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A Critique of Critical Leaders

Sometimes I wonder if some leaders truly want to see their people succeed. For example, I see leaders delegate a task to a person on their team or an...
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Agreement? Optional. Support? Mandatory.

If at any point in your lifetime you plan on being part of the workforce, know this: Your leader (or your leader’s leader) is going to make a decision...
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Watch Your Tone!

I’ve noticed something prevalent lately among several confident leaders I know – how they use their tone. Or more specifically, how they use their tone when they’re stressed or...
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7 Ways to Make Positivity a Habit

For some reason, positivity often gets a bad rap. In television and film, overly positive people are portrayed as airheads who are clueless as to what’s really going on. A great story...
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Toddler Rules for Negotiating with Your Leader

Sometimes our efforts to negotiate with our leader lead us feeling about as fruitless and frustrated as the adorable toddler in this viral video.
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When to Wear The Mask

I’ve blogged about my perspective on a leader’s mask in the past. Although authenticity is one of the most essential and admired leadership traits, there are times when the...
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Don’t Get Owned

I was talking to another leader about a situation she recently encountered with a teammate. In short, the teammate was being difficult and rude to the leader, and the...
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You Go First

When something’s broken on our team or in our organization, we typically look beyond ourselves for the fix. We want our leader or our leader’s leader or the leaders...
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5 Qualities of a True Professional

We know a professional when we see one. Yet, what are the real qualities that differentiate a person as a professional? It certainly doesn’t lie in their title or...
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4 Reasons to Not Hit “Send”

For many of us, email is our go-to way of connecting with colleagues and customers. In fact, communicating by email is so second-nature to us that there are times...
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