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25 Abrasive Behaviors that Lead to Employee Resignation

By Bonnie Artman Fox / July 14, 2022
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Are valued employees leaving your organization because of one particular leader? This leader is known for explosive angry outbursts, condescending comments, and public humiliation of employees? Perhaps you can relate to this concern from an executive leader I recently spoke to. “She has an abrasive personality. Several of my employees are threatening to quit because…

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What do your employees say when you leave the room?

By Bonnie Artman Fox / June 21, 2022
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What do your employees say when you leave the room? That you’ve got their back – strive to help them succeed or do they perceive that you’re only out for your own career advancement? When you’re not around, do employees complain about your emotional outbursts and never know when they’re going to be yelled at?…

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The Foundational Skill to Your Success in Life and at Work

By Bonnie Artman Fox / June 21, 2022
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If you had to choose one skill that would elevate your success, what would you choose? Conflict resolution? Communication? Strategy? According to research by organizational psychologist, Tasha Eurich, the foundational skill for success in both business and life is self-awareness. Further, she states “We can only be as effective at any skill to the degree…

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7 Strategies to Address Team Infighting

By Bonnie Artman Fox / March 30, 2022
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Would it surprise you to know that having conflict with your team is healthy? It’s true. Having healthy, respectful disagreements where everyone expresses their point of view is important and allows the best ideas to emerge. When handled well, conflict can actually make a team more cohesive. However, when disagreements become dysfunctional when they explode…

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How a Leader Created Psychological Safety With His Team

By Bonnie Artman Fox / February 16, 2022
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How do you as a leader handle team meetings when one-minute things seem to be going along well, and the next an employee makes a comment that blindsides you? Such was the case during a recent teambuilding training I was facilitating. It was like watching a leader on a hire wire act of balancing the…

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If you are the “Fixer” with your Team, Read This

By Bonnie Artman Fox / May 27, 2021
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Despite reaching esteemed professional goals, Maria was angry, resentful, and tired. She didn’t even realize how stressed she was until one day her husband said to her “Why are you always yelling at us?“ That question was a wake-up call for Maria. She was so used to shouldering the responsibility and emotional weight of fixing her…

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Get Your Own Kleenex

By Bonnie Artman Fox / June 19, 2018
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It was the mid 90’s when I joined my first mastermind group. There were eight of us, all in different professions, who were in their first leadership roles. We grew to be a tight knit group as we mutually shared challenges in our jobs and searched for ideas on how to take our leadership to…

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Same Problem, Two Ways to Handle It

By Bonnie Artman Fox / June 5, 2017
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As a culture consultant and coach, I’m honored to be the outsider who works with leaders to identify behaviors that undermine their business success and team cohesiveness. Usually, an outsider’s perspective is needed when leaders see a problem, but don’t know what to do about it. They want an outside perspective to see what they…

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What Executives View as the Top Five Priorities?

By Bonnie Artman Fox / November 29, 2016
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Discover the top five executive priorities according to Deloitte’s 2016 Global Human Capital Trends survey based on challenges facing their organizations. ..

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10 Counterintuitive Strategies To Problem-Solving

By Bonnie Artman Fox / November 9, 2016
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The next time you are faced with a looming deadline or project setback, try one of these counterintuitive strategies to enhance team problem-solving.

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