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When I first heard Judy speak at our leadership meeting, I was struck by her passion, her confidence, and her engaging presentation style. Judy is our lead finance officer for our business unit and a master presenter. Every time she speaks, I listen with great interest as she is excellent at simplifying a complex subject… ...
Remote work is here to stay even after the Covid 19 crisis is over. This means your ability to command a “virtual room” with your presentation is more important than ever. Even if you plan to go back to your office full time after the Pandemic, your senior leadership, your core partners, and/or your clients may not. You will need to continue to use video communication to conduct business and present your ideas. ...
Unfortunately most of us spend at least 50-75% of our life working for incompetent leaders! Why? Four reasons:
There are 3 common traits of incompetent leaders. Your leader could have one of these traits or worse all three.
Trait 1: Absentee leader – this leader “lets” the team do all the work and doesn’t really set strategy, lead, or coach others. Their style is often to outsource any or all efforts that a leader usually need to do to one of his or her team members. ...
Happy New Year! Everyone wants to forget 2020; however I think it’s a year to remember. This has been the most memorable year in almost a century. Despite all the difficulties, I feel fortunate to have my family, health, and a better appreciation for the simple things in life.
While we all hope 2021 will be a better year, it is still unclear how long we will be in our current state or if we would ever go back to the way we were prior to March 2020. While I miss seeing my parents in person, traveling, and gathering with friends, I also gained much more time with my family and loved living a much simpler life with my husband and kids. ...
Last week, I got this message on Linkedin. Let’s call this person Amanda. “Hi Lei, I’m looking to make a move out of my current company – prefer SVB’s South Bay location as I live in San Jose. If you come across product leadership roles in SVB and don’t mind referring me, I’d appreciate that. Let me know. Thanks!.” ...
What a day yesterday! I was relieved. I was crying happy tears. Joe Biden was officially announced as our President-elect. I had been holding my breath for at least a week, maybe longer. I am relieved not because the Democrats won but because Biden has the fundamental characteristics I value in a leader. ...
Last week, I wrote that we should achieve these 5 goals in the first 90 days at work. Today, I want to provide you tips on how to best achieve the first of the five goal – Ramp up quickly. I came up with this 4Cs framework since I am currently 2 weeks into my new job as well. It is helping me keep in mind all the aspects I need to understand in a new organization and new job. I hope this can help you as well. ...