Want To Be More Effective in a Conflict? Focus on Hidden Power!
In any conflicted conversation, there may be many different kinds of power present. Classic, hierarchical power is the most easily recognizable. After all, if you can fire someone, affect their compensation, or change their assignments,... Continue reading
In Forbes: How Less Perfect Performance And More Intentional Learning Strengthen Success
This post originally appeared on Forbes.“When you're green, you’re growing. When you're ripe, you rot,” the late McDonald’s leader Ray Kroc liked to say. Maybe being too “ripe” rather than a little “green” explains why some people... Continue reading
Feeling Lonely in Your Empty Office? Give People Better Reasons to Come Back!
The debate over Return to Office, Hybrid, and Remote work still rages, with executives continuing to shift their positions. One of my clients recently shared her discomfort about being in the office when the majority... Continue reading
Why Look for Leaders to Resolve Conflict? How to Make Direct Impact
During our recent conversation on his LinkedIn Live podcast Change Your Company, host Fouad Alame asked how leaders contribute to or help resolve ongoing conflict at work. That’s such an important question—we usually blame individuals... Continue reading
How to Organize a Full Cascade of Direct Communication That Actually Works
Recently, when I was talking with Michael Piperno of the Leadership Communication podcast, he asked me a question that I hear often in many different forms: How do you create appropriately cascading communications where there... Continue reading
Beware Being Sucked in by Good Intentions When People Underperform
The term “underperformance” covers a myriad of workplace sins. In the classic sense, it means that someone has low productivity and doesn’t hit their targets, can’t satisfy customers or makes too many mistakes. But underperformance... Continue reading
In Forbes: 5 Attractive Reasons To Join A Family Business Despite Being An Outsider
This post originally appeared on Forbes. Globally, 75% of entrepreneurs and 81% of business owners “co-own and/or co-manage their businesses with family members,” according to the 2019/2020 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Family Entrepreneurship Report produced and... Continue reading
How Compassion Helps You Be Brave During Conflict and Flexible During Change
Empathy continues to be a popular topic partly because of the common assumption that if leaders could only learn to empathize with employees’ and other stakeholders’ situations, they would be more understanding. Then, as the... Continue reading