Ten Traits of Winning Leaders
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The Gapology Angle is our blog that takes everyday topics that leaders face in their typical workplace and uses the power of Gapology, IMBAR, and Speed of Purpose to address them. With our systematic, strategic methods, you will find clear solutions to any obstacle you may be facing.
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Brian Brockhoff
Apr 43 min read
Mind the Gap: Accountable vs. Apathetic
Leaders and team members occasionally flow between feeling truly accountable and connected to their areas of responsibility, and feeling...
Brian Brockhoff
Mar 72 min read
Mind the Gap: Performance vs. Perception
You may be familiar with the “Mind the Gap” slogan plastered all over London and its “Underground” subway system. This warning is to be...
Brian Brockhoff
Mar 63 min read
Self-Development
Let’s talk about Self-Development. This topic is a critical winning leader behavior we regularly see as we teach Gapology to teams...
Brian Brockhoff
Feb 213 min read
The Being Level: The Leader Matters
Team members live at varying mindset levels in their roles, responsibilities, and expectations. The leader's involvement matters whether...
Brian Brockhoff
Feb 133 min read
Commitment: The Leader Matters
When looking at team members’ various levels of commitment, we typically view them through a lens where they are solely responsible for...
Brian Brockhoff
Feb 63 min read
DABA Change Ladder: The Leader Matters Series
When teams move through moments of change in the workplace, they experience real human emotions and, as a result, human behaviors that...
Brian Brockhoff
Jan 312 min read
Creating Accountability: The Leader Matters
Above most elements involved in the operation of a business, the leader matters most. Without high-performing leaders, most teams will...
Brian Brockhoff
Dec 19, 20232 min read
Expectations & Priorities for Impact: Leadership Rhythm Series
You must clarify… and exhibit… the expectations and priorities to create a real impact for your team and yourself. Your team must see you...
Brian Brockhoff
Dec 13, 20232 min read
Communication for Impact: Leadership Rhythm Series
If we had to choose one skill that would be the most critical to producing outstanding leadership and impacting your team, customers, or...
Brian Brockhoff
Dec 7, 20232 min read
Development for Impact: Leadership Rhythm Series
One of the critical areas to create lasting high-impact effects on your team is to focus on development. Looking at where your team is...
Brian Brockhoff
Nov 29, 20232 min read
Analysis for Impact: Leadership Rhythm Series
When building a Leadership Rhythm that impacts your leadership life and your team’s experience, your efforts must be strategic. Leaders...
Brian Brockhoff
Nov 15, 20233 min read
How Do I Know Who to Invest In?: How Do You Know Series
As business leaders, we must always consider what is best for the business in our decision-making process around investing. Whether...
Brian Brockhoff
Nov 9, 20232 min read
Relentless Training
Many questions get raised when leaders and training departments are asked to “retrain” team members. Were the team members not trained...
Brian Brockhoff
Oct 25, 20232 min read
How Do I Know When to Promote?: How Do You Know Series
You think you may have an idea that someone is ready for the next big step in their career. They seem ready to be promoted… but are they...
Brian Brockhoff
Oct 17, 20232 min read
How Do I Know When to Hire?: How Do You Know Series
How do you know when to add headcount to your existing team? How do you know when to replace existing performers? In essence, when do you...
Brian Brockhoff
Oct 10, 20233 min read
Building Interpersonal Relationships: Engagement Series
As we look at developing lasting engagement in our teams, the relationships’ health and impact on how they work together daily must be...
Brian Brockhoff
Oct 3, 20233 min read
Expectations + Accountability: Engagement Series
Peanut butter and jelly. Smoke and fire. Coffee and donuts. They all go together. The same thing goes for Expectations and...
Brian Brockhoff
Sep 27, 20233 min read
Two-Way Communication: Engagement Series
Communication is most likely the single skill to build if you want to be an effective leader. Without excellent communication skills you...
Brian Brockhoff
Sep 20, 20233 min read
Teaching + Mentoring: Engagement Series
In the typical employee lifecycle, there are many assumptions made by leaders. We assume that our new team members smoothly onboard to...
Brian Brockhoff
Aug 16, 20233 min read
Creating an Engagement Rhythm: Engagement Series
It has been shown that engagement is the key to longevity in employment. Engaged employees are happier and feel that they contribute at a...
Brian Brockhoff
Aug 10, 20233 min read
DABA Change Ladder: Connection Series
Change happens. It happens for our team, and it happens for us. How they, and we, move through the change can often define who we are and...
Brian Brockhoff
Aug 2, 20234 min read
The Commitment Ladder: Connection Series
Our team connects with us and the things we are asking them to do at varying levels. This connection drives their commitment level, which...
Brian Brockhoff
Jul 26, 20232 min read
The Habit Ladder: Connection Series
Creating connections begins in the early stages of an employee’s journey with your organization. It starts even before your interview...
Brian Brockhoff
Jul 20, 20233 min read
Knowing-Doing-Being: Connection Series
Achieving a state of “Being” is a lofty but rather achievable goal for your team members. The important thing to consider is your role in...
