Growing Forward Blog

This is your one-stop for articles regarding leadership and management. Find the resources and tips you need to become a better leader. 

Growth is hard work!

Growth is hard work. It’s easy to lose sight of yourself in the daily grind of life. In the blink of an eye, you can become someone you don’t recognize.

A leader and manager working together

8 Ways to Lead Up While Following

April 25, 2022 | Originally posted September 4, 2020 You want to be on your boss’s good side to get a great performance review, right?

a leader helping a struggling employee

How to Help a Struggling Employee

April 16, 2022 | Originally posted June 7, 2017 On every team, at one time or another, there is a person lagging behind the pack.

Boosting Your Emotional Intelligence

You’ve probably experienced someone in your work or personal life who has a high degree of emotional intelligence. They are self-aware, they set boundaries, remain

How to Know if Your Project Was Effective

No matter what your profession, you have projects. Projects are larger-scale tasks/initiatives that gather multiple people with a myriad of steps to accomplish something of

You are a Learner If…

One of my “official” strengths when taking the StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment is being a Learner. Yes, I’ll own that. I’m insatiable when it comes to

8 Things Not to Lose

We’ve all lost our keys or wallet or sunglasses a time or two, and we’ve either found them or replaced them. However, there are less

16 Daily Success Habits

I queried my coaching clients last month for the habits they do every day in order to have a better chance at a typical day

Books I Read I Recommend from 2020

So, yeah, I “nerd-out on non-fiction”: primarily reading personal growth and leadership books, and 2020 was no exception, reading 45 books–some, while exercising, on Audible,

18 Agile Actions I Took in 2020

I just finished my annual planning day, and am very excited to share with you some reflections about how I adjusted to this crazy year,

How to Plan Fantastic Fridays

If you are like most workers, you look forward to Fridays. Some people have chosen to intentionally set aside Fridays for one big activity every

What to do When You Feel Overwhelmed?

Overwhelmed? You know, that feeling of “emotional flooding” where your brain can’t wrap around all the things coming at you. I like to say that

8 Employee Retention Ideas

I read a stat last week in one of my trade magazines that said fully one-third of employees are looking to switch jobs in the

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