An old Chinese story goes something like this. . . There was a farmer who tilled his fields with a single horse, until that horse escaped. This would seem to be a very difficult situation, yet when asked about his misfortune, the farmer replies, “bad luck or good luck, who knows?” His son went to
As a new leader, how much time do you spend each day building, nurturing and maintaining professional relationships with upper management? Your coworkers? What about your employees? Too many people reach a leadership position and decide to focus only on building relationships with those people up the ladder or on the same rung as them. They seem
This is a guest post by Tom Cox, leadership consultant, author and speaker. One of the most common, and tragic, causes of poor work performance is that everybody assumes the definition of “good work” is obvious, so nobody ever seeks explicit agreement on what it is. When the boss (that’s you) doesn’t define “good work,” things
You can’t overestimate the value of trust. It’s the foundation of leadership success. When there is more trust, there is more productivity, more effective communication, more harmony and more success overall. So it’s simple: as leaders, we should always be looking for ways to build and foster trust. And today I’m helping to make this
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