July 24th, 2012
So Your I-Message Went Over Like a Lead Balloon – Now What?
When you hear resistance or some other feeling-reaction to your I-Message, you’ll need to make a quick shift and back […]
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July 17th, 2012
Four Ways to Measure Your Own Leadership Style
Being a leader places you in this precarious position where you don’t receive much feedback on your management modus operandi […]
July 9th, 2012
How Much Do You “Love” Performance Reviews? Wish They Would Go Away?
(With help from Thomas Gordon and the L.E.T. book The Periodic Planning Conference: A New Approach to Performance Evaluation One […]
June 28th, 2012
Is That Really Your Need Or Is That Your Solution?
1. Bill needs to save money on gas so he buys a hybrid car. 2. Alberto wants to get into […]
June 27th, 2012
Your Most Important Asset
So how do you, as a manager, improve your relationships with your direct reports so that they deliver on your […]
June 26th, 2012
What Employees Expect…and Deserve
In our search for strong employees to fill critical roles in our organizations, we typically go to employment sites like […]
June 20th, 2012
Five Methods to Make Meetings Much More Productive
Most people agree that meetings can be a colossal waste of time. And it’s not surprising when most meetings start […]
June 19th, 2012
Just Because You Can…Doesn’t Necessarily Mean You Should
The other day, I was ambushed by a colleague. It wasn’t intentional…she didn’t mean to ruin my morning. But it […]
June 18th, 2012
Can Feelings Really Be Friendly?
People are conditioned almost from infancy to think of feelings as bad and dangerous—enemies of good human relationships. People grow […]
June 13th, 2012
Confrontation Is An Act Of Respect: Why Leaders Should Encourage More Of It
“Gosh, couldn’t we have avoided that confrontation? I thought we got along better than that. Did it really have to […]