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5 Reasons You’re Not The Best Person To Teach Your Employees
Ok, so you should onboard new employees, make sure that they understand the mission and goals of your department, review policies and procedures, go over …
Posted in Leadership
Tagged brown bag, business readiness success, growing leaders, influence, leadership, mentoring, shadowing, talent development, teaching
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5 Lousy Leadership Lessons
I saw a senior leader recently make several bonehead moves and was reminded that we can all learn from both good and bad examples. Here …
Posted in Leadership
Tagged boss, coaching, delegation, employee engagement, executive leadership development, image, influence, leadership, leadership development, leadership effectiveness, leadership lessons, lousy leadership, loyalty, performance management, senior executive, talent, trust
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$@#* Happens: Workplace Lessons from the Carnival Cruise Ship
I don’t do boats. Even looking at them makes me woozy. My motion-sickness heart went out to the travelers on last week’s Carnival cruise ship voyage …
Four Tips for Managing Up
Sometimes it’s more difficult to ‘manage up’ than it is to ‘manage down.’ No matter where you are on the food chain in your organization, …
Bag of Tricks: 4 Tips for Shameless Naming Manipulation
Names don’t matter much. Or do they? From Baby names (good luck with that, Baby Hashtag) to multi-million dollar branding campaigns (New Coke anyone?), names …
Posted in Change, Communications
Tagged baby hashtag, branding, business readiness success, change, Harvard Business Review, influence, jargon, leadership, Maxwell Wessel, naming
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Do You Really Want Honest Feedback?
Most of us want constructive feedback like we want a punch in the stomach. We know that to be most effective we need others to …
Power of the Posse – Who Influenced You?
As you find yourself digging out of the holiday chaos, welcoming old routines and preparing for the New Year – I want to share with …
Posted in Communications
Tagged blog, career, commitment, communications, goals, gratitude, influence, mantra, mentor, motivate, new year, people, relationships
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People Skills without This Are Ineffective
Without love and respect, people skills are limited – and so is leadership effectiveness. I’ve been reminded of this lately as I’ve coached some extremely …
What to Do when Your Co-Worker Isn’t Performing
We’ve all faced frustrating situations like the following: Your colleague sends an email to a broader group that states outcomes and actions that were different …
Posted in Communications
Tagged coaching, communication, feedback, influence, peer feedback, people skills, performance management, poor performance
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Corporate Politics: Stay out of the Middle but Still in the Game
Ever find yourself in one of these awkward situations? Boss-bashing. Your co-worker starts venting to you about what a lousy boss you have. You sense …
Posted in Communications, Insights
Tagged boss-bashing, communication, corporate politics, emotional intelligence, influence, leadership, navigating corporate politics, office politics, people skills, politically astute, relationship effectiveness, social intelligence, sucking up, triangulation
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