Which of 4 Conversations are Prevalent in Your Workplace?
When I first started my coaching and consulting practice I remember my mentor telling me and others in a training that he often learned as much or more from his clients and seminar participants as they did from him.
In my twelve years in the business, I too, have found that to be true.
Last …
‘Tis the Season, But This One Doesn’t Offer Gifts
It’s here, again!
The season is back.
No, I’m not talking about the holiday season.
I’m talking about the Annual Performance Review Season, right?
Yes, ’tis the season everyone in the working world dreads, isn’t it?
More procrastination is engaged in during this time of the working year around the annual performance review than any …
Richie Incognito, the NFL, Workplace Bullying to Surface
My originally intended article for this week is interrupted to discuss the National Football League’s workplace bullying problem brought to light by the Miami Dolphins’ Jonathan Martin.
Bullying is most associated with school kids picking on peers to varying degrees of severity. Yet, workplace bullying is probably just as prevalent.
The Workplace Bullying Institute’s 2010 …
There Are No “Difficult People”
Last week I received a call from a business prospect asking me if I offered seminars and workshops on “dealing with difficult people.”
I told them I didn’t offer a specific program on that topic and concept, but if they told me more about what specifically was going on I’m certain I had a program …
Humility: The Personality Trait That Creates Champions
Watching the World Series last week took me back to my days managing professional baseball franchises.
Over 20-years in the game I studied what it took to get minor league athletes to the major leagues and what it took to transform Major Leaguers into World Series Champions.
And now I apply those learnings to my …
4 Reasons to Reconsider These “Motivational” Phrases
Two phrases spewed by motivational speakers and “life” coaches drive me crazy.
When I hear them I want to strangle the messenger.
They are attributed to a variety of people, so no one really knows the first person to say them. That’s probably a good thing, since those people would probably prefer not to be …
Insecurity: A Driving Force for Good & Evil
During an interview on FOX Business News last week, the host challenged me when I mentioned insecurity and low self-esteem is an epidemic and causes most workplace conflict.
The brief four minute segment was too short to give the issue its due, so this may be the best forum to discuss it.
He challenged me …
Eliminating “It’s Not My Job Attitudes” at Your Workplace
The more client work I do the more creative I have to get.
I find my clients’ continue to offer me unique opportunities to stretch my comfort zone as I try to stretch theirs’. It’s become a wonderful symbiotic relationship.
Last week I was confronted with a situation where a client was challenged with a …
The Power and Importance of Language in Branding
“Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door,” is an inaccurate phrase attributed accurately to Ralph Waldo Emerson, regarding the power of innovation.
I thought of this recently after my breakout session seminar at an industry professional development conference and I realized that the phrase is only partially true.…
How To Never Again Be Intimidated by Bosses
The other day I was speaking to a mid-level manager at a large trash-recycling firm who told me that one of his biggest challenges is communicating up the chain of command. He feels intimated when he has to speak to superiors.
He told me he gets tongue-tied, whether it be a one-on-one conversation or a …