Getting People Ready to Listen
Having difficulty getting others to see your point of view? Start by demonstrating that you understand theirs. Having difficulty demonstrating that you understand their point …
Who’s Listening?
You know that narrator in your head? It’s the voice that seems to put all the thoughts into words. Pause, please, and consider. When that narrator …
Vulnerable Leader
Lack of vulnerability, often taking the form of puffery, aloofness, or bullying, demonstrates lack of strength. Vulnerability requires and is strength. But why do we …
Forfiets
Forfeiting business with people we don’t like or at a cost we can’t afford is no real loss at all. In your corner, Mike …
The Art of Telling Things as You Want Them To Be
We can spend our time telling (ourselves and others) stories how and why things are the way they are. Or we can spend our time …
The Wise Leaders’ Way to Sustained Happiness, Growth, and Freedom
It’s not market share, innovation, or strategy. It’s not earning per share, EBITDA, or another round of funding. It’s also not left-wing, right-wing, or centrist …
Jellyfish or Jackhammer?
We can act in response to what we think are other people’s judgments of us. (Yuck.) Or we can act according to what we want. …
We Get What We Expect
Maybe this sounds silly, trite, or just plain wrong. Yet we see daily reminders of how reality generally matches what we expect. A quick look …
Tell, Tell, Tell, Yell!
Tell, tell, tell, yell. (To which we all respond with hide, fight, complain, and deflect.) Easy but not so effective, is it? What does work? …
Which Would You Rather?
Which would you rather have: a book of formulas for success or the insight to let you shortcut the formulas? Yeah, me too. In …