Positive Self-Talk to Thrive During Your Busy Season
By Jon Lokhorst, CPA, PCC If you are a CPA, no matter your role, you are going to encounter crunch time for one reason or another. If you’re in public accounting, mid-April marks the end of tax season (at least the first one of the year). If you’re in industry, government, or the nonprofit world, crunch
3 Steps for Taking Your Leadership to the Next Level
Even when you’re at the top, there’s always room to improve. Here are three steps every leader should take to make the new year their best year yet. How am I doing as a leader today? What’ll it take for me to get better? How will I make it happen? These are the questions every leader
HOW SUCCESSFUL MANAGERS LEAD UP, ACROSS, DOWN, AND INWARD
By Jon Lokhorst, CPA Most leadership development focuses on being a good boss to the people who report to you. While leading down is important if you want to be successful, it’s mission-critical that you lead well in all directions. Mission-critical leadership, as I define it in my book by the same title, is “using influence to
Refresh your Leaders with Sabbaticals
By Jon Lokhorst, CPA, PCC, Lokhorst Consulting LLC The word sabbatical has roots in Hebrew, Greek and Latin terms that all mean a rest from work. The concept of a sabbatical leave traces back to ancient Israel when Jews took a one-year break every seven years from planting and growing their fields. In the late 1800s,
Build Your Leadership Capacity on a Strong Personal Foundation
Jayden,* a newly appointed supervisor, approached me with a question at the end of a leadership program. “What can I do to advance quickly as a leader in my company?” he asked. Jayden was surprised when I responded, “Start by building a strong personal foundation.” As I went on to tell Jayden, you can’t build a
Leader, Slow Down to Go Faster
“The pace of change will never again be as slow as it is today.” (Matthew Bishop, The Economist’s Innovation Forum, 2015) I paused as I saw these words on the big screen at an industry conference. “Shoot,” I thought, “I was hoping to catch a break sometime along the way.” No such luck. It’s true. The pace
Leverage Your Unique Design for Leadership
We return to the series, Your Greatest Leadership Challenge: A Look in the Mirror at Self-Leadership. Visit my blog to read previous articles in the series. Knowing your strengths and struggles is essential to leading yourself and others well. Self-awareness about your unique design leads to greater effectiveness and, at the same time, lessens the risk of derailing yourself
Strengthening Your Leadership Inner Core
This is the third article in the series, Your Greatest Leadership Challenge: A Look in the Mirror at Self-Leadership. Visit my blog to read previous articles in the series. An elite athlete’s inner core is a critical driver of his or her strength, power, speed, and agility. That’s equally true for an effective leader. And to lead others well,
Be a Better Self-Leader: Strengthen Your Core
This is the second article in the series, Your Greatest Leadership Challenge: A Look in the Mirror at Self-Leadership. Visit my blog to read previous articles in the series. Strengthening your core is as important to your leadership success as it is to your physical well-being. Healthy, confident leadership is born out of a solid personal foundation. Without a
