Category: Self-Mastery
Want to Be More Productive? Help Your People Adapt and Feel Better
The majority of your team members are likely to be more stressed right now than you’ve ever known them to be. You’re probably more stressed too. Even the most even-keeled pros may be feeling more... Continue reading
Ease Your Fear So You Can Face Conflict Effectively
What role does fear play in conflict, and how can we overcome it to address a disagreement? I talked about this with Christina Eanes for the Quit Bleeping Around podcast. Keep Things in Proportion Conflict... 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 Encourage People to Share Differing Views at Work
The Daily Helping podcast’s Dr. Richard Shuster recently asked me if the current polarization in both politics and social media is also making people less willing to hear opposing views at work. I responded that... Continue reading
5 Steps for Survival and Strengthening in the Current Turmoil
The apocryphal curse, “May you live in interesting times,” suggests that “interesting” can also mean “trying,” or “disruptive,” and definitely hard to handle. It’s possible that every generation feels like it lives in times that... Continue reading
When You Have to Generate Your Own Advice
When I ran into a local café to pick up some lunch, I saw a young woman who used to work there. She was visiting old colleagues after her first month as a first-year college... Continue reading
In HBR: Managing an Employee Who Wants to Impress You All the Time
This article originally appeared on hbr.org. Every leader knows they shouldn’t play favorites — it can lead to dissatisfaction and discord on a team. There are even some surprising disadvantages for the person who is the... Continue reading