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3 Ways To Be On Top Of The Frustration Caused by Stress and Conflict At Work
Do you have a stupid boss? Well, maybe not stupid, just indecisive, or slow in answering? Or perhaps you have an incompetent colleague. You know, one who always messes up the report and you must fix everything? And then there is the passive-aggressive direct report. That’s the one who says “yes” and does “no”…
What Business Leaders Can Do When The World Seems To Be Falling Apart
This week’s article is written with deep sadness. The question that so many are asking today, after the devastation in Las Vegas is “When will we ever learn?” Words fall short. Does calling the killer evil or insane make a real difference? There always seems to be the next evil, insane one. The gun lobby…
How Leadership Styles Can Help Or Hinder Messy Situations
These days stress can come with a change in the weather. Hurricanes, fires, tornadoes, no place is safe anymore. What was business as usual yesterday could be taking a heroic stance to save a life today. This is a great time to evaluate your leadership style and see what you can do to elevate to…
The Best Leadership Style that Enhances Team Effectiveness (And Some That Don’t)
The main thing that all leaders shudder about is conflict at work. There is a silent hope that conflict will simply resolve itself and teams can get their projects done quickly and easily. Problems seldom simply just disappear… There are four leadership styles that can be used when conflict rears its ugly head. However, there…
The 3 “C’s” of Effective Leaders
What do you look for in your leaders? What are the most compelling attributes that are needed and yearned for in today’s effective leaders? What do you want to see so you can believe in him or her? No longer willing to simply nod and agree? No longer simply be a by-standers without speaking up?…
Leadership Development: Putting Blame In All The Wrong Places
The patterns of the past are haunting us these days. Good leadership development requires us to read the signs of the times and lead people to a better and more positive place. How to lead in uncertain times is the highest form of leadership. The question is how to create an atmosphere where there can…
How Leaders Can Help Teams Move From Impossible to Impactful
Did you ever wish your co-workers would just leave their emotions at the door before they entered the work area? “No more,” you say, “no more sob stories about friends and family, about diet and exercise, about being tired and troubled.” Have you noticed that the most confident of colleagues will shrivel to the size…
3 Main Leadership Styles To Get Work Done Successfully
There are so many leadership styles being touted by different experts, what does it really take to be effective in today’s workplace? From my experience, I’ve found that the most effective leadership style is when you are a “pivot master.”It’s the new dance at work, shake and shimmy, rotate, revolve, turn. Pivot is today’s word.…
Does Being Positive Make You Healthier?
I’ve just been thinking about Debbie Downer and Suzie Sunshine. Who would you rather work with? Executive leaders and those in leadership development need to find a way to work with these two extreme personality types. When people are always complaining it gets old. However, when someone is always so happy they can’t even notice…
Don’t Believe the Hype…There’s No Snake Oil Remedy for Success
Did you ever look at someone who seems to have it all and begin to shrink yourself down to the size of a pea, feeling worthless? Do you ever listen to someone who has the answers, I mean the real answers, to health, wealth, and relationships, and feel like a dummy…really less than? Have you…
Is it Good Luck or Bad Luck? You Decide!
We all give into superstitions when the day becomes dark. We say things to make ourselves feel better. We really do create stories about good luck and bad luck. Much like the following: Now, what I’m going to say is really not that big a deal. Except, it was a really big deal when it…
Father’s Day Gift Suggestions (Hint: Not a Necktie!)
Every Father’s Day, I bet just about everyone thinks about their dad. Some with warm feelings, others with hurt and anger, others wondering who the man is, or where he is. My story is a tough one to discuss; however, over the years, I’ve learned that talking is better than ignoring and stuffing things way down under.…
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