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08/02/2024

Research shows that when people are anxious before a meeting, writing down potential discussion points the meetings tend to go a lot better.

They're a lot less anxious. They might never even look at or revisit the topics that they jotted down on that piece of paper, but that gives them a feeling of security that they have those back pocket questions.

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https://www.incitetoleadership.com/if-you-get-anxious-right-before-a-meeting-try-this/

07/31/2024

I often hear from clients, “I’m paying them to do this job. Why do I need to be nice to them?

Why do I need to figure out what motivates them?”

Here’s the reality: Most people, probably including yourself, could earn more elsewhere or doing something different.

So why choose the work and place you did?

It could be a lifestyle fit, a culture fit, or alignment with the organization’s mission and values. While money is important, it’s not the only reason we work.

Read more here ⬇ ⬇
https://www.incitetoleadership.com/its-not-all-about-the-money/

Are you a workaholic? Here’s how to spot the signs 07/30/2024

Are you a workaholic?
Here's how to spot the signs and the recipe for workaholism.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2024/are-you-a-workaholic-how-to-spot-the-signs?

Are you a workaholic? Here’s how to spot the signs In a major shift, psychologists now view an out-of-control compulsion to work as an addiction with its own set of risk factors and consequences

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Many of my clients are also undertaking big new roles these days.

Taking on a bigger role, whether inside your current organization or by moving into a new one, comes with built-in contradictions that my clients can struggle to negotiate.

The expertise that landed you your new role is often no longer enough now that your span of control and remit widens.

On top of that, the feeling that you deserved the promotion and opportunity is often replaced with feeling like an imposter who’s in over their head with all the new challenges.

What are the best strategies for navigating this beautiful tension between skills, knowledge, and learning?

⏬ Read the full article here ⏬

https://www.incitetoleadership.com/stepping-up-3-tools-for-navigating-new-challenges/

07/25/2024

Do you overcomplicate things?

Often people want to wrap their hands around a whole project before even starting, and it’s something I notice I fall into myself.

The challenge with this tendency is that it often overcomplicates things before any action is taken – leading to potentially wasted hours.

If you want to avoid the same trap, here’s my advice ⬇ ⬇

https://www.incitetoleadership.com/do-you-overcomplicate-things/

07/24/2024

Uncertainty and change are key aspects that leaders often overlook when planning team-building events or an off-site but it is important to address these issues as they can be particularly challenging for teams.

All too often, team building events can get focused on what’s ahead or what is expected from people and how you want them to be collaborative and embrace the new strategic priorities.

However, is important to make sure that there is time set aside to talk about change and uncertainty.

Read more here ⤵

https://www.incitetoleadership.com/uncertainty-and-change-it-needs-to-be-addressed/

07/22/2024

Do you feel like work conversations are a waste of precious time?

Let's flip that narrative so that you start to view them as an investment of your time instead.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70sXuihfCHQ

07/18/2024

If bad behavior is rewarded in some way, it continues. This is what my trainer told me when working with my puppy.

The same goes for your team: if you’re not giving consistent feedback, they might not change.

Yet the most common response from my coaching clients is that they are too stressed or don't have the time to give feedback.

So the frustrating behaviors of their direct reports continue without changing because they are getting some kind of reward for working in a particular way.

Next time you're frustrated, consider what behaviors you're unintentionally rewarding.

Photos from Incite To Leadership's post 07/15/2024

Have you stepped into a new role and found yourself confused by the dynamics or sense you’re losing the support of your team?

Chantal Laurie Below and I share three steps you can take to rebuild relationships with an alienated team.

READ THE ARTICLE ⤵ ⤵

https://www.fastcompany.com/91133007/new-leader-advicre-team-building

The Groan Zone in Meetings: Why It's a Good Thing | Jo Ilfeld - Executive Leadership Coach 07/11/2024

Have you ever been in a meeting and wondered, "Will this meeting ever end?" 🙋‍♀️

If so, it sounds like you have fallen into the groan zone. But don’t worry – that’s a good place to be.

🎥 Watch to learn why ⏬

The Groan Zone in Meetings: Why It's a Good Thing | Jo Ilfeld - Executive Leadership Coach Have you ever been stuck in a meeting that seems to drag on forever, leaving you feeling frustrated and drained? Don't worry - the groan zone is a normal par...

Three Obstacles Blocking Progress on Your Goals - Incite to Leadership 07/10/2024

We’re at the mid-point of the year. If you’re like 91% of Americans, you haven’t thought about your New Year’s Resolutions in months – unless it’s to lament how quickly you gave them up.

If you’re like many clients reaching out to me, you are aware that stating your goal, and even making your initial plan, hasn’t closed the gap between you and your dream as quickly as you had hoped, and expected. You’re in the messy middle when it’s tempting to give up, when your lack of success feels like a personal flaw, and when you may question whether that goal is even possible for you.

