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Manage Conflict by Eliminating the Three A’s

Here’s how to identify the Three A’s of dysfunction to become a competent leader.

Not Every Workday Should Be the Same

This might describe you. At the start of 2020, you went to the office every day. In April of that year, you worked from home every day. Now you are, or will be, doing both. Whether you will be in the office most days or at home most days, you need to create the dual

Becoming a Better Long-Distance Leader

The pandemic is passing. The urgency is waning. The future of work is starting to become a bit clearer. And for many leaders, the future includes leading people at a distance some or all the time. If this is you, how effective do you feel? At the start of (or the exodus to) work from

Make Work Play: Changing Our Viewpoint About Work

There is more thinking and talking about “work” and what it means now than at any time I can remember. Certainly, we are living in a time of change and the nature and paradigm of work is changing with it. I am all for this discussion and the adaptation of new ideas about when, where,

A New Way to think About Inclusion

As humans, we know what it feels like to be included – or not. Inclusion in an organizational sense now describes a place/organization/team where everyone feels respected and their contributions towards organizational goals are valued. Few would argue against that goal. Much of the conversation here has been about ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and the

When the Pull of the Past Creates Problems in the Present

Your job as a leader is to point the team towards a better future and to model the way forward in terms of improved interactions, communication, and results.

The 4 Leadership Styles that Separate the Best Leaders from the Rest

The most successful leaders are selective about what they take on. Knowing yourself and your best leadership mode is not just about business success. It’s also about personal satisfaction.

Flight Instructor and Gardener

n today’s increasingly complex and demanding world, we need leaders to rise up and embrace these two critical roles of what I’m calling flight instructor and gardener.

The Best Remote Work Podcasts

There are podcasts in any niche, about any topic, catering to any interest or hobby. There are also podcasts to help us in all sorts of ways at work, like being a better communicator (here’s one), be better leaders (here’s a good place to start), and much more. Not surprisingly, the last couple of years

What to Do When You Have Already Done Everything You Can to Get an Employee to Improve

Coaching and performance questions are among the most frequent types of questions I get when working with new and front-line leaders. Among those questions, the most common question is often phrased this way:

“How do I discipline someone when I’ve already done everything I know to do to get them to improve?”

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