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School is Back In. Are You?

School is Back In. Are You?

Well hello there and Happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. It's almost that time again. School buses. Fresh notebooks. Parents taking first-day-school photos with years of embarrassment potential. Every August we remind children that...

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Monica Wofford, MBA, CSP, is an international speaker, trainer, and author who helps managers who were promoted, actually become prepared to lead.

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The First Reaction Matters

The First Reaction Matters

Well hello there and Happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. In leadership, moments happen quickly. A mistake is shared.A concern is raised.An idea is presented. And sometimes the reaction happens faster. It’s in those very moments, that a...

The Pressure to Be Liked

The Pressure to Be Liked

Well hello there and Happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. Leadership comes with a natural desire to be respected, trusted, and yes… sometimes liked. Or more specifically, often to still be seen as part of the team you were on before getting...

Respect Isn’t Automatic

Respect Isn’t Automatic

Well hello there and Happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. Leadership titles often come with authority, which some believe should be respected automatically, but real respect works a little differently. Respect isn’t assigned. It’s earned....

When a Leader’s Silence IS the Answer

When a Leader’s Silence IS the Answer

Well hello there and Happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. Leaders get questions and leadership communication is often focused on those answers. More specifically, what a leader should or shouldn’t say in those answers… or in developing...

The Busy Badge of Honor and What It’s Costing You

The Busy Badge of Honor and What It’s Costing You

Well hello there and Happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. Leadership often comes with a full calendar, a full plate, and a long list of things to do that never seem to get done and yet, so often that constantly “busy” status becomes a badge...

But Wait, Do You ALWAYS Have to Have the Answer?

But Wait, Do You ALWAYS Have to Have the Answer?

Well hello there and Happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. Leadership is filled with expectations upon expectations and a whole lot of beliefs and shoulds. And for many a leader, one of the biggest of those should that we expect of ourselves...

Why Leaders Shouldn’t Always Say Yes

Why Leaders Shouldn’t Always Say Yes

Well hello there and Happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. I recently started reading The Year of Yes. I remember watching a movie with Jim Carey called the Yes Man, and I know a LOT of leaders who fear not saying yes, will make them not...

How the Best Leaders Add Calm to Chaos

How the Best Leaders Add Calm to Chaos

Well hello there and Happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. One of the most underused leadership tools costs nothing and requires no title. It also requires minimal effort but may entail a tad bit of discipline. And in fact, it adds calm to...

All Leadership Takes – ENERGY.

All Leadership Takes – ENERGY.

Well hello there and Happy Monday! I’m Monica Wofford and this is your Monday Moment. Leadership takes energy. Leaders need energy. And yet many go-go-go and run out of energy, but then continue to run on fumes. Been there? We all have. But we’ve also all called the...

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