Those issues that you know you need to address but just haven’t gotten to, and those half-finished projects, often the result of multitasking (see prior post: Multitasking: a less effective way to cope), are like the proverbial ball and chain that weigh us down. Over time, unresolved issues contribute just as much stress, if not […]
Stress is inevitable. Deadlines, decisions, presentations, staff issues, the economy, and much more conspire to make leadership a stressful endeavor. Fortunately, we can choose how to deal with stressful circumstances. Unfortunately, leaders often choose multitasking. Multitasking, the logical choice. When overburdened leaders feel stressed out, the first coping mechanism to kick in is multitasking. The […]
Sheer volume of information is one of the greatest stressors that leaders face. Just like the ringing of a telephone sets off the urge to answer it, the arrival of yet another magazine, electronic newsletter, or social media notification reinforces the obligation to keep up on the information that comes our way. The problem is […]
Whether you call it stress, overwhelm, or some other name, I constantly hear from leaders that they are pulled in too many directions, expected to multitask relentlessly, and have significantly more input and information coming in than they can ever effectively process. In short, they live their lives as though they are constantly under fire. […]
In the last two weeks, much has been made of a study that claims that women are better leaders than men. In a Harvard Business Review blog post on March 15, 2012, the authors of the study, Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, wrote that women outperformed men in 12 of 16 leadership competencies, according to […]
In my last post, I talked about the need for leaders to get comfortable with ambiguity. One of the reasons that leaders are often so uncomfortable with ambiguity is that they focus so much on doing, instead of focusing on being. Being is the character, the beliefs, the YOU that you bring to leadership. But […]
Sometimes when I work with leaders, they struggle with ambiguity. They want all the facts before they make a decision. They want to memorize a script before an important presentation. They don’t want to take questions for fear of not having answers. While I understand the urge to want to be certain, have all the […]
A recent article that I had published in the Griffin Report started with “Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest Lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to […]
Developmental training is a process, not an event. What leaders do to support training initiatives will determine, more than anything else, whether learning is retained after the initial training event. Unsupported, days spent in developmental training quickly turn into enjoyable boondoggles that are quickly forgotten. This week, I presented a proposal to train an organization’s […]
Does your organization hold meetings that seem to go on forever, that try to solve world hunger, but in which nothing really seems to get done? Do you dread going to meetings – even your own – and do you cringe at the thought of wasting another hour of your entire team’s time? You should, […]
Lessons for leaders in Donald Trump’s surprising win
This week’s US Presidential election represented one of the most stunning political upsets that most of us alive today have ever witnessed.
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Marie Peeler of Peeler Associates to Speak at ECCF’s Institute for Trustees, March 25
PEMBROKE and HAMILTON, MA, ISSUED MARCH 10, 2017… Marie Peeler, founder and principal of Peeler Associates, an executive coaching and leadership development firm working with individuals and...
