vacation time this summer with a good book! Here are 4 books I recommend for this summer. Get Your Leadership Geek On. . . Nine Lies About Work: [...]

By |2019-07-03T10:56:32-04:00July 3rd, 2019|Your Development|Comments Off on Summer Reading List for 2019

Reading List for Your 2018 Holiday Vacation Time

By Michael Holland - Great leaders are life long learners consuming blog posts, podcasts, articles, videos and books to gain perspective and increase knowledge. Leverage that driving or flying time – or get away from the in-laws time – this holiday with a good book! Here are 4 books I've read and recommend for this [...]

By |2018-12-19T17:35:08-05:00December 19th, 2018|Your Development|Comments Off on Reading List for Your 2018 Holiday Vacation Time

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