Category: Leadership
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How Not to Suck at Communication
When your amygdala senses that any of those things are risk, it activates the most primitive parts of your brain to react with fight or flight. Even when the most evolved and empowering next step would be to seek understanding. If you want to not suck at difficult communication, the solution is to develop a…
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Answering Unanswerable Questions
Why unanswerable questions are so challenging for managers of people and businesses, and the solution for answering those questions.
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Building a Boat While It’s Sailing Down the River
One of the most pressing challenges that I am hearing about involves employees being resistant to necessary changes. Especially from employees who are not normally resistant. Let’s talk about how you can speak your truth about staff’s disruptive behavior with empathy, compassion, with a focus on the good of the whole.
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Holding Space is a Critical Manager Skill
Holding space is one of the most important skills for managers who want to develop the skillfulness of their staff. It is nuanced, requires practice, and also requires a significant level of self-awareness.
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6 Strategies for Creating A Culture of Communication
Giving employees an opportunity to have their voice heard, especially when the dialogue is challenging, is critically important for retention. When employees feel heard, building a culture of trust is easier.When employees feel they have no voice, they are more likely to say nothing, then resign or miss work. Both of these consequences have significant…
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5 Qualities of a Successful Generalist
There’s a popular theory that success requires individuals to become experts in a specific niche. The truth is that with the complexity of the challenges facing organizations and the advancement of artificial intelligence and automation, the way to stay relevant and valuable is to be a curious learner and develop knowledge in a range of…
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7 Ways Managers Can Activate Problem Solving in Others
To successfully manage people, you must actually know some really great questions. When you are able to ask great questions, people become motivated and empowered by sharing their ideas and knowledge. Here are 7 ways you can activate problem solving in others right now.
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4 Steps to Transform Urgency in Leadership
Urgency is a strong energy that gathers momentum as it moves. Like a flowing river, as urgency builds even the most tranquil conditions become choppy and chaotic. But you can turn that around for even greater organizational success.
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How I Turned Around my Leadership Success
When I was working in a leadership position, I grew frustrated with the drama and chaos of misunderstandings and bad communication. I experienced how traditional leadership skills were failing the mission and goals of my organization. There had to be a better way, an easier way, to manage people and achieve our goals.
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How Does Being Adaptable Make You Invaluable?
It’s true, more than ever, that employees who resist or fear change are becoming obsolete — regardless of what position you hold. Being adaptable is having the ability to be flexible to be flexible in handling change, multiple demands, and reworking ideas or approaches — and it’s extremely valuable to businesses.