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10 Tips to Help Your Team in a Disrupted Environment

March 18, 2020 in , , , , , /by

Coronavirus is creating more disruption than many of us have ever experienced. It impacts our personal lives and professional lives. It’s doing the same for everyone around us. The situation changes daily with closings, cancellations, and now, decisions to have many people work from home. Working from home may be a new way of working […]

Feelings First

March 17, 2020 in /by

When I’m facilitating leadership development workshops or coaching executives, I often find that participants – who are often very high performing individuals —  really struggle with how to handle emotions that arise during important conversations.  I’m not even talking about those really difficult situations where someone has an angry outburst or is crying in their […]

The Listening Post

February 24, 2020 in , , /by

Most leaders I know have a degree of comfort talking about the nuts and bolts of change – things like what’s going to change, what process is being put in place to make it happen, and when it will happen. This article shifts the focus from “what the change is” to “how are we doing with […]

Keep Your Team Focused on Shifting Priorities

February 10, 2020 in , , , , /by

When is the last time that you felt like things were comfortably status quo? Changing business strategies, morphing project parameters, and turnover that leaves you short-staffed are more the rule than the exception these days. So how do you ensure your team stays focused in an environment of ever-changing priorities? Clear communication with your team and […]

Help Your Team Learn From Mistakes

February 10, 2020 in , , /by

One of your people walks into your office with that look. You know the look. The one that says… I have something I need to tell you that I really don’t want to tell you. I’ve written in the Harvard Business Review online about ways to help your team be open to change. How you handle mistakes is key […]