Increase Effectiveness: Stop Verbal Ping-Pong
| The biggest time-waster at work is arguing with colleagues or employees. I call these conversations verbal ping pong. There is a back and forth between two people who want to win and who keep coming back for a rematch. |
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Hidden Agendas That Can Ruin Performance Conversations
| The purpose of performance conversations is to improve employee performance. What often stands in the way of an effective performance conversation is the manager’s hidden agenda. |
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3 Mental Barriers to Learning
| Whether you are an executive, a tradesman or a highly accomplished professional, the biggest barrier to learning is not your lack of time or resources. Your biggest barrier to learning is your own ego. |
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How to Recognize and Stop Toxic Time-Wasters
| Every workplace has a little drama, but knowing how to identify time wasters and stop drama is key to elevating your own productivity. The first step is to define the three toxic time-wasters: blindsiding, monopolizing, and negativity. The second step is to identify the common behaviors so that you can take charge of the situation. This article... |
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The 3 As of Leading Difficult Conversations
| I’ve never known any leader with an ounce of compassion or a pound of self-awareness who actually enjoys initiating difficult conversations. |
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Fix These Communication Mistakes to Stay on Target
| One of the most valuable tools leaders have for driving results and improving performance is conversation. Your conversation can either grow your business or slow your business. |
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2 Forces for Shaping Conversation and Building Relationships
| With the complexity of our changing world, the speed with which decisions are made, and the overwhelming choices available, today’s leader needs to fully understand the invisible forces that shape conversation and build relationships: Intention and alignment. |
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How Mindset and Habit Contribute to Dysfunction
| Remodeling our house after living in it for two decades taught me how easily clutter creeps in and contributes to ineffectiveness. It was painful to face the reality that I had belts I couldn’t wrap around my waist, shoes I would never wear again and dozens of black pants and skirts. When we live in an environment, we become blind to the weak... |
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How Drama Can Accelerate Your Leadership Growth
| We can avoid conflict and difficult conversations with family and co-workers, or we can try a different approach. |
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The 4 Stages of Unproductive Conversations
| Your conversations are wasting your time, but you don’t realize it’s happening. How can you fix this? |
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