Yes, People Still Want Authentic Leadership
The term authentic leadership is bandied about almost continuously in leadership development circles. If we consider the opposite – inauthentic leadership – then cultivating authenticity in those who control our fate seems like a very smart move. Yet even if we agree with the concept, there’s considerable hand wringing around what authenticity actually looks like in…
How to Keep an Open Mind
You’ve likely been told throughout your life to keep an open mind. Open-mindedness is equated with positivity and growth. It helps us to take risks, find opportunities, understand others, and manage uncertainty. We also see open-minded people as more generous and kind. Perhaps we need the constant reminders to be open minded because it’s such…
Four Negotiation Skills For Regular People
We tend to think of negotiation as an activity reserved for certain momentous occasions like landing a new job or closing a big customer. Or we consider certain people to be experts at negotiation, like attorneys, while the rest of us muddle through it. But the truth is, we all engage in small negotiations every…
The Easiest Way To Be More Likable
I’ve written about the negative impact of our distracted attention on others, and how poor listening skills impair connection. Perhaps the flip side of this norm of perpetual distraction is that when we do give our full attention to others, we offer them, and ourselves, a rare gift. Providing another person with our undivided attention is no…
How to Get Promoted Faster
In organizational life, going forward usually means moving up. Most professionals would like to advance – for better pay, greater responsibility, or more meaningful work. Making that advancement happen isn’t always so straightforward. You have to position yourself in an increasingly complex game as you move through your career. Are there guidelines? Perhaps. One study found that…
How to Give Concise and Actionable Positive Feedback
There’s a significant amount of attention in leadership literature about how to provide tough feedback. That makes sense since conveying criticism hits several triggers for us, from fear of conflict to being disliked. However, positive feedback needs its own focus, since we’re not excelling there either. Just as we avoid providing critical feedback, we all…
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