The Super Fantastic Leadership Show

This week we are talking about why your team isn’t listening to you. This comes from one of the most common questions I get asked as a leadership coach “how do I get my team to take responsibility?”However, this is a little different spin because what we are talking about here is that moment when you want to give them “advice” and they aren’t listening.… The post 148: Why Your Team Isn’t List...

This week is all about getting organized and what to do when it seems that everything is sliding off of our plate.  In other words, when we aren’t getting anything done and our tasks seem to be all over the place.… The post 147: Getting Organized and Loving It appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we are talking about goals…again! Goals; we all have something that we seem to want or would like to experience don’t we? Locke really got at this when he started his research in organizations by simply asking people, “what are you trying to accomplish?”… The post 146: Why Our Goals Fall Flat appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

Workaholism is a real thing and this week we are talking about being addicted to work…or being a workaholic.  In other words, you work compulsively and feel as though there is no choice to work.  You could be a workaholic or what I like to call a “work abuser”.… The post 145: Workaholism-Are You Addicted To Work appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we are talking about how to give a great presentation at work. This may include giving one to our to co-workers and our boss. Since people fear public speaking more than they fear death, we felt this would be a great topic to cover this week. … The post 144: How To Give A Great Presentation appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we are talking about traveling for work and also having a life. Maybe you are the one traveling and maybe you aren’t.  Even if you are the boss who isn’t traveling, this episode will help you understand the world of those who are.  … The post 143: How To Travel For Work And Have a Life appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we are talking about what to do if you don’t like your boss. Introduction So, you don’t like your boss. There are two different scenarios to consider here. One is that you’ve just gotten a new job and it turns out the boss isn’t who you thought they were The other is that you’ve inherited a new boss The context of these two situations can and likely should be addressed differently We are...

This week we are going to talk about how to really manage your stress at work. And we are going to be doing it by taking a close look at cognitive science and our own thinking brain. Let’s start first with defining something key to this episode; cognitive science Cognitive science; the interdisciplinary scientific study of the mind and its processes We are talking about this because one thing that...

Working in a remote location, or really away from the main office, is more common than ever. While this seems to be the new way of getting work done, there are also a lot of myths about what it takes to manage remote employees and remote teams.… The post 140: Remote Teams and How To Manage Them appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we are talking about negative emotions or what I like to call “non-preferred” emotions at work. We could say “negative” but I’m changing the way we talk about these less than savory moments. We are going to talk about 3 specific “negative” or non-preferred emotions today and how they actually can be of benefit…if we can truly understand them.… The post 139: Negative Emotions At Work and...

Have you ever thought about getting a coach? This week we discuss coaching and how you can be supported by having one in your life. You may also wonder exactly what coaching is and if you should get a coach. One thing for sure, a coach isn’t just someone who tells you what to do.… The post 138: What Is A Coach and Should I Get One? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

We are going to lead with Positive Psychology today and talk about 4 ways to do it. Let’s open with a quote from Peter Drucker . “Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy, and then to help orchestrate the energy of those around you.”… The post 137: 4 Ways to Lead with Positive Psychology appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week’s show is dedicated to change and specifically, Gleicher’s formula for change . This seems like a perfect topic to discuss at the beginning of 2017.  We are talking about making a change, and all of the reasons we have for not making one.… The post 136: The Formula for Change appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

Welcome to our first show of 2017 and our episode about discovering your life vision! After several weeks of rest and renewal we are ready to talk about our life vision for the coming year. We are going to do this by exploring four questions that have been a staple for my creations for many years.… The post 135: 4 Questions for Visioning appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we are talking about what to do when we get stuck and how we avoid taking action and “drifts” (a.k.a finding false refuges and how this effects our leadership and our teams). So we notice that we come home each night and watch Office Re-runs for or TV for 3 hours without much consciousness. … The post 134: What To Do When You’re Stuck appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Lead...

This week is about how to get a raise and what to do if you are the one being asked. It is all about “showing me the money.” So you’re going to ask for a raise? Do you just blurt it out?… The post 133: How To Get A Raise and How to Give One appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week I talk all about one of my favorite tools for transformation: the enneagram personality profiling tool. I would say that this tool is like the MRI of personality typing tools. It goes deep and let’s us understand a lot about our blind spots and our gifts.… The post 132: Know Yourself Through the Enneagram Personality Profile appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

When our life falls apart it can often just be enough to get out of bed. However, we still find ourselves needing to go to work and pay the bills. So, how do we navigate these times and stay effective in our work roles?… The post 131: When Life Falls Apart – Three Things To Do At Work appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

How to stay in the loop at work? The basic idea is that we want to be informed and we also don’t want to forget about things that we’ve asked people to do once we’ve delegated something. In these days of quickly moving information and just as quickly moving people, this can be tricky to navigate.… The post 130: How To Stay In The Loop At Work appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

The ability to delegate effectively is sadly one of the most overlooked skills a leader needs to develop to maintain high levels of effectiveness in their role. Also, they need this skill to be sure that they are developing others on their team.… The post 129: Delegate It And Get More Done appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

Every great company and leader likely has talked about their values and why identifying them is important. In our experience at DS Leadership Life, we think so too. Nevertheless, often they end up plastered on posters in the break-room or are only talked about at quarterly retreats, never to be truly applied in our day-to-day work.… The post 128: You Need to Use Your Values appeared first on Daphn...

Delivering the bad news is never anyone’s favorite job. Most of us would rather go for the other option which is delivering the good news. Nevertheless, sometimes we are the bearer of bad news. The question then becomes, can we deliver it to make it not-quite-so-bad.  … The post 127: How to Deliver Bad News At Work appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

Listen this week as we discuss work overload.  What do you do when your plate is full and everything is falling off of it? My fearless assistant and I discuss how to deal with work overload.  A few issues we address: -Why are you being overworked?… The post 126: How to Handle Work Overload appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we are talking about it being lonely at the top and the big reason you want a good work friend. Dr. Adam Grant cites in his research that 40% of new start-ups are created between people who knew each other as friends before they started their business.… The post 125: Get A Good Friend At Work appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

Welcome to this week’s show on project management. Although a seemingly dry topic, we all have projects and things that we want to accomplish and therefore, the idea of managing a project takes on a totally different level of significance. But first, what do we mean by a “project”?… The post 124: How To Get Your Projects to Move Forward appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .