| Is the first thought of your morning and the last worry | | | | celebrate the small wins and achievements that are |
| of the evening dominating your day? Is it looming over | | | | meaningful to them. Share these positive |
| your shoulder and robbing your leadership from | | | | achievements with other members of management |
| experiencing greater depth, meaning and purpose in | | | | and invite them to reach out to your team via email or |
| your work? | | | | phone to extend a congratulations or appreciation for |
| With big-hairy challenges facing today's workplace in | | | | their efforts. The small investment of time you make |
| greater proportions, is there any wonder why many | | | | may create ripples of positive energy throughout your |
| people leaders are just surviving the status-quo? | | | | workplace. |
| Imagine for a moment if you were enabled to tackle | | | | Learn to uncover the hidden power of recognition and |
| the Goliath that awaits you around every corner. | | | | the messaging delivered by great leaders. |
| Imagine overcoming your greatest challenge and | | | | If recognizing others is uncomfortable for you, keep |
| experiencing the exhilaration by unlocking leadership | | | | going beyond your zone and discover new ways to |
| potential and realizing outstanding results. | | | | excel in this very important area of communication and |
| Even with the best of intentions you attempt to soar, | | | | leadership. |
| but the Goliath that keeps facing you speaks in a | | | | 2. Performance feedback - while most managers may |
| number of ways often prancing throughout the | | | | not enjoy conducting performance appraisals, it is |
| workplace: bringing you people you can't ever please, | | | | essential to embrace any discomfort and learn to |
| temptations to work harder and longer, limited funding | | | | excel in this role. Signing on to becoming a people |
| to train and develop your team, work that continues to | | | | leader brings the key responsibility of improving |
| be ignored or goes unrewarded, having to conduct | | | | organizational capability. When you lead from the front |
| several difficult conversations with your staff or boss, | | | | in your department and deliver timely, honest, |
| or having to publicly recognize employees which pulls | | | | constructive feedback, you gain opportunity to build |
| you out of your comfort zone. | | | | trust among employees and impact the organization's |
| Is your workplace like many today that are hovering | | | | long-term shareholder value. |
| around the Goliaths and ending up with mediocre | | | | 3. Make the tough calls - have you identified a member |
| results when they could have extraordinary? Are you | | | | on the team whom after coaching and counseling |
| tired of looking at this goliath? | | | | demonstrates less than "A" level performance and |
| Great News | | | | organizational values? Stretch beyond your comfort |
| You can make the courageous choice to not only | | | | zone and partner with human resources to address |
| face your Goliath, but take it down! All great leaders | | | | low-performance quickly. Build upon the performance |
| have had to overcome seasons of struggle. What | | | | potential in your area of responsibility by recognizing |
| seems to be your goliath today? Begin by taking the | | | | the impact both great performance and low |
| time to appropriately prepare your plan and identify | | | | performance has on the entire organizations' ability to |
| supportive partners that will provide you with honest | | | | grow capability and achieve short/long-term objectives. |
| feedback and hold you accountable to achieving your | | | | 4. Those who need encouragement often don't risk |
| goals. | | | | asking for it. As a people leader, look around your |
| Discover how to channel that energy that sits just | | | | workplace for someone who seems to be |
| outside your comfort zone in ways that will move | | | | disconnected or on the sidelines. Infuse your best stuff |
| action forward and help you to create positive results. | | | | to bring them back into the game. By redirecting your |
| Each time you move a beyond this zone, you increase | | | | focus on others you'll begin to find the secret to ridding |
| your leadership potential. | | | | the goliath's in your workplace. |
| How can you begin to see beyond the Goliaths and | | | | As you achieve progress in each of these areas, |
| build an energizing workplace environment? | | | | establish new goals and keep yourself stretching |
| 1. Recognize & publicize - employees enjoy being | | | | beyond your comfort zone. It will help the team stay |
| rewarded beyond a paycheck. Find creative ways to | | | | energized, pro-active and ahead of the competition. |