What Good is a Positive Attitude?
What good is a positive attitude? It makes a big difference! I’m not talking Pollyanna-type optimism, but a just positive leaning. The answer is better performance. As the leader, your
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Think You’re Being Pushed?
What happens when you think you’re being pushed? Try this fun little demonstration when you’re discussing conflict at a staff meeting: Get a volunteer, we’ll call him Jack. Stand in
The Power of Your Smile
Consider the power of your smile. Recently, I received this email: “Hi Chris, I saw you in *** on Friday, and am sorry to say I did not recognize you
Avoid Trigger Word Problems
Some of the words we use trigger emotional responses in others. If you are aware of them, you won’t get unwanted reactions from someone you’re trying to relate to. Let’s
Improvise Your Way to Better Teamwork
At work, your teams have to take diverse, oddball, and sometimes disagreeable ideas – from each other, their bosses, their boards, or a regulator – and merge them into cohesive
Be Careful – When you Focus, You Filter
Have you ever watched a newborn baby take in his world? His wide eyes are looking at everything, but are not focused on anything yet. What he sees must be
Six Ways to Deal with Distractions
Distractions happen! Do you welcome anything that breaks the routine? Or do you hate getting interrupted when you’re on a roll? It usually depends on what you’re doing and how
Optimize Your Workforce Talent
People – they are your most expensive and powerful business assets. Optimize your workforce talent and you create skilled leaders, dream teams, and productive and loyal employees. That will launch
Don’t Eliminate Conflict
Great efforts are made to reduce or eliminate conflict. Maybe it would be helpful to change our perspective. Don’t eliminate conflict. Learn to see its benefits. Try conflict appreciation for