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A Checklist for Clear Communication. Think of how often you communicate with people during your day. You write emails, facilitate meetings, participate in conference calls, create reports, devise presentations, debate with your colleagues… the list goes on.
Read MoreTough conversations can be one of the hardest yet inevitable parts of a leader’s job. Impactful crucial conversations can resolve conflict, deepen relationships, build strong and diverse teams, and keep ideas and creativity flowing.
Read MoreThis video is a summary of ‘Crucial Conversations’ - a process for preparing and navigating though tough conversations.
Read MoreAccording to the Vital Smarts study, fewer than 10% of healthcare professionals speak up when they see a co-worker take a shortcut, make a mistake, demonstrate dangerous incompetence, fail to support a co-worker, undercut the team, treat someone with disrespect, or abuse their authority
Read MoreFocused techniques such as to-do lists, timetables, and calendar reminders all help people to stay on task. Few would argue with that, and even if they did, there is evidence to support the idea that resisting distraction and staying present have benefits.
Read MoreOnce you understand the science behind what makes us truly productive, I hope you’ll trust and build on what you already know about yourself and start thinking about your day in terms of how and when to set yourself up for two awesome hours.
Read MoreMark Twain once said that if the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that that is probably the worst thing that is going to happen to you all day long.
Read MoreThis article provides useful tips for managing your time.
Read MoreWhen we use it appropriately, email is an incredibly useful communication tool. But many of us feel overwhelmed by the amount of mail that we receive and need to respond to. However, there are ways to manage your email so that you're more productive.
Read MoreWe're drowning in email. And the many hours we spend on it are generating ever more work for our friends and colleagues. We can reverse this spiral only by mutual agreement.
Read MoreHave you ever sat in a meeting wondering what the purpose of it was? Have you ever had a conversation with a manager and decided it was all rather pointless? Most people have at some time in their lives.
Read MoreThere are good meetings and there are bad meetings. Bad meetings drone on forever, you never seem to get to the point, and you leave wondering why you were even present. Effective ones leave you energized and feeling that you've really accomplished something.
Read MoreSomeone get me a ladder, I’ve got a very high horse to mount. Meetings with no clear purpose. Meetings that are poorly run. People who are late for meetings. People who don’t contribute in meetings. That’s just the headlines.
Read MoreFor leaders, self-awareness has 4 facets that are most critical.
Read MoreIn a world obsessed with wealth, status and instant gratification, we risk forgetting the real virtues of resilience, compassion and courage. How can we attain these values and restore them centre-stage?
Read MoreSelf-awareness provides the foundation for most other emotional intelligence skills and is crucial if one wants to take effective and aligned action.
Read MoreLeadership development expert Joe Folkman speaking to a group about the importance of strengths based leadership
Read MoreWe have all heard the expression of praise that a person “is a born leader.” Despite the admiration captured in these words, they imply that excellent leadership is innate only to a few, and that the rest of us not born with such talents must accept, with grace, a second-class standard.
Read MoreYour colleague just got a promotion. Now, instead of being your peer, she’s your boss. Does your relationship need to change? Should you act differently, or expect her to treat you differently? In other words, how do you manage up to someone who’s just jumped a level above you and who might’ve been a friend?
Read MoreLeadership isnt always about changing the world. Often it’s about making someone’s life better through everyday leadership interactions.
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