You are in a zone while working on a project; laser focused. Then there is a knock at the door. And, no, it is not a quick little interruption. It is that colleague of yours who can mercilessly chat away large chunks of time. And your focus is gone. What do you do about a chatty coworker? A recent article in Harvard Business Review has the following su … [Read more...] about Dealing With Your Chatty Coworker
Leadership
Make Unconscious Bias Training Work
One of the many programs that organizations have implemented in recent years to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion is Unconscious Bias training. Unconscious Bias training usually involves participants taking an Implicit Bias Association Test, such as one developed at Harvard. The test results tell participants which groups of people they may hold unconscious biases … [Read more...] about Make Unconscious Bias Training Work
Build Your Negotiations Muscle
The ability to “negotiate” effectively is a skill that many people do not spend time developing. Unfortunately, the term “negotiate” has a negative connotation to a lot of people. They think of it as two people trying to trick the other into doing something they may not want to do. A more healthy way to look at “negotiations” is that it is a process of discovery in which ea … [Read more...] about Build Your Negotiations Muscle
Key Abilities to Foster Change
As we have learned in mega-ways during the past eighteen months, today’s environment requires organizations to be prepared to change quickly to be as effective as possible. How can organizations prepare themselves to be ready to make sudden changes necessitated by outside factors? That is the topic of a recent article in Harvard Business Review by consultants from Bain &a … [Read more...] about Key Abilities to Foster Change
He Ain’t Wrong, He’s Just Different
In the country western song, “Mama’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow to Be Cowboys,” there is this line about the cowboy: “He ain’t wrong, he’s just different.” I try to keep this in mind as I work with people with different personality styles. Earlier in my career, people with different personalities used to drive me a bit crazy. Since then I have taken various leadership sty … [Read more...] about He Ain’t Wrong, He’s Just Different