Dealing with Difficult People at Work Keep Your Sanity with These Rules of the Road “Difficult” comes in many shapes and sizes. There are many reasons that you may find someone you work with difficult. Today I want to talk about the type of difficult people who may be: Lacking credibility for their role…
How to Build Influence at Work Getting What You Want by Helping Others Sally wanted a promotion or a transfer to another department, but it seemed like she had been at odds with her boss, Judy, for the past two years. Every time Sally tried to pin Judy down on why operations and finance wanted…
Setting Healthy Boundaries at Work “Not My Monkey” It happened again. This time, Suzie raised her hand at the company meeting to make a suggestion that genuinely needed the involvement of the purchasing and operations teams. Somehow, the whole project was dumped in her lap. Again. Suzie was a great problem solver. As…
Can Your Listening Skills Transform Your Leadership Ability? The First Step in Communication Mastery What are you listening for when you talk to your team? Are you looking to have your thoughts and ideas affirmed, or are you open to new ideas? Here’s the way many conversations go in the workplace. See if you recognize…
What to Do If You Fail Your 30-Day Challenge? The 30-Day Challenge is a Learning Lab Your 30-Day Challenge didn’t go as well as you expected. You failed. Here are some of the reasons that a 30-Day Challenge could go sideways: Your goal may have been too aggressive or ambitious to begin with An unexpected obstacle arose…
The Power of the 30-Day Challenge What Can You Achieve in 30 Days? As part of this month’s theme of “Focus and Discipline,” I thought it would be fun to share a few ideas about 30-day challenges. The beauty of committing to a 30-day challenge is the burst of movement, progress, and energy that you…
Finding the Focus and Discipline for What Matters Most What Drives Your Choices Makes a Difference The first quarter of the year has already sped by. How are you coming along on all the goals you set for 2018? If you have checked most of the goals off your list, congratulations are in order.…
Building Trust Begins with You Or, How to Be the Grownup in the Room Are you waiting for “the other person” at work to take the first step in building trust? In the last newsletter, I wrote about the boss who trusted me to take on a major project in an area where I…
What is Possible When Your Team has Trust And How to Build Trust if It Doesn’t Does your team work in an environment of trust or fear? You will know the answer to that question when you observe how mistakes are handled. If I am working in an environment of trust, I can readily admit…
Uncovering Company Culture Before You Take the Job Do Your Career Values & Mission Truly Align? So far this month, I have written about the steps for developing your career values, vision, and mission. The natural next step, once your career mission statement is refined, is to determine whether you and target companies are in alignment. Let’s…