Are your words and actions out of whack?

Are your words and actions out of whack?

“I tell my team all the time how great they are,” one leader recently told me. Yet, I knew from conversations with her team members that they felt their leader did not see them as competent and did not trust them with high-level work. While she said how...
Want to succeed? Fail first

Want to succeed? Fail first

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill I debriefed a 360° feedback assessment this morning and it was tough. The feedback itself was a bit tough, and my client took it very hard. “I should...
The value of a closed mouth

The value of a closed mouth

“Never miss a good chance to shut up.” ~Will Rogers The other day I walked away from a conversation with a refrain echoing in my head. It used to be more common for me, but I’ve been working on it – hard. Unfortunately yesterday I slipped into old behavior, and I was...