Category: Teamwork
In HBR: Your Family Business Needs a Deep Bench
This article originally appeared on hbr.org. Whether business is booming or your organization is in the midst of a tough time, a crucial aspect of risk management is ensuring that your organization has bench strength — that employees... Continue reading
How to Work with the Different Ways People Approach Conflict
Part of the challenge of being in conflict is that we can become very self-focused: We wonder why this is happening to us and how can we protect ourselves. That self-focus often leads us to... Continue reading
How to Help People Bring Their Whole Selves to Work
As a consultant and executive coach, I try to listen very carefully to what people are saying. I listen to understand their concerns, gain deeper insights into who they are as individuals, and find the... Continue reading
In Forbes: How To Stop Solving Your Team’s Problems For Them
This article originally appeared on Forbes. Many leaders feel overwhelmed by their many responsibilities and constant fire-fighting, and wonder why their people can’t just be more competent, confident and self-sufficient. Author and coaching expert Michael Bungay... Continue reading
Small Things Matter a Lot in a Crisis
From my notes this past week on the pandemic: Three things popped out as crucial to leadership. In and of themselves, they’re actually quite small and might seem obvious, but their impact can be truly... Continue reading
How Can Leaders Behave Better in the Midst of a Crisis?
During my recent interview for the Human Impact podcast, Ed Andrews made the point that while “most people’s technical skills are reasonably strong, it’s their ‘human skills’ that are lacking.” A crisis period may be... Continue reading
How to Handle Your Work and Home Teams at the Same Time
Just as Covid-19 was really taking hold in New York, I was scheduled to appear on Jon Tota’s Learning Life podcast to talk about leadership and conflict. But given the new reality, Jon also asked... Continue reading
How to Help Midlevel Leaders Grow and Develop
Midlevel leaders are absolutely crucial to managing the guts of an organization and accomplishing its business. Unfortunately, even competent, up-and-coming leaders can languish if they don’t get appropriate developmental attention from their senior leaders, but... Continue reading