Insecure people are conformists. Doubt produces caution. It’s easy to manage insecure people. Do you really want to enable boldness? Bold people resist being managed. Do you want people solving problems on their… Continue reading
Defensive employees feel threatened. Constructive feedback elevates resistance. Pressure increases suspicion. You cause pain when you challenge defensive employees. Move forward anyway. 7 dangers of defensiveness: Lack of ownership. Defensiveness refuses to be… Continue reading
Untended wounds become rot.
People – like pears – decay from the inside. You don’t notice it at first.
How to protect your team and yourself from justifying toxicity caused by…
1. Unspoken expectations.
2. Negative assumptions.
3. Untended wounds.
Maybe you hate writing, or you don’t have time. But journaling is centering in a world gone mad.
Record your thoughts to understand yourself.
One leader said, “I realized my supervisors weren’t supervising because I was doing it for them.
Don’t handicap people.
Be the reason people step up.
Self-defeating behaviors are like tires with holes. It doesn’t matter how many times you pump them up.
Here are 3 self-defeating behaviors you can rise above today.
What self-defeating behaviors do you see in yourself? In others?
