Emotional Intelligence / EQ
What to Ask the Person in the Mirror
The higher you are in the company, the fewer opportunities exist for honest and direct feedback. So can you really know how you are doing as a leader? Robert Kaplan recommends self-assessing (reflecting on) your performance as a leader and manager. Find out how you can do so periodically!
Read MoreKnow Thy Partner: Three Client Types and How to Work With Them
An interesting perspective to consider of the outset of each 'client' and / or organizational change.
Read More“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.” — James Allen, 1864-1912, English literary man of mystery and unrewarded genius
As a project team member, you would have experienced (perhaps more than once): project delays, cost escalations, quality compromises. Just what are te early warning signs of such project disappoinments/ failures? Here are 4 ways to handle the 5 critical issues.
Read MoreSelf-Service Employee Engagement During Organizational Change
You can be frustrated at some point going through the organizational change. Paradoxically, why not face the challenge head-on to win in the game of managing change? Shape and engage your involvement with the skills you want to show or develop with these 4 steps!
Read MoreLoss: A Learning Opportunity with a Specific Purpose
Organizational change is not a mechanical process. It incurs losses and emotional difficulties. As a leader and a fellow colleague, what can you learn and do to assist your peers through the pain? Read about Kubler Ross' five stages of grief to better support them through each stage.
Read MoreTrust Your Instinct…& the African Hornbill Bird & Dwarf Mongoose
Trusting your instinct does not mean that data and research are not important; it means considering important factors that may not always be easily quantifiable. Check out William E. Boswell's principles for success through instinct.
Read MoreRemembering Not to Oversharpen Your S.A.W.
Our strengths could serve well at work. But an over-reliance may disadvantage us. Just how could our strengths be perceived differently by others? Read 3 instances where persistence on strengths could be weaknesses.
Read MoreFollow the Rocket Man to Develop Your Mythology-inspired Change Plan
During shifts in business and/or organizational strategy, employees seem to fall into two broad camps: talkers and deliverers. Just how can you avoid the character weakness demonstrated by fruitless talking? Here is a 3 step process to rechannel your energies productively.
Read MoreLooking to Create Creative & Innovative Solutions? Go To Your Stretch Zone
In her article, Janet Rae-Dupree shared 3 zones of existence (relative to habits and learning): comfort, stretch and stress. Find out how we can make use of the stretch zone to impact people in change management solutions, strategies and tactics.
Read MoreCrash. Burn. Turnaround: Seven Ways to Turn Failure Into Success
What woud you do if you are leading an underperforming organizational change? You could wallow in self-pity or be willing to turn failure into accomplishment. Try these 7 steps to turn disappointment into success.
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