How To Get Your Confidence Back
It happens to everyone eventually – something deeply rattles your confidence. You lose a job, mess up at work, receive tough feedback, or are otherwise set back on your heels. If it’s bad enough, then your very vision of yourself gets cracked, and you can even begin to wonder what your strengths really are. Given…
Why You May Be Terrible At Giving Feedback
Last year, I wrote about the mistakes that managers commonly make in giving feedback. I discussed how nuanced the process can be as we navigate the amount of directness, specificity, setting, and our own desired outcomes. I’m in a conversation about feedback nearly every day, trying to help people develop strategies to provide it to…
Five Communication Traits That Turn People Off
Some people are hard to like – even if they mean well. We’ve all been in the situation where we can’t connect with someone, and they may even irk us. Especially in leadership, where one’s every word and deed is amplified, a failure to connect is more than a byproduct of interpersonal differences. When leaders…
Four Ways Introverts Can Get Heard in Meetings
Researchers estimate that between a third to half of us are introverts. You are likely in this group if you enjoy reflection, prefer small groups to crowds, and need solitude to replenish your energy. In her book Quiet, author Susan Cain incited a vigorous dialogue about our culture’s tendency to extol the virtues of…
Transition Your Role So You Can Move Up
“The final act of a great CEO is having a great transition,” said Bill Ford, Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company, speaking about CEO Alan Mulally’s departure from the company this year. Mulally, who Fortune magazine ranked as the third best leader in the world, once again showcased his rock star CEO status when he successfully…
How To Keep Employees From Jumping Ship
Are you happy in your job? It’s a question that gets asked fairly regularly. We take our pursuit of happiness as our right – at home and at work. So many of us are chasing the dream of skipping off to work each day to be fulfilled, engaged and happy. Yet most of us aren’t….
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