When you have a lot on your plate and a manager or peer asks you to do more work, it can be challenging to figure out how to decline or defer the request, especially if you’re worried about facing potential fallout. If you agree to take on the extra work because you feel intimidated, but […]
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If you’ve noticed that no matter how hard you try to build diverse professional connections, your network still seems slanted toward others like you, you’re not alone. It’s not uncommon for a person’s professional network to be made up mostly of people close to their own age, demographic, field and level of education even after
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Lori Harris, Managing Partner, Harris Whitesell Consulting LLC, presents: Leading Effective Meetings – Essential Skills for Today’s Ambitious Leaders. Click to Watch: Leading Effective Meetings: Essential Skills for Today’s Ambitious Leaders
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Open executive positions can be few and far between. While most executive job openings are due to someone leaving the firm, outsiders with executive experience are often selected to fill them. However, there are ways for a manager within an organization to get a foot in the C-suite door from the inside. If you’re ready
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Communication is a critically important part of doing business, but not everyone comes equipped with flawless communication skills. In fact, many professionals struggle when it comes to effectively interacting with business leaders, other employees and prospective customers. Unfortunately, the cost of bad communication habits could be the loss of career opportunities, potential clients or business
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Cities, companies, C-level executives and senior leaders are often focused on building resilience into their operations. What junior professionals and individual contributors may not realize is that they too can build a level of personal resilience into their careers. Knowing how to adjust to unforeseen obstacles and stay steady and calm through periods of uncertainty
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Business leaders have a lot of competing interests vying for their time. When you’re dealing with a million moving parts each day, you learn to become a master of the pivot, constantly adapting as circumstances change. Nonetheless, determining which priorities to focus on at any given moment can still be a huge challenge. One of
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Executive travel doesn’t have to be overwhelming or complicated. It does require purpose, planning, coordination, monitoring, and communications. We asked a few of our Executive clients who travel often, and travel well, to share a few tips on making their travels a bit less stressful and more enjoyable – because you never know where you
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Professionals are sometimes acutely aware of how their bad habits impact their work. Other times, they may be told by a peer or a supervisor that they need to adopt a better habit to combat the issue. Of course, this is often easier said than done. It can be difficult to accept that you need
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A crisis can disrupt any and every area of an organization, and to ensure the company stays resilient, its leaders must make swift decisions about how to respond. If they take too long considering all possible options, it could put their business at risk. Faced with an emerging crisis, business leaders must be able to
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Self-care is essential for executives and leaders. How leaders care for themselves impacts their ability to lead others effectively, To keep from rusting out or burning out, leaders need to learn how to better manage their energy and priorities. Over time, the lack of self-care impacts the bottom line, fuels conflict, destroys teamwork and partnerships,
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Recently, Lori Harris, co-founder and Managing Partner, Harris Whitesell Consulting, interviewed with Jonno White, Founder of Clarity, a consulting firm in Brisbane, Australia. In the interview Lori shares insights and tips on leading organizations, daily discipline and routines that maximize excellence, executive and leadership books to read, leadership lessons, and building capacity. Click to read
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