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Gratitude is Your Most Valuable Investment as a Leader - Leadership Development

Gratitude is Your Most Valuable Investment as a Leader – Leadership Development

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Leading a family business presents a unique set of challenges and profound rewards. The lines between personal and professional commitment are already blurred, making the health of your team – and your own well-being – critical. The most powerful, yet often overlooked, tool for achieving resilience, cohesion, and sustained success is gratitude. Gratitude must be […]

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The Leader's Blueprint for Building High-Performing Teams in Family-Owned Businesses - Leadership Development

The Leader’s Blueprint for Building High-Performing Teams in Family-Owned Businesses – Leadership Development

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High performance isn’t found; it’s engineered. For leaders in a family-owned business, this means moving beyond the traditional role of manager and becoming the Chief Architect of the team environment. To unlock excellence, you must focus your energy on two vital areas: inspiring the high performing individual and intentionally designing the high performing team. Part

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The New Emotional Intelligence: Leading with Empathy in Your Family Business - Leadership Development

The New Emotional Intelligence: Leading with Empathy in Your Family Business – Leadership Development

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At our most recent Leadership Development session, I had the privilege of discussing a topic incredibly close to my heart, especially for those of us navigating the unique waters of a family-owned business: Emotional Intelligence (EQ). If you were with me, you know that EQ isn’t just a buzzword; it’s the invisible force that can

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Conscious Leadership & Family Business - Leadership Development

Conscious Leadership & Family Business – Leadership Development

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Leading a family business is a distinct challenge, demanding a unique blend of strategic acumen and an acute understanding of interpersonal dynamics. Truly effective leadership in this environment hinges on a deep personal foundation and a lot of intention and focus on how you lead. In comes conscious leadership – an approach centered on cultivating

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Unlocking Potential: How Saying “No” Empowers Everyone – Leadership Development

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We’ve all been there, especially in a family business: the lines between work and personal life blur, an overflowing inbox extends into weekend family gatherings, and business discussions seep into holidays. In the relentless pace of leadership within a family business, it can feel counterintuitive, even disloyal, to decline an opportunity or delegate a task,

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Maintaining Trust in the Family Business – Next Gen Leaders

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Trust is a powerful and delicate thing. Like much of what we rely on in our family business relationships, trust offers us a paradox of sorts that can be difficult to navigate. In our most recent NextGen Leaders Group at the Conway Center for Family Business, we explored how trust is built, how it grows,

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Mastering Productivity to Maximize Your Impact - Leadership Development

Mastering Productivity to Maximize Your Impact – Leadership Development

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As an executive leadership coach and development professional, I’m passionate about empowering leaders to not just succeed, but to truly maximize their impact. No matter the industry or the size of your organization, leadership effectiveness is key, and it starts with self-leadership. It’s about setting a powerful example that elevates everyone around you. And at

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Heart Centered Leadership: Navigating Family Business Challenges at Every Level - Leadership Development

Heart-Centered Leadership: Navigating Family Business Challenges at Every Level – Leadership Development

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Steering a family business is a unique journey, a blend of passion, legacy, and, undeniably, distinct challenges. You’re not merely running a company; you’re nurturing a family’s dream. And at times, that dream can feel like it’s sailing through turbulent waters. The encouraging news is that every storm eventually subsides, and with the right compass,

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Getting Clear on our Mission, Vision, and Values - Next Gen Leaders

Getting Clear on our Mission, Vision, and Values – Next Gen Leaders

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The following story is from Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why (Portfolio, 2009): “On a cold January day, a forty-three-year-old man was sworn in as the chief executive of his country. By his side stood his predecessor, a famous general who, fifteen years earlier, had command the nation’s armed forces in a war that resulted

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How Do I Know What Kind of a Leader I Am?

How Do I Know What Kind of a Leader I Am? – Next Gen Leaders

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What do effective leaders do? What should leaders do? Daniel Goleman posed these questions in an article for the Harvard Business Review, and they are questions that we don’t often take the time to think about. We are used to following our daily routines and dealing with the urgent matters at hand and we don’t often

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