👇If this resonates, read my latest article 👇

Three Obstacles Blocking Progress on Your Goals - Incite to Leadership What obstacles are stopping you from making progress on your goals? Here are my three top tops to help you reach your goals.

The Power of Transparency - Incite to Leadership 07/09/2024

I recently had two contrasting conversations that underscored the importance of transparency in leadership.

Now, let me ask you. When faced with the choice of sharing with your team what’s going on or withholding information, which way do you usually lean?

Read more ⏬ 👇

The Power of Transparency - Incite to Leadership Teams don't have much say over budget, priorities, resources to complete their mandate but what you can give them is transparency.

How to fight procrastination when you’re self-employed 07/08/2024

Are you struggling with procrastination these days?

Here are a couple of good hacks that can help.

How to fight procrastination when you’re self-employed In the past year, I’ve made progress on addressing the root cause of my distraction. Here’s what works for me in fighting procrastination.

07/02/2024

"I'm not part of the sandwich generation, I'm the panini press. I am being squeezed so much on both sides.”

This is what a colleague shared with me the other day and I love this analogy as it truly describes that feeling of being squeezed from both sides as people struggle to take care of elders while still having kids that need their needs met.

With the holiday weekend right ahead of us this week, I wanted to remind team leaders and employers that there’s a good chance you have some panini-pressed members on your team who are juggling elder care, work, and family, even on vacation.

As a leader, be mindful that time off might not always mean rest for your team. Understand their pressures and create space for them to navigate these challenges.

Have a lovely vacation week if you can take any time off this week and if you have other things planned this weekend, I hope you can still find ways to enjoy what you’re doing.

America's crisis of meaningless work 07/01/2024

What often leads to a job feeling useful or meaningless is the workplace environment. That's where team leaders and managers have the opportunity to turn things around.

https://www.businessinsider.com/american-employees-disengaged-work-meaningless-fake-email-jobs-2024-6?

America's crisis of meaningless work It's not the pay or the perks causing American workers to disengage. It's the lack of purpose.

THIS Tip Will Improve Team Decision Making | Jo Ilfeld - Executive Leadership Coach 06/27/2024

Are you making decisions the right way?

In this video, I discuss why traditional pros and cons lists may not be capturing what truly matters when making choices.

Inspired by Michelle Florendo's insights, I delve into the importance of considering what pulls us towards a decision versus what pushes us away.

I share how applying this approach can lead to more meaningful discussions within teams and ultimately result in better decision-making outcomes.

Plus, learn why comparing options A and B, rather than just A versus not A, can significantly improve your decision quality.

🎥 Watch now and discover a fresh perspective on decision-making! ⏬

THIS Tip Will Improve Team Decision Making | Jo Ilfeld - Executive Leadership Coach Are you making decisions the right way? In this video, I discuss why traditional pros and cons lists may not be capturing what truly matters when making choi...

The Power of Second-Order Thinking - Incite to Leadership 06/26/2024

Have you ever thought you had the perfect solution only to realize it wasn’t as easy as you initially thought?

I often see my clients jump straight to implementing new solutions, especially during reorgs or when moving people around. They focus on the desired outcome and the immediate fix, which is great first-order thinking. However, they often neglect second-order thinking—considering what else their solution might disrupt.

The Power of Second-Order Thinking - Incite to Leadership When finding solutions, leaders focus on first-order thinking and neglect second-order thinking— what else their solution might disrupt?

How to Discuss the Undiscussables on Your Team 06/24/2024

Over the years, I have realized that within teams, the willingness to ask challenging questions and engage in candid conversations is crucial, even if it leads to discomfort.

Read Dina Denham Smith's article on how to navigate discussing the undiscussables with your team.

How to Discuss the Undiscussables on Your Team Surfacing the undiscussables on your team may be uncomfortable, but it must be an ongoing campaign, or they will sneakily build up in the background and impact your employees’ morale. In this article, the author explains how to spot the classic signs of undiscussables — meetings marked by quick ...

06/21/2024

Have you ever found yourself sidetracked by irrelevant details when making a decision?

When making decisions, it’s important to focus on what matters.

🎧 When my headphones were stolen on a recent trip, I was forced to research and buy a new pair.

However, as I was weighing my options, I found myself distracted by factors that were completely irrelevant, factors that had never been on my initial list of criteria.

This process made me realize that it’s crucial to stick to your core criteria and avoid getting sidetracked by non-essential factors, whether it's selecting new gear or hiring the right candidate.

06/20/2024

Turning up the dial and actively participating in meetings makes the experience more fulfilling for you AND enriches the overall session for everyone involved.

🔵Read more here 🔽

https://www.incitetoleadership.com/are-you-an-active-participant-in-meetings/

Accountability: Leveraging Your Team - Incite to Leadership 06/19/2024

How do you balance that value of accountability with the value of not constantly pushing yourself and driving yourself?

