We get so wrapped up in our day-to-day coupled with the speed and intensity of work that days and weeks often go by without the time or space to think about our leadership.In this episode, I share a simple tool to help managers (and everyone,

Mastering Confidence

Feb 24th, 2021 13m 45s

Picture a tug-of-war. Your confident self has one end of the rope and your self-doubt has the other. Any time you’d like to step into something that requires confidence, you have to first battle it out with the doubts and inner critics that sho

How to Cope When Your Cup is Overflowing

Feb 17th, 2021 10m 33s

How full is your cup?All of us understand the importance of being able to cope with the stressors and challenges at hand. Managers especially have a responsibility to up their capacity to cope for themselves, of course, but also for the people

An Easy Way to Resolution-ize Your Team

Jan 27th, 2021 9m 29s

The world has a love/hate relationship with New Year’s resolutions.We love them because making a fresh start always sounds like a good idea. What better time than when we flip the calendar page into a blank white new year? We hate them because

It's Time for a Management Refresh

Jan 20th, 2021 13m 41s

The start of a new year is a great time to initiate a refresh when it comes to managing your team. A refresh might be a simple shift or a tiny change, something not too daunting or complicated that it never gets done. A refresh might be just wh

Maybe the Lesson is the Point

Jan 13th, 2021 10m 36s

Coming out of a coaching call with an entry-level employee - one who was struggling with a toxic work environment - I realized that every one of us has learned lessons from the tough work situations we've been in. In this episode, I share my

Being Dealt the Hard Cards

Jan 6th, 2021 8m 45s

We all know 2020 was a year that never stopped dealing us the hard cards. It seemed like one thing after another as each month went by. It's also true that we NEED the hard cards (especially as managers) to learn how to handle whatever else is

Leadership is Language

Dec 2nd, 2020 14m 19s

David Marquet's book, Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say and What You Don't really struck a chord with me on how managers communicate and what outcomes result. Marquet uses the sinking of the El Faro cargo ship as his case

Speaking Your Outcomes

Nov 25th, 2020 8m 25s

There's power in your words, so much so it affects the outcomes in your life (positive and negative). Rooted in the Law of Attraction, negative words attract other negative forces toward you. In this episode, I share why managers should be mor

It May Be Time For an Opinion Check-in

Nov 18th, 2020 5m 56s

Where do you have strong opinions about things that never get audited? Where is there no regular check-in or rethinking to make sure this opinion of yours is still valid?In this episode, I share the idea of checking on our convictions on a reg

Just How Do You Influence Others?

Nov 12th, 2020 10m 57s

What exactly is influence and why is it so important when you are leading a team?I recently finished Dale Carnegie's classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People, and was blown away by his simple and powerful principles. So much so, I beli

Be Patient with the Pendulum

Nov 5th, 2020 7m 27s

A lot of my recent training work has centered on helping employees find ways to cope with change, challenge, and uncertainty. Because the world is overwhelming us in so many ways, it's time we had more strategies to help us counter the stress a

Are you a Banana Manager?

Oct 28th, 2020 8m 32s

This is more than a cute scene from a movie, it's an important lesson in connection and authenticity for managers.In one simple admission, this "manager" connects herself to her "team" in a way that we can all learn from.It begs the question

Our Response is Under Our Control

Oct 21st, 2020 8m 16s

This election has got me scared. It also has me thinking.Control over the election outcome - or any outcome for that matter - lies in our response to it. There's the "thing" that happens (good or bad), and there is our response to the thing.T

The Call for Flexibility

Oct 15th, 2020 9m 34s

Are we learning how to become more flexible tough all this craziness? Oh heck, yeah. Is it teaching us lessons that will benefit us later on? Yep, that too.Remind yourself of all that you are learning and how well it will serve you, especially

You Can't Stay Silent and Stewing

Oct 14th, 2020 8m 48s

Is there something that bugs you so much and yet, you find that you don't speak up about it or don't do anything to solve it? You keep silent and all the while stewing over the problem, wasting your mental energy.Wouldn't it take just as much

The Rules for Success

Oct 13th, 2020 7m 57s

What needs to happen for you to feel happy? What would have to happen for you to feel successful at work?We may have far too many "rules" in place that essentially block our ability to achieve the feelings we desire - or we have our happiness

The Do-Over

Oct 12th, 2020 10m 2s

Do you remember playing games as a kid and asking for a do-over? Maybe it was a wonky handball hit or a sloppy volleyball serve – asking for a do-over seemed a logical thing to do when things didn’t go the way you wanted them to.It got me thin

Welcome to the Podcast

Oct 9th, 2020 3m 26s

Hi there, I'm Cecilia Gorman.Somehow, this podcast caught your eye and I'm happy you're here. Trust that the goal of each episode is to give you a nugget of advice to help you become a better leader (and better human!). Enjoy.

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