Are You a Grateful Leader?
Are we growing more impatient, selfish, disrespectful and ungrateful? Depending on the day, many say yes. But I encounter many individuals (grateful leaders and employees)
Are we growing more impatient, selfish, disrespectful and ungrateful? Depending on the day, many say yes. But I encounter many individuals (grateful leaders and employees)
We’ve all spent time with lousy listeners who treat conversations as opportunities to broadcast their status or ideas. They spend more time formulating their next
Are we letting our “passion” veer into disrespect and incivility at work? While I see plenty of leadership development programs that propose social and emotional intelligence, we’re not
I’ve been reading about the paradox of leadership give and take. The premise is that those who are driven to acquire as much as they
From what I observe in organizations, the most difficult conversations for leaders are those where they want to influence a change in someone’s behavior. Although
In my last post, I talked about research from brain science psychiatrist Dr. Edward Hallowell. In his book, Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the
In reading Dr. Hallowell’s book Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People (Harvard Business Press, 2011), his third and fourth items
Competing for the section leader position of my high school band drum section taught me lessons about life that still hold true in my career
Each summer, I receive more than one hundred new graduate HR students across a couple of sections of the Labor Issues and Conflict Management course
Whether you’re giving difficult feedback to an employee, approaching your supervisor with a problem, or having an uncomfortable conversation with a peer — handling difficult
Imagine a workplace where people are scared to voice their opinions, where the fear of failure is so intense it paralyzes action. Such a work
The term “glass ceiling” evokes an image of an invisible, yet unbreakable, barrier that prevents women from advancing to higher levels of leadership, especially in