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Three ways to hear what your team thinks about you |
I often hear leaders express frustration when they get negative feedback from their team. “Why am I just now hearing this?” they may ask. “I don’t understand where this is coming from,” they lament. They are often caught off-guard or »
Keep your star employee from jumping ship |
I know two people who are actively looking for a new job. They show up at work each day, slog through their daily tasks, and take solace in the fact that they will be out the door within a few »
How to handle in-fighting on your team |
When I resigned my job as a general manager, the hardest part was leaving a great team of people who exceeded their goals and worked well together. But it was not always that way. When I took on the role, »
It’s more than the thought that counts |
“All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.”~James Russell Lowell
Recently I watched a former colleague struggle with how to show up for her team at work. Her organization had gone »
Feeling misunderstood? Offer others a “User’s Guide” to you. |
As a young manager, I had the opportunity to attend an MBTI® workshop with my director and my peers. I had never done a self-assessment like that, and I was blown away by the spot-on narrative about my preferences and »
The upside of falling down |
“Fall down seven times, get up eight times.”~Japanese Proverb
I now enjoy skiing. I used to hate it. I hated it because I fell. And I hated that I fell. I once made my ski instructor fall »