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What If the Conflict You’re Avoiding Is Costing You Your Best Ideas?
April is Workplace Conflict Awareness Month. This is your invitation to ask: What is my conflict avoidance actually costing me? You're in a leadership meeting, someone has an idea that challenges the status quo, it's bold, and maybe even a little outlandish. Your first instinct is to shut it down...
A Boss’s Ripple Effect…on Employee Retention
I wish you could have been there, sitting in my office as a fly on the wall. You’d hear story after story of courageous people who want to make sense of difficulties in their lives in order to be their best in both their personal and professional lives. Before I...
A Boss’s Ripple Effect on Business Culture
Cheryl and her boss Dan were in a conversation about a project that needed to be accomplished. As the conversation was about to wrap up, Cheryl made a comment with an edgy tone that didn't directly address what she was upset about. Without skipping a beat, Dan calmly stood up,...
10 Questions that Promote Work Culture Civility
Ericka, a regional director, recently contacted me for training on how to create a respectful work culture. She took a promotion from manager to director six months ago and inherited a team culture of infighting, bullying, and intimidation. Not a happy bunch. "The previous director played favorites and tolerated insensitive...
The 4 Stages of Work Culture Incivility – Where To Go From Here
From Hollywood stars to news media anchors, the recent barrage of workplace sexual harassment allegations has sparked much needed conversations about workplace incivility. Society has avoided this topic far too long because this type of behavior can mean different things to different people and different industries, and it’s allowed. In...
Do This to Level Up Your Leadership
Looking for a new approach to expand your leadership influence? A new year doesn’t mean we automatically leave behind behaviors, habits, and tendencies that didn’t serve us well in 2017, especially when it comes to effective leadership. According to Roy Baumeister, a leading expert on willpower, people who are most...
3 Ways to Stop Your Employee’s Bad Behavior
You’re in your office. An employee has come to you to complain about a co-worker. This person tells you the same problematic behaviors he/she has told you before about the other employee. You wonder how much time and energy is being spent on this ongoing conflict that could be spent...
Overcoming a Setback And Delivering Results
It was 7 days before our wedding and I got a call that our ceremony vocalist was injured in an ATV accident. She flew over the handlebars and had facial injuries. She didn’t know if she would be able to sing at our wedding and suggested we look for another...
4 Things Millennials Want Out of the Work Place
As a millennial, I want the same things people have always wanted out of their jobs. The only difference is, I think I prioritize them a bit differently. Here’s my list… To Make a Difference You may think 20-something-year-olds are highly concerned with themselves. It’s that time in life to...