Leadership
Bureaucracy: Who’s Responsible for the Red Tape?
When we think of power, we almost always think about people at the top of the food chain inflicting their power on others, and not the powerless employees on the front lines. When the Mayor…
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8 Ways to Boost your Emotional Intelligence
Most people believe that if someone has a high IQ and does really well in school (i.e., they are smart), they’ll be a good leader and have a highly successful career. Although being smart and…
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Avoiding the “Either-Or” Trap
A manager I’m coaching recently told me, “I can either do the job right and miss the deadline, or I can produce poor quality work and meet my boss’ deadline.” On a personal note, my…
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Attitude is King in Conflict Resolution
Conflict is a natural part of life and can’t always be avoided. Sometime conflict has positive outcomes, other times conflict has negative outcomes. When it comes to conflict, a lot depends on your attitude. An…
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Is Your Work Environment Toxic?
Although I’ve been blessed with loving parents and a loving family, I have a friend who has a relationship with his parents and siblings that could be termed toxic. In fact, I would describe his…
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8 Practices of Emotionally Intelligent Leaders
As consultants, we often coach executives to help them build even stronger relationships with their bosses, peers, and direct reports. One of the most common reasons we’re called to work with executives is in the…
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10 Traits of a Great Executive Team
The success, or the failure, of an executive team can be felt throughout the organization. Strong teamwork and communication at the top, trickles down through all levels of management, to frontline employees. However, when something…
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5 Ways to Break your Status Quo Culture
When it comes to innovation and change, there will always be skeptics who feel a moral obligation to guard the current ways of doing things. They are famous for the line, “Not all change is…
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Leadership Lessons from Great Teachers
Need Leadership Inspiration? Borrow from Your Favorite Teachers Think back to your school days. Who were your favorite teachers? Most likely, they were not the teachers who taught straight out of the book, reading word-for-word….
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Pyromaniac Managers and Their Fire Brigade
Have you ever complained, “All I do around here is put out fires?” Even worse, do you have a boss who is the pyromaniac, setting the daily fires that you have to run around putting out? One urgent call, email, text or request can rec havoc on you and your team for the rest of the day. These alarms, most of them false, rob people of the time they need to do the truly important work… obtain the results they are paid to produce.
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