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Who’s Got Your Back?
Every morning when I walked into work I didn’t know how the day would unfold. Some days were filled with productivity and camaraderie with co-workers. Other days it was difficult to focus and there was little interaction with others due to an angry outburst from the Chief Operating Officer. Employees retreated to their respective offices…
Read More4 Risks of Taking a Stand with an Abrasive Boss
Standing up to an abrasive boss is risky. Read further to learn what is at stake if you take stand with an abrasive boss.
Read MoreWhy You Can Trust Your Gut
Imagine arriving to work and you are just getting settled at your desk when an employee comes to you who is visibly shaken. The employee conveys yet another incident of interacting with an abrasive leader and your day shifts from attending to your responsibilities to putting out the fires of a leader who has a…
Read MoreHow To Give Critical Feedback To All-Star Employees
Jenna has always been a conscientious, hard-working employee. However in recent months, her attention to detail has declined and she has used all of her vacation and sick days, even taking days off without pay after she had used all the hours from her PTO (paid time off) bank. While preparing for her annual performance…
Read MoreFrom Brutal To Supportive…How An Abrasive Leader Changed
At a recent training I was attending, I met Barb, a COO who after learning about my coaching program for abrasive leader turnaround, without skipping a beat she said “I was an abrasive leader”. Intrigued by her humility and willingness to share so openly to someone she had just met, I asked if we could…
Read MoreYou Can Lead A Horse To Water…
This is a four part series of blogs addressing the question “Can Abrasive Employees Really Change?”. Part I addressed the importance of the managers working through their own anxiety before intervening with the abrasive employee. Part II outlined key elements of a proven change process. Part III discussed accountability as both helping to sustain change…
Read MoreThis Leadership Approach Accelerates Change
This is a four part series of blogs addressing the question “Can abrasive employees really change?”. Part I addressed the importance of the manager working through their own anxiety before intervening with the abrasive employee and staying calm. Part II outlined key elements of a proven change process. Today in Part III, we discuss a…
Read MoreSteps To Turn Around Abrasive Employee Behavior
This is a four part series of blogs addressing the question “Can abrasive employees really change?”. In Part I we addressed the importance of the manager working through their own anxiety before intervening with the abrasive employee. Today we address how to create the conditions of change through a proven change process. Change…
Read MoreCan Abrasive Employees Really Change?
When people inquire about my coaching program in working with employees to turn around abrasive behavior, I am often met with the question can people really change? My answer is emphatically “yes” people can change, whether change actually occurs depends. Change is possible “You can’t teach an old dog new trick” is a myth. Brain science…
Read More3 Choices In Dealing With Abrasive Bosses
Nick is a hardworking, forward-thinking employee. He has tried for almost four years to get along with his abrasive boss. Despite repeated efforts to work collaboratively, he was met with condescension, micro-managing, and disrespect. A good day at work was when he didn’t have to interact with his boss or his boss took a day…
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