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Lisa Martin
4 min read
Self-awareness Leads To Better Leadership. Here’s Why.
You can’t lead yourself if you don't possess self-awareness. And you can’t lead others if you don’t know yourself.
Lisa Martin
5 min read
Navigating Self-doubt Is Easy With These 10 Helpful Tips
Important confession up front here: I suffer from self-doubt.
Lisa Martin
4 min read
How To Thrive Now That Work-Life Balance Is Dead
I’ll come out and say now, because this post will work better if we’re upfront with each other at the beginning: work-life balance is dead.
Lisa Martin
2 min read
Good Busy vs. Bad Busy
Are you Stuck in Bad Busy (instead of Good busy)?
Lisa Martin
2 min read
Embrace Fear
Here’s an interesting note on human nature.
Lisa Martin
2 min read
How To Give Powerful Presentations Every Time
Leaders who consistently give killer presentations on- and off-stage are expert at one thing: nonverbal ninja moves.
Lisa Martin
2 min read
Get Past The Fear Of Speaking Up
Let’s start here: Are you overjoyed when you don’t need to say anything in a meeting?
Lisa Martin
2 min read
Are You Annoyed? Congrats, You Just Discovered Your Superpower
There’s a really amusing trick I’ve discovered.
Lisa Martin
2 min read
What’s Your Theme?
Ever since I began executive coaching I’ve asked my clients to choose a theme for the coming year. I’m going to ask you to do the same.
Lisa Martin
3 min read
Find Out If You’re A Person of Character
Character is one of those all-time fluffier business words: we all know it’s important, and we all have an idea what it looks like.
Lisa Martin
3 min read
Why Habits Are The Building Blocks Of Powerful Leadership
Consider this: an average human being has 60,000 thoughts in a day.
Lisa Martin
1 min read
Not Everybody Likes Tom Cruise, But … He’s Got Presence.
Not everybody likes Tom Cruise.
Lisa Martin
2 min read
8 Principles To Make You A Better Leader
I’ve learned a lot from the leaders I coach. I’ve summarized my key learnings into 8 principles.
Lisa Martin
2 min read
The X-Factor: Do You Have It?
Leadership #presence matters. It's called many different things: magnetism, charisma, commanding the room, etc.
Lisa Martin
2 min read
Lisa’s Top 5 Leadership Authors (and why you want to read them)
On the paperback side of the book publishing industry, more than four titles per day are released with ‘leadership’ in them.
Lisa Martin
2 min read
7 Ways to Assess and Develop Your Self-Worth
Developing self-worth is hard for many of us.
Lisa Martin
3 min read
3 Feedback Mistakes Leaders Make
Simply put, the lack of feedback in most offices is stunning.
Lisa Martin
4 min read
How to Reset After Summer
Somewhere around 12 percent of workers in North America get ‘summer Fridays.'
Lisa Martin
2 min read
Are You An Obnoxious Leader?
Sometimes people think they have presence, when in fact, they are exuding something else entirely: obnoxiousness.
Lisa Martin
2 min read
How A Lack Of Sleep Can Make You A Lousy Leader
According to a recent article shared by The Harvard Business Review, there's a proven link between getting enough sleep and having adequate
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