Fast Company: 6 Strategies of Mindful Leaders Who Make a Greater Impact
Publication: Leadership Impact | Mindful Decision Making | Mindful leadership strategies | Productivity Tips | Stress Management
In this leadership development article for Fast Company, Michelle, a leadership development speaker, shares 6 strategies used by mindful leaders for greater impact, highlighting mindful leadership strategies, stress management, productivity tips, and mindful decision making. In the typical working day, leaders juggle multiple priorities, stakeholders, and decisions, which can lead to cognitive overload. Cognitive overload […]
Why Art Can Help Elevate Your Leadership Style
Publication: Art and Leadership | Leadership art | Leadership Impact | Leadership styles
When the year kicked off, a report suggested that anxiety and uncertainty were impacting CEO sentiments about the year ahead. The world has always been uncertain and we can over-emphasise the negative sentiments due to the cognitive bias of the recency effect, where we place more attention on recent events over historic ones. Swedish Academic Hans Rosling argued in […]
What’s your impact – connection or contagion?
Publication: emotional contagion | Emotional energy | Leadership Impact
We all know that viruses are contagious, but what you may not know is that emotions are contagious too. Yes, there is such a thing as emotional contagion. If someone around you is happy, sad, angry or any other emotion, it can rub off and impact how you feel and behave; and you can have […]
Eight tips to stay ahead of the game
Publication: Leadership Impact | Personal Effectiveness | Professional Reputation
Many years ago I worked with a person who said to me: Michelle you can get to a certain level in your career by being good at what you do. But if you want to go any further, you need to know how to play the game. Their comment always troubled me as it implies […]
Leadership – it’s often the little things that matter
Publication: Daily Leadership | Leadership Impact | Legacy Creation | Positive Influence
Great leaders usually have a great legacy. Their legacy is something they leave behind that has a positive impact on future generations. It may be how they’ve steered a nation through a period of growth. It may be how they’ve helped a business grow. It may be their philanthropic endeavours that have helped people in less […]
Influence – it’s not a solo pursuit
Publication: Influence Skills | Leadership Impact | Stakeholder Relationships | Team Communication
The respected former CEO of Intel, Andy Grove, once said: “Just as you would not permit a fellow employee to steal a piece of office equipment, you shouldn’t let anyone walk away with the time of his fellow managers.” In organisations this happens every day, and it’s made worse for a leader if their team […]