By Guy Harris One fairly common question I get from Bud to Boss workshop participants is: How do you deal with a persistently or aggressively negative team member?” While the full answer in a given situation depends on many situation-specific details, there is a thread of common themes that applies to almost all of my

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  By Kevin Eikenberry I have noticed a theme in my life, and this theme has a great deal to do with your ability to lead your team successfully. The theme is stated simply on a t-shirt that I have that I wore at Halloween. It said: “Just Be Nice” I love the shirt and

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For centuries, people have wanted to find the fountain of youth. People traveled for months on ships to try to find this mythical fountain of youth, because we’d all like to be younger, right? What about wisdom? I think we’d all like to be wise, and the good news is we can find the source

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MayThere are many things people feel they lost during the pandemic. Beyond the tragic loss of life and major changes in routines, the loss I hear about most is the loss of connection. Both personally and professionally, the very real sense of isolation has grown as travel has been restricted and the workplace for many

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Stress. We all have it in our lives. And unfortunately, the workplace is commonly noted as one of the major sources. While the sources of our stress at work are varied, understanding those sources can help us reduce or manage that stress more effectively. Let’s call those triggers for stress. And if we can reduce

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By Guy Harris About half-way through the second day of a two-day workshop, a frustrated new leader blurted out: “All this talk about how to work with my team is great, but that’s not my problem. My problem is that my boss won’t listen to me. How do I get my boss to listen to

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There is plenty of discussion about negative feedback, and why not? While we have all gotten plenty of it, it isn’t often very effective. And since it isn’t effective, leaders and coaches are always looking for ways to give it more effectively. While there is plenty of good advice about how to do it, there’s

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In a previous episode, I made the case for mental fitness. You can see that episode here. I hope you go back and watch it. But let me just summarize it in short right here: to be mentally fit or to think about mental fitness is to be proactive about our mental health. Just like

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Growth doesn’t occur in a linear way. We know that when we look at kids. They have noticeable growth spurts. Most plants don’t grow continuously, and certainly not at the same rate throughout their life. The same is true for us as leaders, professionals, and people. We go through seasons of growth. When we understand

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