Tag: Ann Justi

What if you could use your position of power to make yourself a better person? What if you don’t manage or think of yourself as a leader? This article's advice will help you learn and behave as a leader. Leadership is not a title, it’s a mindset. A leadership mindset involves having certain attitudes, beliefs, and expectations that create the foundation of who you are, how you lead others, and how you interact with and influence your colleagues. Mindsets are leaders’ mental lenses that dictate what information they take in and use to make sense of and navigate the situations they encounter. Simply, mindsets drive what leaders do and why. Self-improvement is the key to leadership. You don't have to be a leader to be an example of what it means to grow, change, and learn. You ...

Write down twenty-two things for 2022 that you want and you think are hard. I know we are past the first quarter of 2022.  Just do it.  Dream big. Now decide on one action towards one of the goals. Set yourself up for success. If you don’t know where to start, look at how someone else did it and follow their example.  Success leaves clues.  If looking does not work for you, then ask.  Yes, it’s scary and most of the time you get a “no” - but sometimes, you will get a “yes,” and you’ll never get the “yes” if you never ask. What if it all worked out?  I recently was talking with a millionaire; no one famous, but someone who tried to achieve his family's dream for several years.  He said that the first ninety days are the hardest when you think ...

Many of us, including myself, start the year thinking we might not have achieved our goals from last year and we venture out to start the new year with new resolutions and goals. Over the last year, I have been slowly changing my habits including (more…)