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9 | How to Lead Your Leader

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Today’s topic is a question I get asked all the time and it came up in several comments on our recent reader survey. If you’re struggling to understand your leader or just hoping to make things better around the office, here are a few things to keep in mind:

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  • You have to understand how they receive information and how you communicate is equally important. Learn more about communication in this post, Start Communicating Better Today.
  • Lead up. Make sure your intentions are to help them, not belittle them. It’s got to be beneficial to both of you.
  • Ask questions and get to understand them personally. When you do that, you’ll get perspective on why they are the way they are.
  • Don’t allow a terrible leader to hold you back. Do everything you can to make the people around you successful – up, sideways and down.

Question: What ways do you know to lead leaders?

7 | What’s Killing Your Creativity

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Creativity and focus come from a clear mind…and your desk! If you’re in need of a mental refresh, listen to today’s Coffee With Chris podcast!

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When your office is a mess, whether it’s paperwork scattered across your desk or unanswered emails junking up the inbox, your subconscious is cluttered. Here’s what I want you to do:

  • Tell your staff or co-workers you’re going to clean your office.
  • Pick a Saturday to actually clean your office and go through everything.
  • When you find something you need to be working on, put it in a place where you’ll get to it immediately.
  •  When you find something you don’t need to be working on, delegate it.
  • When you find something irrelevant, throw it away. Get it out of your brain and your subsconcious.

Once you’ve done this and see how effective it is, have your team do it as well!