Communication
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How Do You Lead From the Middle?
Many people are frustrated by their managers. We want our managers to live up to our expectations, our hopes, our projections. We want them to be charismatic, thoughtful, insightful, inspirational, good communicators, etc., etc., etc. Some managers are good, but… Continue reading
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Sorry. You Are Not Indispensible.
We all see ourselves as the hub of our own universe. This is not a bad thing–and it is natural. It does create blind spots, however. When we evaluate our importance to the organization it is through our own eyes. … Continue reading
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Getting Things Done Without The Title
How Do You Get Things Done When You’re Not the Boss? I deal all the time with people in organizations who are trying to get things done without the direct authority to ‘order’ people to do it. These are people… Continue reading
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Onboard Yourself
Onboarding Onboarding is the process that organizations use to get their employees up to speed enough to do their jobs. Another term for it is “organizational socialization.” Organizations have informal and formal methods for the knowledge transfer or processes, tools,… Continue reading
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Trust me, damn it!
Demanding Trust Doesn’t Work I once had a boss demand that I trust her again. We can talk later about how I made the mistake of letting her know that I didn’t trust her (not a good career move, and… Continue reading
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Become a Great Leader
Do You Want to Become a Great Leader? How you think about leadership has a profound affect on your success in becoming a good leader. We all have our individual idea of what a good leader is. Then we assume… Continue reading
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Diversity Makes Work Work.
Work Has Gotten More Diverse. No Duh! Have you noticed how diverse our work lives have gotten lately? Not so much at the top of organizations–we still have a long way to go there–but in terms of getting actual work… Continue reading
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What If Your Leader Won’t Act?
What if my leader won’t . . . I get this question all the time. My leader won’t make a decision; what do I do? Why won’t the leadership in my company LEAD? Things go up the chain, but nothing… Continue reading
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Dealing with Feedback You Hate
It’s pretty easy to deal with being told that you are great, that you’ve nailed the job, that you are the best thing since sliced bread. Unfortunately, that isn’t the feedback most of us get most of the time. We… Continue reading
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Selling Your Brand
Have You Thought About Your Brand? Have you ever thought about how your boss thinks about you? Not what he thinks, but how he thinks? What about how the organization thinks about you? How about the top leadership in your… Continue reading
