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March,
2007 Welcome
to Leadership Hand™, a monthly e-newsletter To ensure receipt, please white-list our address by adding "Info@" plus our domain name to your e-mail address book. 1. Your Inner Bulldog Are you someone who sees many sides to a situations rather than reacting to a narrow slice of data? Companies and teams need you! Yet, what if you are someone who loses sight of your own side in that very situation? I was coaching a client with just such an ability. Her strength--considering the perspectives of key stakeholders when crafting a next step or a solution--had become unproductive. How? She let others' needs come before her own and in a way that negatively impacted her ability to fulfill her roles and responsibilities. Ironically, not giving her own needs more consideration was detrimental to the very stakeholders she was trying serve.
I asked her to call on her inner bulldog. English Bulldogs are entirely lovable animals. They are also known for their stubbornness and their ability to guard. And that is exactly what this client needed--to be a little more stubborn on her own behalf and on guard for a strength gone awry. I applauded to find her inner bulldog was alive and well, just napping. She recognized the imbalance, her over-consideration of others, and the negative impact to both herself and those around her. When she gave more weight to her own need, crafting the next action step became much easier, the solution much clearer. As you might suspect, she better served the stakeholders, too. So, if you are like my client, remember to call on your inner bulldog and ask him to be vigilant! Once you've identified what he needs to be on the alert for--trust him--he'll let you know. Here's to Reawakening
Your Inner Bulldog, Beth Hand © Copyright 2007, Beth Hand. Beth Hand, MBA helps leaders increase their effectiveness and satisfaction, now and for the future. She can be reached at (+1) 703.820.8074 or via her website www.leadershiphand.com. 2. Reprint Permission This is a copyrighted publication. You are welcome to reprint an issue on a non-exclusive basis provided you:
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