Best of 2018 Effective Retail Leader Articles
HAPPY NEW YEAR!To close out 2018 I thought I would share the articles that you found the most interesting and helpful from the past twelve months. Based on feedback and the number of views from various sources the below articles seemed to resonate a little more than some of the others. Here are the top 3 articles from 2018.
Your Attention Please. How to Get the RIGHT Things Done
How many things over the course of a day try to grab your attention? Is it tens of things, hundreds? Maybe even thousands. There is no shortage of people, devices, or marketers trying to grab our attention away from what we really need to concentrate on. I have shared my thoughts on how the term focus can be misused in the past. I have also shared why focus is so important. Our attention to something plays right into that.Is there anything we can do to ensure that as leaders we can maintain our attention on what is most important? Absolutely. Your attention is just like a muscle – with exercise, practice, and patience it can be strengthened and your attention span expanded.Here are some ideas on how to begin strengthening your attention span to get more of what you want to do, done.READ THE FULL ARTICLE
Want 90 hours back a year? Manage Your Email in a New Way
Email is a part of life these days. When I speak with people and ask about the biggest frustrations they have in their everyday life, email is always on that list. “I have too many emails,” they say. It is not uncommon to see people with hundreds of emails in their inbox, many of them unread. They feel as though they can never catch up. Many feel bad that they miss replying to important emails or just ones that they wanted to. Several minutes are wasted each time they are in their email looking for the one they wanted to reply to. Does this sound familiar?READ THE FULL ARTICLE
Why is influence important as a leader?
Understanding why influence is important may seem obvious: you want other people to think or act as you do. But becoming an influential leader is much more than getting people to do what you want. To make a lasting impact, you need to show them the personal benefits they will gain by changing their way of thinking.Understanding some additional ideas on why influence is importance can assist you on the path you take to building your influence as a leader. Here are three further looks at the importance of influence in leadership.READ THE FULL ARTICLE
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