Leadership
How to Crisis- and Future-proof Your Organization
In countless business headlines and posts in the last several months, we’ve all heard it . . . this new, disrupted, work environment is the “new normal.” A different workplace for a world that was different almost overnight. And while there’s no denying that this pandemic changed things dramatically, maybe it didn’t introduce a “new…
Read MoreHow to Lead with Feeling: The Role of Emotions in Team Success
Getting people to get their work done efficiently is a daily challenge for supervisors. With so much on your plate, you don’t have the time to check up on the status of their projects, so you need them to be interested in the work and own it to the end. Fortunately, the answer doesn’t involve…
Read MoreWhat if the solution to your problem is already here?
This morning was like every other morning for the past several weeks. I reluctantly forced myself out of bed at an hour I consider far too dark for human beings to be awake, filled the teapot with water, set it on a cold burner, and cranked the knob up to 10. I went to the…
Read MoreTo Coach Effectively…Do This, Not That
When you think of a coach, what comes to mind? For me, it’s a person with a whistle around the neck who shouts out what you’re doing wrong so all your teammates stop and look at you. Oh, sorry, flashback to high school sports. In the workplace, a coach looks very different than the typical…
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