Change Everything
You may not be able to change a bad situation. But you can always bring more light into it. This is important […]
Category: We
Think about, “How will everyone win in this situation?”
Dealing with Dragons
We have all met dragons at work. They are the ones who seem to emit raging, sulfurous emotions. They blast us with […]
Never Drop Your Price
When you are even a bit unsure about the value you deliver to your clients or your bosses, you will likely drop […]
Small Talk Not Needed
Many of us–introverts and extroverts alike–have trouble meeting and engaging new people at networking events, conferences, and meetings. We feel out of […]
When Context Isn’t Enough
As we saw, you can get people to do more and more of the right things by helping them understand the context: […]
Context
Getting people to do stuff. Sheesh. That’s tough. We try asking, telling, pleading, demanding, yelling, guilting, pushing, and praying. While these methods […]
Impasse-Dissolving Recipe for Agreement
We can dissolve many impasses by first knowing what we will do if we can’t come to an agreement (so we can […]
Why We Collaborate
We commit to win-win, we stay open, vulnerable, and strong (yes, vulnerable is strong), so that we become great collaborators. That’s because […]
Job Fit
How can you tell if you are in the right job? It feels good. In particular: You regularly use your core talents […]
Fear of Conflict and Its Opposite
Our reaction to conflict falls somewhere on a scale from “strongly fearing conflict” to “eats conflict for breakfast.” For those of us […]