What Keeps You — And Nearly Everyone Else — from Changing
Here’s the scenario. You have an underperforming employee. You counsel them. They acknowledge their shortcomings and commit to change. Nothing, or not enough, happens. You counsel again. And again. Until finally, you decide to part ways. If this hasn’t happened to you yet, then you haven’t been in a leadership position long enough. Failure to…
Stop. Reframe. Lead.
In my last post, I wrote about failure and how to turn it into an experience that propels you forward rather than paralyzes you. Part of that was about reframing — the ability to change how you view a situation and thus, expand your options. Many of you may know the book The Happiness Project,…
Failing with Grace
But on you will go though the weather be foul. On you will go though your enemies prowl. On you will go through the Hakken Kraks howl. Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak.” — Dr. Seuss April’s Harvard Business Review is called The Failure Issue, and…
Five Things to Always Say to Your Boss
It’s not easy to be the boss. Or to have one. Last week I wrote about the Five Things to Never Say to Your Boss, and it seemed to hit a nerve out there in the world. Thanks to so many readers who passed it around and provided me with their own stories. I hope…
Emotional Intelligence Traits of Top Performers
This week I led a workshop for WTFP, the business forum for HR professionals, on the topic of building emotionally intelligent leadership. It was an engaged and energetic group as you might expect on this particular subject! It’s hard to argue that any person can’t benefit from increasing his or her emotional intelligence at work….
Five Things to Never Say to Your Boss
If you ever want to get leaders talking, ask them if they have any current employee issues. Dealing with the constant strain of needs, conflicts and ambitions of others is a never-ending mental and physical endurance test. Even the best leaders, those equanimous, empathetic, uplifting paragons, still find themselves struggling to balance the demands of the…
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