Brian Brockhoff
Jul 20, 20232 min read
Talent x Mindset = Performance: Connection Series
When looking at Performance, there are many available angles to consider. Among the top are levels of Talent and levels of Mindset. Each...
Brian Brockhoff
Jul 19, 20232 min read
Connection
Connecting with the people you lead is a fundamental yet critical part of your role as a leader. Remaining distant and disconnected is a...
Brian Brockhoff
Jun 21, 20232 min read
Creating a Culture of Growth: Culture Series
We all want to grow. Whether in our personal lives or within the scope of our work, growth is essential to staying effective, efficient,...
Brian Brockhoff
Jun 13, 20232 min read
Creating a Culture of Action-Based Analysis: Culture Series
What do you do with all the information compiled into your weekly reports? Is it just ink on paper, or do you create real action from it?...
Brian Brockhoff
Jun 13, 20232 min read
Creating a Culture of Communication: Culture Series
How we communicate matters as much as what we communicate. Our methods and vehicles of communication deliver messages that connect our...
Brian Brockhoff
May 18, 20232 min read
Creating a Culture of Winning: Culture Series
Creating a culture of winning is a process, not a destination. It is a continuous, ever-evolving environment intentionally built through...
Brian Brockhoff
May 17, 20232 min read
Leadership Rhythm
Winning leaders have a rhythm. They define and establish predictable behaviors and then build them into their cadence. These behaviors...
Brian Brockhoff
May 11, 20232 min read
Creating a Culture of Purpose: Culture Series
Culture in any organization isn’t a rock-solid, steadfast entity. It is a living, breathing environment that ebbs and flows along with...
Brian Brockhoff
May 3, 20233 min read
Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow: IMBAR Mapping Series
Creating the career of your dreams requires a firm understanding of your past and, even more importantly, your present. To get to where...
Brian Brockhoff
Apr 26, 20233 min read
What's Your Story?: IMBAR Mapping Series
Each of us has a story. We are writing a narrative every day that defines our lives. Many of us are not even aware of this fact, and as a...
Brian Brockhoff
Apr 21, 20232 min read
Executive Impact: IMBAR Series
Like it or not, your IMBAR impacts your team. Your Identity, Mindset, and Behaviors create the Actions and Results that the team...
Brian Brockhoff
Apr 20, 20233 min read
Momentum
When looking at creating sustainable action in your team, you must consider momentum. Understanding it and analyzing how it affects your...
Brian Brockhoff
Apr 5, 20232 min read
The Pathway of Transformation: IMBAR Mapping Series
Thought comes before performance. Identity comes before that. How we see ourselves is foundational to the things we do and the outcomes...
Brian Brockhoff
Mar 31, 20233 min read
Making Meetings Effective: Emerging Leaders Series
“Meeting Fatigue.” Ever heard of it? Ever experienced it? Today, many corporate organizations feature a “meeting culture” where meetings...
Brian Brockhoff
Mar 22, 20233 min read
Setting the Bar: Emerging Leaders Series
Where is your bar? Do you know? The “Bar” in this context is the level of expectation for performance that you are going after. Often,...
Brian Brockhoff
Mar 2, 20233 min read
Reduce Stress with Leadership Rhythm: An Emerging Leaders Episode
When we are in a support role as individual contributors, we all experience stress at a certain level. We need to accomplish, work...
Brian Brockhoff
Feb 13, 20232 min read
Self-Development: Emerging Leaders Series
Personal and professional growth sits at the heart of winning leadership. Just as the Knowledge Gap is the first Performance Gap we must...
Brian Brockhoff
Feb 8, 20232 min read
Accountability: Emerging Leaders Series
Accountability is a tricky thing to get right. Come on too strong, and you risk alienating the team and breaking apart any positive...
Brian Brockhoff
Jan 31, 20233 min read
Expectations: Emerging Leaders Series
Many areas of leadership can present roadblocks to success for new, emerging leaders as they tackle the challenge of moving from...
Brian Brockhoff
Nov 9, 20223 min read
EDGE: Emerging Leaders Series
Emerging Leaders, today’s young or inexperienced leaders, often face incredible challenges in the workplace and their careers. Between...
Brian Brockhoff
Oct 26, 20223 min read
100% Execution on KPIs that Matter
In business, we have many metrics to measure every aspect of our activities. We have things that measure input, output, effort,...
Brian Brockhoff
Oct 20, 20222 min read
Teachable Points of View To Create Action
Creating action in a team doesn’t always require big, dramatic training events or meetings. Teams often respond best when a leader steps...
Brian Brockhoff
Jul 31, 20223 min read
Becoming a Leader...with Knowledge, Importance, and Action
As individual contributors, it is often “hit or miss” when receiving individualized, dedicated training and a focused effort to develop...
Brian Brockhoff
Jul 22, 20223 min read
Becoming a Leader... with Identity
Our focus determines our behaviors. This much is clear. What determines our focus? Well, that is the million-dollar question that all...
Brian Brockhoff
Jul 14, 20223 min read
Becoming a Leader... with Purpose
We all start someplace. In our careers, most of us began working as individual contributors. This is not a manager or leader of other...
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