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Each week Kevin McCarthy and Likky Lavji facilitate authentic conversations with leaders just like you to help you discover what it takes from being a manager who is good at getting stuff done to being a great leader who inspires others to do their best.
Holding others accountable is an important aspect of building trust and ensuring that everyone is working towards common goals. Here are some steps you can take to hold others accountable:

Set clear expectations: Make sure that everyone involved understands what is expected of them. This means setting specific, measurable goals and deadlines, and outlining the consequences of not meeting them.
Communicate regularly: Check in with those you are holding accountable on a regular basis to see how things are going. Use these opportunities to provide feedback and course-correct if needed.
Provide resources and support: Ensure that those you are holding accountable have the resources and support they need to succeed. This could mean providing training, mentoring, or access to additional resources.
Follow through on consequences: If someone is not meeting expectations, follow through on the consequences outlined earlier. This helps establish a culture of accountability and ensures that everyone understands the importance of meeting their commitments.
Lead by example: As a leader or someone holding others accountable, you need to set the tone by holding yourself accountable as well. This means being transparent, admitting mistakes, and taking ownership of your own commitments.
Remember that holding others accountable is not about punishment, but about ensuring that everyone is working towards the same goals and that everyone is contributing to the team's success. By setting clear expectations, communicating regularly, providing resources and support, following through on consequences, and leading by example, you can create a culture of accountability that leads to better outcomes for everyone involved.
We explore this and more in our Awareness Advantage podcast. Check out our episodes, and go from being a good manager--to a great leader!
Learn the strategies used by experts and build your own self-awareness with best selling authors, speakers and business coaches--Kevin McCarthy and Likky Lavji.

Each week, best selling authors, Kevin McCarthy and Likky Lavji facilitate authentic conversations with leaders just like you to help you discover what it takes from being a manager who is good at getting stuff done to being a great leader who inspires others to do their best.
Psychologist Joseph A. Shrand explains that being valued is a basic human instinct that goes back millions of years when our ancestors figured out that when we work together, we are less likely to be prey, and more likely to have food, shelter and comfort. Dr Shrand says that in the back of our brains “When we sense that somebody else sees us with less value, we worry that we will be kicked out of our protective group, and some predator will come and eat us. That we will be lunch. That we will not survive.”
 
Broken down like that, it is easy to see why when we think we are not being valued, anxiety creeps in, and we get upset! So how do we get people to value us?
 
Some people will always be in their own heads and not value those around them. Frankly, you can’t do a lot about those people, but you CAN make an effort to show the people around you that they are valued.
We explore this and more in our Awareness Advantage podcast. Check out our episodes, and go from being a good manager--to a great leader!
Learn the strategies used by experts and build your own self-awareness with best selling authors, speakers and business coaches--Kevin McCarthy and Likky Lavji.
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Each week Kevin McCarthy and Likky Lavji facilitate authentic conversations with leaders just like you to help you discover what it takes from being a manager who is good at getting stuff done to being a great leader who inspires others to do their best.
Should we keep friendships out of the workplace? And what is friendship vs acquaintanceship? 
Relationships in the workplace can be tricky... even friendships. What happens if you have to let a "friend" go? Yet, do we want to work in a workplace where people have no connection, no trust, no commonality? Of course not! Yet those are the things that are the root of friendships?
We explore this and more in our Awareness Advantage podcast. Check out our episodes, and go from being a good manager--to a great leader!
Learn the strategies used by experts and build your own self-awareness with best selling authors, speakers and business coaches--Kevin McCarthy and Likky Lavji.

Each week Kevin McCarthy and Likky Lavji facilitate authentic conversations with leaders just like you to help you discover what it takes from being a manager who is good at getting stuff done to being a great leader who inspires others to do their best.
Is there such a think as positive gossip?
Most current and past research focuses on the effect gossip in general has on people and within organizations (see Noon & Delbridge, 1993) but not specifically on "positive" gossip. The concept is hard to consider -- we are taught gossip is bad, yet researchers argue that this is not always the case. Social scientists study positive, negative, and neutral forms of gossip.
When researchers consider ‘positive gossip,’ they consider prosocial behavioral responses. For example, if a person shares information that helps the group avoid the adverse effects of a destructive or harmful peer, then this is a form of positive gossip. It is also positive when a person witnesses the "violation" and shares the outcome because this can help others correct their behavior (Alshehre, 2017).
We explore this and more in our Awareness Advantage podcast. Check out our episodes, and go from being a good manager--to a great leader!
Learn the strategies used by experts and build your own self-awareness with best selling authors, speakers and business coaches--Kevin McCarthy and Likky Lavji.

Each week Kevin McCarthy and Likky Lavji facilitate authentic conversations with leaders just like you to help you discover what it takes from being a manager who is good at getting stuff done to being a great leader who inspires others to do their best.
How well do you know your emotions? Have you ever seen the emotions wheel? In this episode we dig deep into what we are really feeling and what the root emotion is. 
Through years of studying emotions, American psychologist Dr. Robert Plutchik proposed that there are eight primary emotions that serve as the foundation for all others: joy, sadness, acceptance, disgust, fear, anger, surprise, and anticipation. (Pollack, 2016)
We explore this and more in our Awareness Advantage podcast. Check out our episodes, and go from being a good manager--to a great leader!
Learn the strategies used by experts and build your own self-awareness with best selling authors, speakers and business coaches--Kevin McCarthy and Likky Lavji.

How your Use of Absolutes Reveal Your Beliefs. Absolutes such as “always” and “never” or “none” and “everyone.”