You (According to Them)

Uncovering blind spots that impact your reputation and your career

Sara Canaday

Do You Have Any of These Professional Blind Spots?

If you feel like you're doing all the right things to position yourself as a strong leader but promotions keep passing you by, you might be suffering from professional blind spots.

How to Become a More Inclusive Leader

As you make strategic decisions for your organization, remember the advantages of including your employees in the process.

Are Leaders Getting the Short End of the Stick?

Think about the intense layer of challenges that today's leaders have been facing during these unusual times. Here's how so many of them continue to produce at a high level despite the odds.

Making Mental Health a Leadership Priority

Many work leaders are being weighed down by the cumulative impact of two years in this chaotic environment with its never-ending pivots. What’s the solution?

Mental Health in the Workplace

Even before COVID-19, research showed shocking levels of stress among workers. So, what’s the answer? Here’s my perspective on the situation.

Leaders: Are You Hitting the Reset Button?

Why wait until 2022 to be more inspired about your work life? Instead of hanging on by a thread until the end of the year, ask yourself these questions.

Think You Should Jump on the Resignation Bandwagon?

Will you jump on the resignation bandwagon or double-down at your current position? Here are a few things to consider.

Advice for Remote Workers

Who among us is most likely to excel at working remotely? And why?

The Paradox of Leadership

If you describe the qualities of a great leader, you’d probably mention: confident, energetic, decisive and results-oriented. Yes, but…

Post-Pandemic Communication

We’re on the verge of a new era in business. As we make our way into the new normal, what does that mean for you as a leader? 

Six Strategies for Leading in a Return-to-Work World

As a leader, you may be feeling the full weight of the return-to-work plans and process. What steps can you take to increase your odds of success in this new era?

5 Strategies to Succeed in a Work-From-Home World

Are you struggling to stand out and be influential now that your “presence” is represented by a 2” square on a Zoom call?

Peace Out 2020

We have no idea what’s ahead but, in many ways, we’re more prepared to be flexible and keep pace with the ever-changing demands of life and leadership. Thanks, 2020 (okay, not really).

What Today's Leaders Most Want From Their Virtual Training

Leadership training and professional development look very different today than they did in February. Here are a few things I’ve found that leaders most want and need right now.

Tips for Leading When Team Members Are Stressed

Leaders are craving advice on how to manage their teams under these wild circumstances. Here's how to empathize, provide support, and make sure goals are still being met.

Leadership During a Crisis

Leadership is challenging enough without throwing a global health emergency into the mix. But here we are.

How to Model Care and Creativity as a Leader

If we let clocks and #crisis dictate all of our meetings, we could undermine our own efforts to connect and collaborate meaningfully and to influence innovative thinking.

Manage Your Worry, Not Your Work

Are you stuck in a loop of trying to be always-on, always-available, and always-informed? Figure out exactly what triggers the stress and discover how to stop the cycle.

When Good Habits Go Bad

It can be uncomfortable to re-examine our habits and narrow our focus. But don’t let yourself become intimidated by the process of change.

Leading with Purpose

To drive success in today's push-harder environment, leaders need to have a purpose to focus their energies, inspire actions, and remain resilient.

The Leadership Metamorphosis

Leadership is experiencing a metamorphosis today. Conventional leadership wisdom is being tested (and sometimes even crushed) in our chaotic, always-on, and hyper-connected world.

Shifting From Manager to Leader

Making the transition from manager to leader involves deliberate changes. Make the shift and be poised to take advantage of the results—for you and your organization.

Leadership Mindshift

Success today requires a leadership mind shift. Instead of relying on traditional wisdom, leaders need to think about their roles from a totally different perspective.

What Yoga Can Teach Us About Leadership

A yoga studio (or our yoga space at home) might seem far removed from our offices, but there are some key leadership lessons we can carry over.

Five Misconceptions Every Modern Leader Should Know

We can all look back on the choices we made as leaders and think of things we'd do differently. I could go back, here are a few leadership lessons I’d share with “past Sara”.

Do Less, Lead Better (Really!)

As a leader, you might constantly push yourself to do more to keep up with ever-changing work environments. But the most powerful approach to leadership today isn't about doing.

Common Career Traps of High Performers

If you are a top performer (or a leader who manages one), it’s important to know the common career traps that may be draining confidence and diminishing a sense of achievement.

Cognitive Diversity

What does the concept of cognitive diversity mean? When leaders surround themselves with people who "constantly validate and reflect their own beliefs," it stifles fresh thinking.

Feedback Is a Gift, Give it!

While I’m a huge proponent of self-awareness and proactively seeking feedback, I also believe it is incumbent on us as leaders to tell it like it is (candidly and with compassion). Developing those under your guidance is one of the primary goals of a leader, mentor, or coach.

Emotional Intelligence: Cult or Competitive Advantage?

The reason so many people believe in the validity of EI has nothing to do with being members of a cult, and everything to do with observation in the real world. Sure, data can sometimes overturn the apple cart of “common sense,” but in this case, the other methods of EI measurement are absolutely correlated with greater success both personally and professionally.

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