Have you ever worked with a really poor listener? People who have poor listening skills are generally not difficult to spot. They are often easily
“Every person I talked to said, ‘Oh, when you spoke to Fred, you felt like you were the only person in the world that mattered
As a leader, what are you doing to take effective action against bullying at work? While psychologists have typically looked at violence from an individual
I’ve noticed that mature workers and Boomers in managerial and leadership positions frequently struggle with cross-generational motivation. This is really no surprise: American Gen Xers—those
Our world is moving at breakneck speed. In the corporate world, the lines are often blurred between today and tomorrow. For leaders, being able to
The most successful companies are led by people who recognize the need for change and manage it well. As I wrote in previous posts, smart
Few managers excel at optimizing their organization’s culture, but when they do, they change the game. They grow faster than their competitors, survive economic downturns,
Are you enabling leadership hubris? Hubris—that extreme pride and arrogance—occurs when those in power lose their connection to reality and vastly overestimate their capabilities. Unfortunately,
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
The world of quantum physics with its electrons, quarks, and uncertainty principles may seem far removed from the art of leadership. However, the quantum world