Leverage your team!

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Accountability: Leveraging Your Team - Incite to Leadership How do you balance that value of accountability with the value of not constantly pushing yourself and driving yourself?

06/18/2024

Taking on a bigger role, whether inside your current organization or by moving into a new one, comes with built-in contradictions that my clients can struggle to negotiate.
That expertise that landed you your new role is often no longer enough now that your span of control and remit widens.
On top of that, the feeling that you deserved the promotion and opportunity is often replaced with feeling like an imposter who’s in over your head with all the new challenges.
In my latest Forbes Coaches Council article I share

⏬ Four Tools To Thrive In New Roles ⏬
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2024/06/12/step-boldly-into-the-unknown-four-tools-to-thrive-in-new-roles/

06/14/2024

People don’t change. They are who they are.

Over the years, I have heard these words so many times from my clients and it immediately sends me into disproving mode — I am a coach, right?

I spend my days finding evidence contrary to that statement.

People DO change.

People change their habits. People change their beliefs about what’s possible, both for themselves and for others. People change their lives – they leave jobs, careers, hometowns – the list is endless.

And yet there is a kernel of truth in that statement: “People don’t change.”

⏬⏬Read more ⏬ ⏬

https://www.incitetoleadership.com/change-is-possible-but-not-in-the-way-you-think/

A Fifth D of Time Management | Jo Ilfeld - Executive Leadership Coach 06/13/2024

I am sure you are familiar with the 4 D’s of Time Management:

Do, Delay, Delegate, or Delete

Well, here’s a fifth one: Diminish.

A colleague shared this with me recently, and in my opinion, it's brilliant because it lets people start small.

We all come up with these amazing ideas in our heads. But we can also see the whole picture and what building it out would take. That's when we become totally overwhelmed.

Diminish helps us ask ourselves what it would look like to do a small part of the project.

This can help with your own to-do list but it can also help negotiate effectively when your boss is trying to delegate work to you.

Instead of saying no, you can offer them a diminished version of the project they want to pass off to you.

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A Fifth D of Time Management | Jo Ilfeld - Executive Leadership Coach I have to share this new discovery a colleague shared with me recently. So I am sure you are familiar with the 4 D’s of Time Management: Do, Delay, Delegate...

Council Post: Step Boldly Into The Unknown: Four Tools To Thrive In New Roles 06/12/2024

Many of my clients are undertaking big new roles these days.

And they want to hit the ground running without being intimidated.

Drawing on their experience and my own, I've come up with four tools for navigating new, and desired, challenges.

1. Give up being the knower.
2. Befriend others who know.
3. Build in plenty of integration time.
4. Inhabit the frustration of being new.

Click to read my new article for

Council Post: Step Boldly Into The Unknown: Four Tools To Thrive In New Roles Taking on a bigger role, whether inside your current organization or by moving into a new one, comes with built-in contradictions.

Are You Leading a Project or Just Managing It? - Incite to Leadership 06/11/2024

Are you like me? Do you thrive on efficiency, moving quickly through the to-do lists, and checking off items because it feels productive?

If so, be warned. A desire to push a project forward at a brisk pace can sometimes create more bumps in the road.

Read the article here>>

Are You Leading a Project or Just Managing It? - Incite to Leadership As an executive coach, here are my three tips on how to move from simply managing a project to truly LEADING large-scale initiatives.

06/10/2024

To be a high-performance leader, you must master clear communication.

Want to learn more? Download a copy of THE HIGH PERFORMANCE LEADER
https://www.incitetoleadership.com/lp-the-high-performance-leader/

06/06/2024

I've been thinking a lot about how to end things well lately.

My son is graduating from college in just a few days. I just finished up a 3-month long course this past week.

Here are my reflections on the different endings and why I think we need to celebrate endings more.

Bring Back Small Talk | Jo Ilfeld - Executive Leadership Coach 06/04/2024

These days, with so many meetings taking place in the virtual space, small talk has all but disappeared.

But if you are a meeting designer and leader, it's crucial to recognize the value of fostering connections and relationships, especially in collaborative settings.

Incorporating just a few minutes of light-hearted conversation at the start of a meeting can set a positive tone and encourage engagement.

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Bring Back Small Talk | Jo Ilfeld - Executive Leadership Coach Remember when we exchanged small talk before a meeting while waiting for everyone to file in? Or have a quick catch-up as we collected our things and headed ...

Are Your Motivations Clear in Crucial Conversations? - Incite to Leadership 06/03/2024

It's important to be clear about your motivations when engaging in difficult or crucial conversations.

Are Your Motivations Clear in Crucial Conversations? - Incite to Leadership It's important to be clear about your motivations when engaging in difficult or crucial conversations. Being transparent is key.

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