Thinking Styles: What Color Is Your Hat?
Typically, we handle problems in a tried and true way that we’re comfortable with. We don’t even think we have a thinking style because it’s
December 30, 2015
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Intuitive People Manage Their Gut Feelings
As a manager, do you use your intuitive thinking? Intuitive people aren’t afraid to use gut-feelings, but they’re keenly aware of the pitfalls. Self-checking and
September 24, 2015
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The Why, What If and How
of Creative Questions
The ability to ask creative questions has sparked innumerable inventions. Questions asked in the right way leads to breakthrough thinking and disruptive innovations, such as
August 31, 2015
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Make Behavioral Change Last:
Follow-Up Needed
The tools for making any behavioral change aren’t complicated, but they do have to include a system for follow-up if you want to make change
June 18, 2015
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How Leaders Use Strengths at Work
I’ve been writing about the value of knowing your strengths at work so you can get more out of your career. If you haven’t taken
June 8, 2015
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Strengths at Work: How Do You Find and Measure Strengths?
If you want success at work, you’ll need to focus on playing to your strengths at work. But how do you know what they are?
June 4, 2015
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The Negative Manager Who Wants to Fix Too Much
Do you work for a negative manager? Does your boss want to fix everyone? A focus on negativity can breed disengagement. I’m still mulling over
May 21, 2015
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Do You Know Your Strengths?
Most of us have a poor sense of our talents and strengths yet are acutely aware of our weaknesses and flaws. Why is that? I’ll
May 5, 2015
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In Search of Management Talent
Organizations usually fail at selecting the right people with management talent. A report by Amy Adkins in the Gallup Business Journal (April 13, 2015) suggests
April 28, 2015
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Leadership Decisions: Why We Don’t Notice
What We Need to Notice
I’ve been inspired by Harvard Professor Max Bazerman’s book The Power of Noticing: What the Best Leaders See (Simon & Schuster, 2014). It’s really caused
April 13, 2015
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Surveys and studies indicate global job dissatisfaction is at a two-decade high. Disengaged employees account for nearly 70 percent of the workforce, which significantly affects
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Most employees favor consensus-run organizations where leaders manage democratically through inclusion and feedback. Consensus-style leadership is a refreshing alternative to tyrannical leadership, but democracy, taken
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