Does the look on your face create psychological safety with your employees?

Most leaders don’t learn this until it’s too late. The skillset necessary to strategize your business plan, create systems, and monitor metrics is not the same skillset necessary to retain employees to run your day-to-day operations. That’s why having interpersonal skills that create psychological safety with your employees is so important. When employees are constantly…

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Why self-control is the engine of your success

Do you have a goal you’ve been intending to reach, but for one reason or another, haven’t reached the finish line yet?  Something you’ve been waiting to accomplish for a long time and have been putting off? If so, you may find the If-Then Plan beneficial. Developed by Psychologist Peter Gollwitzer, the If-Then plan not…

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How to give honest feedback to an abrasive superior

By all accounts, Jack is a successful leader. He’s an industry trailblazer that others look to for his expertise. Financially, he is doing well and his business is thriving. On the outside, Jack has many markers of success.  What Jack doesn’t realize is how off-putting his behavior is to others.  What is obvious to others…

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How one leader learned to deal with an angry boss

When I wrote my book, How Did My Family Get In My Office?!  my goal was to hear from real-life leaders about how conflict was handled in their upbringing influenced the way they deal with conflict in the workplace – And what they did about it.    One of the leaders in the book is Lee,…

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