In HBR: How to Tell Your Team That Organizational Change Is Coming
This article originally appeared on hbr.org. From time to time, every leader has to deliver news that is hard for employees to hear. Even when businesses are doing well, organizational and structural change is to be... Continue reading
How to Handle Colleagues Who Respond to the Leader and Ignore You
Have you ever worked with someone who seemed like a heat-seeking missile when it came to power, authority, and status? Whether they’re frontline service reps or senior vice presidents, these individuals turn toward their bosses... Continue reading
In Entrepreneur: How to Plan for Succession When There’s No One to Succeed You
This article originally appeared on Entrepreneur.com. Many articles and books have been written about succession planning and how important it is for company longevity and shareholder protection. But most of the advice focuses on the selection of and transition between... Continue reading
How to Make Your Case to the Different Audiences You Need to Persuade
Very few decision-makers operate completely independently — even CEOs usually have to answer to a board. So unless you’re a sole owner, or a sole employee, you need to appeal to many different audiences to... Continue reading
Want to Be More Effective? Make More Teams of Two
Unless you’re the sole decision-maker, you need employee support for your decisions. Even leaders must rely on networks and coalitions, along with informal ways to collaborate, coordinate, and share. Yet at the same time, at... Continue reading
In Entrepreneur: Are You Hiring the Best Candidate for the Job or the One You Like the Most?
This article originally appeared on Entrepreneur.com. There's no perfect test (yet) to discern who will be the best possible hire. Even after preparing thorough job descriptions and formal assessments covering everything from personality to hand-eye-coordination,... Continue reading
How to Focus on Tasks, Not Emotions, to Save Money on Conflict
“Conflict costs businesses a ton of money,” management guru Steve Caldwell observed while interviewing me recently. Caldwell is a team leadership coach, the author of Manager Mojo: Be the Leader that Others Want to Follow,... Continue reading
5 Tactics That Will Help You Adjust to Your New Leader
Let’s say, you’ve been working hard, minding your own business, and suddenly you learn that you’re going to have a new boss. Maybe your old boss is leaving, or perhaps you’ve been reorganized. Whatever the... Continue reading