The Importance of Intentional Recognition in the Workplace
Want to be able to reward your team but aren’t sure how? Looking to build morale and show employees you care? Being intentional with how you recognize your team’s effort, and providing personalized rewards shows you pay attention, care, and value their contributions.
Managing Up: Tips and Tricks and Why Everyone Should Do It
Do you find yourself confused with your boss’s motivations, or how they communicate? Are you wanting to support your supervisor but don’t know how? Managing up is a great solution to strengthening relationships, improving communication, and working WITH your boss to meet goals, build respect, and even influence your organization.
Why seeing every employee as high-value can make great teams
How many high-value employees do you have on your team? One? Ten? What would be the most significant impact on your team if they left tomorrow? This week on the blog, Leadership Coach, Atiyeh Ghanbari shares insights on treating every employee like a high-value employee.
vulnerability in leadership: its benefits and 4 ways to start being more vulnerable at work
Many traditional workplace leadership behaviours say that leaders should rule with an iron fist. In reality, vulnerability amongst your team can be a compelling and even freeing experience for leaders. This week on the blog, Atiyeh explores how being vulnerable can make you a better leader.
The money talk: 4 tips to help You get comfortable negotiating your pay
Salary negotiations are thought to be one of the most uncomfortable conversations you can have at work, but why? Why do we find it so tricky, and how do we get comfortable asking for more money? This week on the blog, certified leadership coach Atiyeh Ghanbari offers her tips for getting comfortable with money talk.
5 ways to improve your leadership through listening
What looks like listening can sometimes indicate that someone is not listening at all. This week on the blog, Atiyeh Ghanbari talks about the importance of active listening in leadership and tips to improve your active listening skills.
Embracing the hybrid workplace and creating equal opportunities for employees
If you want to attract and keep high-performing team members, the remote work option is likely a necessity, and not just an emergency measure or a luxury. This week on the blog, certified coach + leadership consultant, Aityeh Ghanbari, her suggestions for leaders on embracing a hybrid work style.
What do leaders and their teams need most post-pandemic?
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic being in control has been such a challenge. Even pre-pandemic a lack of control was a major cause of stress, affecting all of us both mentally and physically. This week on the blog, certified coach + leadership consultant, Atiyeh Ghanbari, offers a new perspective on leaders’ need for control and how it may be affecting your overall health.
Develop your boundary muscle, decrease the risk of burnout and increase your productivity and success
As a Leadership Coach, I work with a variety of leaders (front-line managers to entrepreneurs), helping them to improve their life balance and operate more effectively. This ultimately results in their success and well-being as well as their teams’. This week on the blog, leadership coach, Atiyeh Ghanbari, talks about burnout and how redefining and strengthening your boundaries can prevent burnout in the workplace.
Empathy - A Crucial Leadership Skill Overlooked
Let’s face it, when it comes to the celebrated skills of successful leadership, empathy is rarely included in such a list. And if it’s on the list, then in the leadership realm we label empathy as a “soft” skill implicitly giving it less importance. It even sounds if you have empathy you’re too “soft” or “nice”. This week on the blog, certified coach + leadership consultant, Atiyeh Ghanbari, highlights the importance of soft skills in effective leadership.
Attention management over time management!
We hear a lot about time management. The experts say time management is important for your productivity and sanity. Various tools and systems are offered to help prioritize and track your tasks and projects. When you better manage your time, you'll be able to complete your tasks on time and you're more productive in a more sustainable manner. This is all great. However, I believe more important than time management is "attention management”. This week on the blog, leadership coach, Atiyeh Ghanbari, talks attention management and how it may be affecting your productivity.
Five mistakes to avoid as a new leader
It’s super exciting when you get promoted to lead a team, especially if you have been waiting for it for some time. Celebrate this milestone! You will quickly realize that managing people adds a whole new dimension of complexity and challenge to your role. This week on the blog, certified coach + leadership consultant, Atiyeh Ghanbari, shares the 5 mistakes to avoid as a new leader.
The REAL Secret to Exponential Growth and Success
Chances are if you’ve been in the corporate world for some time, you’ve heard the saying “you’re your only advocate.” Such a sad and uninspiring sentence. This week on the blog, certified coach + leadership consultant, Atiyeh Ghanbari, shares 4 steps to be an advocate for your teammates.