Before you say “Yes” to becoming a leader, you need to understand your culture, the dynamics of conflict, your own reactions to conflict and how to build conflict capacity. If you view conflict as a problem, you are already headed in the wrong direction. Disagreement...
There’s an elephant in the room: Top leaders want employees back at the office, and employees want the flexibility, freedom and focus they gained working virtually. The “back to workplaces” issue is being talked about extensively in publications and social...
Do you lose your cool only to have regrets later? Do you often describe yourself by saying “I have an anger problem?” Or do you work with someone who seems edgy, sharp, and simply can’t master their energy? When emotions take over it’s easy to misunderstand and be...
We are standing at the intersection of change and transformation, also known as the new normal. Change is how we respond to outside circumstances and transformation is how we adjust internally. Today’s new normal requires leaders to combine the ability to adapt to...
The most difficult requirement of leadership is effectively managing conflict. Whether you’ve had training or not, when you mismanage conflict, you put your company in jeopardy. In the US government’s 2020 fiscal year, there were 67,448 workplace discrimination...
