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Category: Technical Leadership

Technical Leadership

Blind Spots & Emotional Triggers

September 12, 2019 by Don Frericks comments (0)

Leadership is hard work; it starts on the ‘inside’. To be great, we must become aware of our emotional triggers! I recently failed. . .

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Technical Leadership

Self-Awareness for Leaders

August 21, 2019 by Don Frericks comments (0)

Self-awareness enables someone to become a better leader. Without awareness of what we do & don’t do and more importantly what works & what doesn’t work, we don’t improve. Outstanding leaders work hard at being aware of their leadership actions.

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Executive ‘LEADER’?
Technical Leadership

Executive ‘LEADER’?

April 8, 2019 by Don Frericks comments (0)

It is common to refer to a senior executive as a “Leader” because they have a c-level title.  Are you a leader because you have one of the top job titles in your company?  Is leadership something earned through promotions or the number of people reporting to you?  If you believe that the positional power…

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How Extraordinary Leaders Avoid Blowing Up
Technical Leadership

How Extraordinary Leaders Avoid Blowing Up

March 20, 2019 by Don Frericks comments (0)

Disappointment is part of the human experience.  Everyone at some point in their life will be disappointed by another person.  Expectations will be missed.  My clients often lament that as they took on more leadership responsibility, the more they became disappointed.  Unfortunately, most of us don’t handle disappointment well. It is not unusual to experience…

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CEO Impact: How Much Does Their Leadership Affect Others?
Organizational Development Technical Leadership

CEO Impact: How Much Does Their Leadership Affect Others?

March 4, 2019 by Don Frericks comments (0)

I love working with CEO’s.  They are a different breed of people.  It is impossible to walk in their shoes until you have walked in their shoes.  The pressure istremendous, and they don’t get enough credit for the pressure that they withstand.  Don’t get me wrong, the rewards can be immense, but they are always…

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Are You Developing Yourself?
Personal Development Technical Leadership

Are You Developing Yourself?

August 28, 2018 by Don Frericks comments (0)

Jack Zenger, articulated that most young professionals are “Starting Too Late” to develop their leadership skills: “We wait too long to begin developing leaders.  When do managers first get leadership training?

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What do Followers Want?
Technical Leadership

What do Followers Want?

August 28, 2018 by Don Frericks comments (0)

How many people follow you whole-heartedly, doing extraordinary work? It might sound demeaning to call some people followers and others leaders but the truth of the matter is that we all play multiple roles in our lives. Sometimes we are a leader, sometimes a follower. In all cases, guess what, the best leaders have awesome…

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Three Breakthrough Ideas for your Leadership Development
Technical Leadership

Three Breakthrough Ideas for your Leadership Development

August 28, 2018 by Don Frericks comments (0)

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Engage your employees and grow your your influence What is a “breakthrough”? For purposes of this post, let’s define a breakthrough as something that is significantly better than the current way of doing something. In the ‘old days’,…

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How to tell someone their idea sucks
Personal Development Technical Leadership

How to tell someone their idea sucks

August 28, 2018 by Don Frericks comments (0)

There comes a time for every leader when you’ll be presented with an idea you just can’t get behind. You probably won’t want to make the person feel like their idea is bad, but what’s a leader to do?  Bite your tongue?  Feign interest?  Rip the idea to shreds?  You might find yourself torn between inauthentic…

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