Dear Dan: My Boss Feels Like a Limiter
Dear Dan, I’m wondering how to push through when I have a challenging leader? My boss gives me space to do what I need to do, but is very unpredictable in approach, response,… Continue reading
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How to End the Frustration of Recurring Problems
Frustrated leaders complain about having the same conversation. “We’ve talked about this problem over and over.” Repetition creates the path of least resistance like rivers eventually wear channels in stone. Pattern reflection: Tell… Continue reading
4 Practices to Make Coaching Easy and Effective
This guest post by Marcia Reynolds, PsyD, Master Certified Coach, and author of Coach the Person, Not the Problem. You don’t need years of training to help others discover solutions to their problems.… Continue reading
10 Ways to Spot Dead-weight Before it’s too Late
Teams thrive and rise when you ditch dead-weight. “[Will] Felps estimates that teams with just one deadbeat, downer, or asshole suffer a performance disadvantage of 30 to 40 percent compared to teams that… Continue reading
Making the Most of Dissatisfaction
When nagging dissatisfaction drives your leadership, teams struggle, relationships flounder, and results always disappoint. Persistent dissatisfaction eventually becomes intolerable. Escape seems the only resolution. The answer to dissatisfaction is learning to find satisfaction,… Continue reading
Dissatisfaction isn’t the Problem – How to Handle Dissatisfaction
If you aren’t currently disappointed with someone or something, you will be soon. Aspiration is dissatisfaction. Dissatisfaction is inevitable. Collecting unhappiness is a choice. Make dissatisfaction useful before it suffocates effectiveness. 5 reasons… Continue reading