Last week we talked about Level 1 Resistance, which is your own resistance. This week the focus is on observing “their resistance,” which I call Level 2 Resistance, and what you can do as a leader. Level 2: Their Resistance It’s easy to notice someone...
As you probably know, I’m authoring my fourth book, From Conflict to Courage: How to stop avoiding and start leading. It’s going to be published in May 0f 2022. In the sixth chapter I’m talking about the three levels of resistance that you have to...
Productive conversations turn conflict into collaboration, reduce costly mistakes and create a culture of accountability. However, productive conversations are often avoided because of a perceived difficulty in initiating the conversation. I’ve heard everything from,...
Employees often talk about ways they wish their leaders would change, from listening better to acknowledging efforts. The reality is that leadership is never as easy as it looks. Once you become the leader blind-spots seem to increase. On the journey to becoming the...
After hosting a leadership webinar recently, one of my clients asked me to explain the difference between “being” and “doing.” Leadership from a “state of being” means that your decisions and actions come from a deeper sense of who you are as a leader, so that every...
