Category: Relationships
Leverage The Confidence-Preserving Power Of Saying ‘Yes, But Not Now.’
One of the keys to time management is having the confidence to say “No.” However, that means having to say “No” to the person who asked you to get something…
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How To Work Differently With Investors, Operators And Advisors
In a nutshell, play to their strengths.
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Building Differential Strengths As Investor, Operator Or Advisor
Strengths are made up of a combination of innate talent, learned knowledge, practiced skills, hard-won experience tying it all together, and, at the highest, best level, craft-level caring and sensibilities…
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How To Help Those Lacking The Confidence To Be Open To Help
Don’t. You cannot help those lacking the confidence to be open to help. Instead, find another person or another way to help them or walk away. Earlier, I wrote about…
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How To Ask Struggling Colleagues If They Want Help
In a lovely NY Times article, Jancee Dunn described a conversation with her sister, a teacher, ‘“What do you do when a kid is emotionally overwhelmed?’ I asked. Many teachers…
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The Executive Onboarding Two-Step: From Consulting To Permanent Employee
If the role is merely a stepping stone on the way to something else, don’t let it distract you from your quest
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Dealing With Passive-Aggressive Behavior 101
Others notice others’ passive-aggressive behavior. They notice how you deal with it or don’t deal with it and change their perception of you as a leader based on that.
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Why New Leaders Must Not Let Their Predecessors Distract Them
Pay attention. It’s an essential choice for an executive onboarding into a new role – what you and others pay attention to. Focusing on your predecessor’s mistakes is a distraction…
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How You Manage Differences Can Change Levels Of Compliance
Not all compliance is equal. There are meaningful differences between open and passive-aggressive non-compliance, minimal, and supportive compliance. You can move some people from one to another by helping them…
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