Articles by Sheila R. Carmichael
How To Enhance Your Authentic Leadership With Coaching
One of the core skills needed is active listening. This means being fully present and listening at a level beyond what is being said, paying attention to the tone, pace, and emotions.
Three Strategies For Authentic Decision-Making Leaders
Authenticity builds trust. According to Gartner research, organizations with high levels of trust increase average employee engagement by 76% over those with low levels.
Strengthen Your Authentic Voice By Removing The Noise
You have an important message to deliver —pitching an idea to the board, leading a strategy session with your team, or getting buy-in on a new project.
How To Tap Into Your Authentic Leadership
More than 70% of your team’s engagement is determined by your ability to influence. Your influence directly impacts performance indicators, such as customer ratings and profitability.
How To Gain More Influence Within A Niche: 12 Effective Methods
Being able to influence people makes you more effective at work. If you work within a specific niche, it also helps if you are viewed as a subject matter expert in your field. Even if you don’t hold formal power in a leadership role, you can position yourself as a source of innovative ideas and advice to become someone your colleagues and industry peers rely upon for inspiration and guidance: an influencer in your space.
How To Get Comfortable With Not Knowing: 15 Leadership Tips
Company leaders often feel pressure to know the answer to every question that crosses their desks. When they don’t, fear being seen as unfit or unworthy of their title may lead them to respond in ways that diminish credibility instead of building trust.
16 Ways To Achieve Work-Life Balance By Setting Better Boundaries
A healthy work-life balance is essential to a successful career and a fulfilling personal life. While it’s important to set boundaries in every area of your life, including around family work and recreational activities, it’s also natural for these various aspects to bleed together, especially now that so many people work from home full-time.
10 Mindful Ways For Leaders To Beat Their Own Unconscious Biases
While it isn’t easy and often feels uncomfortable, learning to recognize unconscious biases within yourself is a critical step in becoming the most successful leader you can be. Attitudes and perceptions you possess but aren’t aware of may lead you to make unwise choices and cause members of your team to lose respect and trust in you.
15 Traits Of Successful People That All Business Leaders Should Cultivate
While there’s no surefire formula for success in every arena, the most exceptional leaders in business and entrepreneurship do tend to share a number of specific attributes. Fortunately, these aren’t intrinsic qualities but rather deliberate approaches that every leader can adopt.