Stop Wasting Time: 10 Ways to Learn What Matters
One young leader is laid off. The other just started a new job. But, both shared the same concern. “How will I fit-in?” Our need to fit-in reflects our need to connect, belong, and… Continue reading
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When You Don’t Like People in the Office
You don’t like everyone you work with. Now what? Relationships within organizations depend on your ability to tolerate weaknesses in others. How many: How many of the people in your office do things that… Continue reading
7 Power Tips for Facing Turbulence
Turbulence grabs attention, focuses energy, stretches relationships, tests resolve, and shows you who you are. Leadership tips during turbulence. Turbulence is useful when it: Strengthens connections. People who trust each other pull together… Continue reading
How to Cut Your Losses and Move On
Trajectory predicts the future. Minimize the negative impact of laggards by managing them up or out. Give employees on the rise freedom, opportunity, authority, and position. Experience suggests you have, on average, a… Continue reading
7 Ways to Break the Bondage of Old Patterns
Predictability is stability, until it shackles. Old patterns are hard to break because they worked, once. But, you’ve changed and what worked once is bondage now. Patterns establish predictability, but they also anchor… Continue reading
10 Ways to Deal with Weaknesses in Others
Everyone is great at some things and lousy at others. Arrogant leaders compare the weaknesses of others to their strengths. Don’t judge others by the way they compare to you. When you evaluate… Continue reading