This week’s video Blog post explores poor communication in the workplace, which can lead to misunderstandings, confusion, and a lack of trust. It breeds an environment of secrecy and suspicion, hindering collaboration and causing frequent conflicts and mistakes. I provide some examples of how deal to deal with this challenge
Leading Change Effectively
Every change begins with a leadership decision. Making the decision to institute change is not always easy. Change can be precipitated by economics, market forces, the environment, or the need to just “mix it up a bit”, to create new energy. Being prepared with focused planning, and creating a solid team of people to work with you, will make not only the decision but the process a lot easier. This weeks Vlog post looks at some ideas on how to effectivly lead change,
Are You Looking for insight into how an individual will “fit in” to your team?
There are several models and tools that an organization can use to establish if someone would be a good fit for their organization – how do they manage time, how do handle conflict and stress? This week’s video blog looks at one such model and why it so effective in not only the workplace, but in life as a whole.
How to Become a Great Leader…Maybe
Mark M-G on LinkedIn started an interesting discussion this sometime ago with this question: “The large numbers of articles on leadership on LinkedIn and elsewhere will not produce major improvements in leadership skills. They focus almost exclusively on WHAT behaviors to change to become a better leader, not HOW to change those behaviors. And changing behaviors is very, very hard to do. What do you think should be done about this loss of focus on HOW to change?” I started to respond to his question and quickly realized that it was getting long and that I was actually writing what would become my own next post. Here it is…
Becoming Your Best Self
How can we progress from knowing what kind of person we want to be, to actually becoming that kind of person? I am asked that question a lot in my coaching practice. It comes from people’s perception that they are not satisfied with their current reality, and a need to be better, or the feeling that they can improve. I have found that the key is to shift our point of view from trying-to-get-to-where-you-want-to-be and, who-you-want-to-be, to (coming from the perspective that) I-am-already-that-person. For example, if I want to become a mindful person in a place of always being present in conversations, then I just need to “be” that person. To coin a phrase, “just do it”. In this weeks video blog I explore what this means