On a few occasions, I've been asked the following question: "How can I lead and manage my remote team? Here are a few pointers and ideas to help effectively lead your team members who work from other locations. To your Success! Kemi Sorinmade Leadership Success Coach, Trainer, Facilitator The Growth Studio #leadership #relationships #Teamwork #success #PerformanceImprovement #manager

I hope your summer is going great. Someone had asked me earlier this year to recommend a few books he could read to help him with his performance and productivity. In this Harvard Business Review article, it is stated that the leadership benefits of reading are wide-ranging. Evidence suggests reading can improve intelligence and lead to innovation and insight. Reading makes you smarter through a larger vocabulary, more world knowledge and abstract reasoning skills. Reading is

Updated January 9, 2017 What is it that sets successful people apart from unsuccessful people? Why is it that we struggle to achieve our goals, change our habits or reach our full potential? It is because we are not intentional about growth...personal growth. Personal development is the key to being successful. Ask any successful CEO, leader or professional and they will tell you that they have taken time to work on themselves, in addition to hard work and strategy. Goethe, t

In your organization, a management position has opened up. You've been assigned the task of leading a project or you've just being promoted to lead a team or department. You're very smart and great at what you do, but you realize you're playing a different game now because your job description now includes dealing with people; people you are responsible for. You have to think in terms of leading your team from a place of influence and not authority, force, manipulation or pos

A lot of employees and team members are frustrated today because of their bosses....their female bosses. You've heard so many times that people quit people and not the organization. Is the way you're leading your team a contributing factor to the lack of engagement, lack of performance, and high turnover rates at your organization? Here's my take on one of the reasons why female bosses have a hard time truly leading and a simple tip to help solve that problem. "Everything Ris

One day while on my lunch break, I left my phone in plain view on the passenger seat of my car and got out of the car to grab my lunch. As I was walking away a thought popped into my head: "What if someone woke up this morning thinking that they wanted to steal a phone?" I quickly went back to my car and grabbed my phone. Yes, a lot of people would have walk by my car and probably not notice the phone but that one person whose intention was to steal a phone that day would not

Happy Wednesday! Today, I want to share with you one of the ways you can raise your influence and maximize your impact. In our different roles, we want to be able to influence others. You may be a professional, a boss, a parent, or business owner; you are a leader and you need to make an impact and become more effective. One of the ways to do this is to add value to others. True Leadership is success and leaders add value to others. What does it mean to add value? It's simpl

This week, I've been working on finishing up the content for the 5 Weeks to a Better Leader, Better Business training I'll be facilitating for a local organization next month. I'm also offering the class virtually for individuals who want to up level their businesses. In one of the sessions, I will be teaching on the Benefits, Barriers and the Art of Listening for Success. The ability to listen is key to connecting with and gaining influence with others. As a result, you succ

Can't get people to do what you want them to do? Do you have a team that's not perfoming as they ought to or an employee who is just not happy? Here are ten reasons why. Even if you don't have employees or a team, these could also apply to your clients, children and followers. 1. You are not clear about your vision, or what you want them to do. Lack of vision hinders initiative, motivation and follow through. People will only follow you if they see the picture and they know w