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The Leader is the Topic of Dinner Conversation – What is Your Team Saying...
As a leader, have you ever considered that you are often the topic of dinner conversations of your employees? Think about it for a second in relation to your own life. How often do you find yourself...
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How To Tell Someone You Don’t Trust Them Without Destroying The Relationship
Addressing low trust in a relationship is a challenging issue. As soon as the “t” word—trust—is mentioned, emotions start to rise, defensiveness climbs, and people begin to feel uneasy about where the...
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3 Reasons to Apologize Even if You’ve Done Nothing Wrong
“I’m not going to apologize because I didn’t do anything wrong!” I remember my kids uttering that phrase a number of times when they were young, and I’ve also heard it from adults in the workplace more...
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4 Principles for Building Trust in a VUCA World
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity…over the last several years, the term VUCA has gained momentum in everyday life as a way to describe the fast-changing, chaotic, and unpredictable...
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The 4 Behaviors Guaranteed to Destroy Relationships
Photo by Lukas on Pexels.com Dr. John Gottman is world-renowned for his work on marital stability and is one of the top thought leaders in the field of marital therapy and psychology. Much of his...
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Show and Tell – A Game Leaders Need to Play
Did you ever play the game Show and Tell when you were in elementary school? It wasn’t really a game in the traditional sense, but more like story-time or a group activity to help the whole class learn...
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The 2 Factors That Drive Powerful and Productive Team Conversations
It’s ok, you can admit it. We’ve all been there. Working in teams can be incredibly frustrating. Whether it was in school, work, or a community organization, you’ve probably had a dysfunctional team...
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The 2 Behaviors That Sabotage Team Communication
In my previous article I wrote about the conversational “sweet spot” that unlocks team performance. The sweet spot is defined as the balance of candor and curiosity in team discussions. It’s a...
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The 4 Skills That Allow Your Team to Discuss The Most Difficult Issues
In my last two articles, I’ve explored the concept of a team’s Conversational Capacity®. Conversational capacity is the ability to have open, balanced, non-defensive dialogue about tough subjects and...
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Your Return-to-Office Strategy Is an Opportunity to Build Trust With Employees
Enjoy this article that was recently published in Ignite!, the newsletter of The Ken Blanchard Companies. I was interviewed about the opportunity to build trust as organizations develop plans to return...
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