Speak your truth

Speak your truth

“Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking.” ~Audre Lorde You know that feeling of walking out of a meeting wishing you’d spoken up about a project that you didn’t think would work or you thought was misguided or wrong. Or...
How to ruin your credibility

How to ruin your credibility

“What upsets me is not that you lied to me, but that from now on I can no longer believe you.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche It seems harmless when we do it. How can one little lie hurt? You haven’t finished the report that was due to your colleague, and make up a reason as...
Simply tell the truth

Simply tell the truth

“To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable, we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful.” ~Edward R. Murrow One of the leadership skills we teach is effective communication, and specifically persuasion and influence. Many clients come to...
How to ruin your credibility

How to ruin your credibility

“What upsets me is not that you lied to me, but that from now on I can no longer believe you.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche It seems harmless when we do it. How can one little lie hurt? You haven’t finished the report that was due to your colleague, and make up a reason as...