No one likes to share bad news. Everyone assumes it will get better with time, and to some extent, it will. If for no other reason than you get used to doing it. Exceptional leaders aren’t willing to settle for getting used to it though. You see the challenge of having these difficult conversations that […]
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I’ve never met a single person who was trying to communicate poorly and yet we make communication mistakes all the time. We communicate every single day so, with good intentions, and practice we should be good at it, right? Wrong. Studies of American’s show that each generation feels they are less effective communicators than the
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If you walked into a room with managers, leaders, and even CEOs and asked, how can we build trust as an organization? You’d likely get a lot of team building ideas. There would be retreats, trust exercises with consultants, maybe a survey followed by a very long and loving email from top leaders in the
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Years ago, I went for a walk with a co-worker because she needed to decompress. She was a friend and was unbelievably stressed. You see, she was about a year into her role and did not have a good relationship with her boss. They’re time together was purely transactional, and they didn’t trust one another
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Do you ever get that feeling in the back of your throat? It’s a huge lump that you’re not sure how air can get past it let alone words? Some people get it when they’re getting really angry but need to remain restrained. You might get it when something happens that would make you cry
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Prior to 2020 a networking event looked like this, you go to a conference or speaker and as part of the event the organizers would build in 20 minutes of ‘networking time.’ During this time you get a drink and either buzz around from circle table to circle table trying to hit it off with
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Are you working a job or are you working in your vocation? Have you heard of this concept of having a vocation? Isn’t your vocation the same as a job? No my friend, a vocation is the calling of your life. Now that might sound a little woowoo but let’s think about it a bit
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How much thought do you put into how you ask (or tell) people to do things? Do you give a lot of detail and dance around what needs to be done hoping someone will take the hint? Do you ask if people want to do a specific task or what out of a list they
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