Influence & Leadership | Smart Solutions, Inc.

Develop Your Resilience

by Alayna | Oct 26, 2022 | Influence & Leadership, SMART.remark

“Resilience (or resiliency) is our ability to adapt and bounce back when things don’t go as planned.” Hmm, can you relate to things not going as planned? In today’s workplace, quite often, the plan keeps changing. We may be dealing with organizational change,...

The Attitude of Gratitude

by Alayna | Jun 20, 2022 | Communication, Influence & Leadership, SMART.remark

Sharing gratitude has the power to bring out your full potential and positively impact those around you. Research has shown the practice of sharing gratitude can create tons of personal benefits for you like improved health, better sleep, increased optimism, and fewer...

Stop Saying “But” and Start Saying “And”

by Alayna | May 16, 2022 | Communication, Influence & Leadership, SMART.remark

Do you ever catch yourself saying things like, “I love that idea, but we need to do it differently?” As soon as you say the word “but,” the other person immediately forgets the part about you loving the idea. Because you completely invalidated it with the “but” and...

Gray Zone Leadership

by Alayna | Apr 11, 2022 | Influence & Leadership, SMART.remark

This article about leadership without a title introduces us to the concept of Gray Zone Leadership. “Gray-zone challenges exist in every organization all the time, typically outside the responsibilities of any single individual or group. They live between the...

Lead the Way

by Alayna | Apr 4, 2022 | Influence & Leadership, SMART.remark

As our world gets more connected, the projects that change us are more and more likely to have a form that would be hard to recognize just a generation ago. But inventing and choosing and supporting these projects is now on us, and it begins by recognizing that they...

Leading from the Middle

by Mary Jo Solowicz | Sep 17, 2021 | Influence & Leadership, SMART.remark

“Leadership is a choice you make, rather than a place you sit.” John Maxwell The truth is, you have influence with your client, no matter your title, and whether you are conscious of it or not. Learn how you can manage that influence and add the most value for your...