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
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Teamwork and the Weird Thing about Harmony
Your people all have different roles and personalities, yet you want them working together. It would be easier if they all saw eye-to-eye, but that’s not how it works. I
How Not to Negotiate – Make This Mistake
Whether you’re a leader or not, you need negotiation skills. Sometimes you might blow it, so it’s good to understand why. Here’s how not to negotiate. Of course, you want
How to Bring Harmony to Group Discord
Imagine that you are running (or sitting in) a meeting and you’re trying to reach a consensus on a pending project or an important action item. Ideally, everyone would chip
Jazz Up Your Teamwork in a Snap
In my leadership development work, I find insight from many areas of my life. When I sang with a jazz ensemble, I was amazed to find how many things I
The High Cost of Blame
I learned the high cost of blame when I was a lending officer and needed approval for a large loan. The loan committee turned it down, so I had to
Here’s the Best Solution for Workplace Mistakes
Everyone makes mistakes – even leaders! As a business coach, I often hear about a poor choice my client made. He only tells me because I’ll keep his confidence. He
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Dialogue is Better than Discussion
Business leaders can always learn more about communication. Like when we converse with another person – at work, at home, or socially – we may call the conversation a dialogue
The Power of Teamwork
My business clients ask for new ways to demonstrate the power of teamwork. Here’s one you can use as a leader. Look at this picture briefly, and then turn away.