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Enjoy this video transcript of this week’s Monday Moment episode. Good morning and happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. Worries. They keep us up at night, even as we start moving into this land of new normal and acclimating to the idea of getting back to work, as getting back… read more
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Enjoy this video transcript of this week’s Monday Moment episode. Good morning and happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. We’re still in that learning mode, hence the venue, but today our discussion is about how exactly do you lead in a new normal. By now, chances are you’ve gone… read more
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Enjoy this video transcript of this week’s Monday Moment episode. Good morning and happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. Today’s focus is on leading through everything changing. Let’s face it. The last few weeks have been a phenomenal period of time to witness. Massive worldwide case studies on how… read more
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Enjoy this video transcript of this week’s Monday Moment episode. Good morning and happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. “…the way of work that we used to consider normal may not ever be the same again.” Our focus this morning is on improving on how you’re leading remotely. Because… read more
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Enjoy this video transcript of this week’s Monday Moment episode. Good morning and happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. It occurred to me, as we talk real quick this week, as I was coaching some of our executive coaching clients through the finer aspects of emotional intelligence that when you’re… read more
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Enjoy this video transcript of this week’s Monday Moment episode. Good morning and happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. You ever feel like this is the setting of your office or the feeling you get from an online interaction? You’re backed into a corner and employees are picking a… read more
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Enjoy this video transcript of this week’s Monday Moment episode. Good morning and happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. We’re a little more up-close personal, or maybe just one-on-one this morning, because I want to talk turkey about an issue that’s pretty important, and frankly, it’s something even I did… read more
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Enjoy this video transcript of this week’s Monday Moment episode. Good morning and happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. As you might guess this video is likely focused on buildings skill-sets. Because if you think this is a video about Monica sweating and exercising this would not be that. LOL… read more
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Good morning and happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. Over the last couple of months, we’ve talked about avoiding a shaky leadership foundation. How to do the job of being a leader and what all that entails. It’s quite complex. Leadership is an enormous area of study, action, and effort,… read more
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Good morning and Happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is this is your Monday Moment. The question is how do you prevent having a shaky foundation in leadership? There are actually five steps, and these five steps came from some inspiration because my husband and I are currently in the process of building a… read more
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Good morning and Happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. Still in the Wild West of your office this February, talking a bit about what happens when you are the new sheriff in town and you’ve settled on in and given a good surprise to everyone. And just the converse what… read more
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Good Morning and happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment in what we might call the wild west. Sometimes your offices feel like the wild west, but on that note, what happens when you’re the new sheriff in town? Now, there are three ways in which that can readily be your… read more
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Good morning and happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. Let’s address, as we transition from the discussion of barriers to effective leadership, to doing the job of being a leader. It’s more than a promotion. It’s more than a title. In fact, as the author of Contagious Leadership , I… read more
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Good morning and happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. I have a secret. You ready? Leadership is not always easy. This is information I’m sure you’ve discovered. And if perhaps, you’re newly promoted, it might be an ever-continuing rude awakening. But there is hope. There is a way to be… read more
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Good morning and happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. Let’s talk about, since we’re still in January, those barriers that stand in the way of most leaders becoming better. Last week we talked about Should-Gate and whether or not you’re being prosecuted in it, but now it’s time to start… read more
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Good morning and HAPPY MONDAY!!!! So, so many have heard me say that in an audio, but not usually in video. Welcome to the 2020 video podcast Monday Moment format. We’re glad you joined us. I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. In January we’ll focus on some of the more common obstacles… read more
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Wouldn’t it be so nice, and oh so convenient, if learning how to lead better were something you could put on your list and check off when finished? Many new skills, and learning how to master them, would be nice if they worked in that manner, yet part of becoming a better leader and learning… read more
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Little learning is known to occur in the month of December as the holidays add a layer of stress that prompts more of a focus on mere survival. Yet, in the face of crazy times we’re all encouraged to enjoy, work still happens and leadership is still needed. And, in a stroke of completely intended… read more
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Whether it’s year end or month or quarter close, tensions tend to rise when pressure mounts and task lists grow. For most, this combo reduces patience, increases frustration and let’s face it… can provoke a pretty flagrant use of quickly doled out names and labels. So, in the spirit of the season, as you’re working… read more
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Over the last eleven months, we’ve covered numerous aspects of leadership because leadership is…well, not a one and done behavior. Becoming a boss is an event. It’s a promotion and it happens and then you’re done. You’ve reached that next level position. Becoming a leader is a bit more complex and is based not on… read more
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Promoted, but not prepared, describes many a leader, but the reasons differ. One leader gets promoted because of their skills. Another because of limited other choices. Some take a promotion, only to find disillusion in a position, not at all what they envisioned. Yet, when promoted to leadership, the need, privilege and responsibility for leading… read more
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Even if we’ve not said it, we’ve all led team members, staff, or even volunteers, to which we’ve wanted to say just get it together. And the IT varies. Sometimes it’s their schedule or ability to follow it. Sometimes it’s their job and their seeming disinterest in doing it. Sometimes it’s just the general concept… read more
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Ever hear, or seen on Facebook, this phrase: Make time for your health or you’ll be forced to make time for your illness? Leadership is similar. Make time to improve it or you’ll be forced to find time to fire, interview, hire and visit HR. You may even be forced to personally find time to… read more
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We all want to believe we’re great at leading others. Not all leaders are great, but all leaders have that potential. What you make of it is determined by your decisions. Do you learn? Do you make improvements? Do you make many of the choices on today’s Monday Moment listing? Whether you’re transitioning from bad… read more
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I recently listened to a leader describe a difficult employee who always said “well, that’s the way we’ve always done it”. You’ve heard it, but what happened next may surprise you… that same leader then told me she wasn’t sure about changing the training format because… “well, you know we’ve never done more than 1… read more
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For the entire year thus far, we have focused on segments of leadership development with each month of the Monday Moment. For this month and the next couple, our focus shifts toward application. How do you become a better leader? How do you become a better behaving leader? Both questions are answered by doing different.… read more
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For most leaders, bosses, managers, and even supervisors, the thought of leading with only single syllable words seems hard to imagine. Maybe the idea is even silly and certainly the act would sound a bit robotic, but on the other hand, maybe the concept would get us back to basics and lend itself to much… read more
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As with any pronoun used in a sentence missing context, the first step is to define it. Who are they, exactly? No matter the answer, the very question of why something or someone is not working, is sought out by leaders, perhaps all too often. Why aren’t those employees busy? Why aren’t those people focused?… read more
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The title of today’s Monday Moment might well need sound effects. Perhaps we need a dastardly laugh like “Mwah haha” and a cartoon of an evil wrong doer, to convey the mood of this discussion and the potential answer. As this month’s podcasts focus on leaders being loyal to their ethics, we must also consider… read more
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