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5 Things Leaders Should Consider Before Using Personality Tests

2023_Week 4 - Live
"…An assessment cannot create community or psychological safety. It's important to create opportunities for colleagues to connect and learn about each other."

Last week I co-hosted an audio event with Ama Nyame-Mensah, Ph.D., focused on personality tests and how assessments can be used in hiring, coaching, and development.

Thank you, Indra A. BooksJaki Wasike-SihanyaNadia SalehPushkraj DeshpandeArnold Buoro, and Magriet Mouton, for your contributions.

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Three Things Most Leaders Get Wrong about Goal Setting

2023_Week 3 - Live

Most of us are in the middle of conducting appraisals, setting goals, and updating our strategy for the year.

All of these involve setting expectations. 

Last week I hosted an audio event focused on goal setting and how goals can help us focus and filter.

(Click here to listen to the conversation)

These are three mistakes we tend to make when setting expectations for ourselves AND others:

  1. We are terrible at planning and cannot predict the future. As a result, we tend to underestimate ho…

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10 Leadership Trends to Watch in 2023

Week 2 - Live

The pandemic completely changed leadership and employee-employer relations.

Last week I hosted an audio event focused on the trends leaders should keep in mind this year to improve retention and increase profits.

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Here are the top 10 trends shared:

  1. Hybrid Leadership: Leaders must know how to be visible AND create psychological safety in remote and in-person environments.
  2. Values-Based Leadership: Leaders must create opportunities and spaces for e…

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2022 in Review + 2023 Vision

Year in Review_2022

Every year since 2017, I have followed the same process to review my year and select the actions I want to focus on the following year.  This process has helped me grow, prioritize my mental, physical, and emotional health, and, most importantly, help me to exceed my income goals each year.  I also share this practice and my worksheets with my clients.

Each yearly vision (and accompanying habits/ routines) adds up and builds on each other.

You can read about my past Vision Day exercises here.

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Ep 70: New Year, New Team?

Ep 70

It's the last episode of 2022, and Akua is going over having a New Year, New Team. There is always the opportunity to reintroduce yourself to your team. People aren't robots, they evolve and change, and in order to keep your leadership relevant and influential, it's always a great idea to periodically reintroduce yourself. Akua calls it the "power of introductions."Akua works primarily alone when doing facilitation and coaching. But recently, she has been joining many new teams for short engagem…

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Ep 69: #AskAkua // Bootstrapping a Team

Ep 69

"I'm bootstrapping, which means that the talent I can afford right now is not as experienced as I would like."

Sound familiar?

In this #AskAkua episode of the Open Door Conversations podcast, Akua Nyame-Mensah gives insight on how to start a team on a limited budget and how to give your team more confidence to make decisions independently. 

Bootstrapping looks different to every business, but this episode will give you a framework with which you can learn how to bring together or re-engage a …

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Ep 68: #AskAkua // I’m Getting Results; Why Would I Need Coaching?

Ep 68

Starting your own business, running a startup for someone else, or leading a team is a heavy weight to bear, and it’s easy to feel like you’re alone. But you don’t have to be. In this #AskAkua episode of the Open Door Conversations Podcast, leadership coach Akua Nyame-Mensah discusses the benefits of executive and leadership coaching, even if you’re already getting results as a leader.

She’ll help you identify if coaching is right for you. If you already know it is, you’ll learn how to convince…

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Ep 67 // My Top Tools that Get Me Exponential Results

Ep 67

In this episode, leadership coach Akua Nyame-Mensah shares the top 5 tools and apps that allow her to work more efficiently, connect with and convert clients, all while being more productive. These are tools that help her get exponential results in both business and her personal life and allow her to do more in less time.

Having recently done an audit of her revenue streams and where she spends her time inside her business, Akua recounts her experience doing the same with the tech tools she use…

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Ep 66 // A Non-African Manager and Founder Working in Africa with Chris Suzdak

Ep 66- Chris Suzdak

Being a leader/manager/founder in a foreign country poses a unique set of challenges, especially one where you stick out as being foreign. Founder and American expat living in Mauritius, Chris Sudzak joins Leadership Coach Akua Nyame-Mensah to talk about what it’s like to work and start a business in a foreign country. He also discusses his leadership journey and his experiences with executive coaching.

Chris has worked across the African continent for several years and is now based in Mauritiu…

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EP 65 // #AskAkua - How Do I Stop Myself From Seeing Problems and Coming Up With New Ideas While I Focus on My Start up?

Ep 65

Many entrepreneurs are multi-passionate individuals who always have lots of new ideas. It can be hard to focus on just one thing, like your startup, business, or project at hand. Sounds familiar? 

In today's #AskAkua episode, Executive Leadership Coach Akua Nyame-Mensah answers a question she received via Twitter: How do I stop myself from seeing problems and coming up with new ideas while focusing on my startup?

This is an applicable question for any sector of business, whether you're a CEO, …

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