The long game – Episode 5 | Kathy Lang on focusing on the needs of others. Podcast: “The long game” with Milos Topic – Episode 5 with Kathy Lang, Vice President of Member Relationships at the Tambellini Group shares her thoughts, ideas and experiences on solving problems by focusing on the needs of others first. Kathy’s passion for leadership, innovation …
Don’t badmouth your competition
Don’t badmouth your competition. Instead, focus on providing value and improving who you are and what you do. Improve your products and services, don’t tear down others.
Sharing workload “evenly”
While it is impractical to have a perfect balance of work and responsibilities for many reasons, it is important to be mindful of distribution and proactively be intentional as to how work gets done.
Reasons for change are not all equal
Making a change does not necessarily mean that what was done up until this point is bad in any way. It may simply refer to an evolution of products, services and maturity of how we approach certain needs.
The importance of open lines of communication
The importance of open lines of communication can not be overstated. It is essential to be available to all on your team and be of value on their journeys. Enable and empower other leaders to lead, but be ready to help as well at all times.
Pursuing perfection
Pursuit of perfection is futile. Focus on incremental yet relentless growth, advancement and progress.
Leadership is not popularity
I have said this before and I will say it again: leadership is not a popularity contest. Leaders work for people they are entrusted with and work every day to solve problems and challenges of their organizations, their industries, regions or nations. Leadership is about getting things done and creating a better environment for all in a collaborative, professional and …
Is pandemic impacting your business? How about other things?
Is pandemic impacting your business? How about other things? While the past year has been challenging for us all to varying degrees, it is important to acknowledge that other areas and decisions have impacted businesses and organizations. In many cases, decisions about how to lead, invest, train, market, modernize…and so on have been made for years even though they may …
Take a break from social media
Every once in a while, do yourself (and those around you) a favor and take a break from social media and other things (and people) who induce stress, unrest, uneasiness and polarizing points of view. Removing content that is centered on anger, fear, hate and blame will do you good and will help you rebalance your priorities and focus on …
Balancing empathy and decisions
As leaders, making decisions and taking actions fall among many responsibilities we are tasked with. However, creating the environment where all members of your team are treated with respect, support and are included in the process is of equal importance. Balancing empathy and understanding with decisions and actions is important and here’s what I think about it.