Why We Shouldn’t Be Giving Advice
There are many reasons for leaders to move away from advice-giving
Read MoreFalse Harmony and Teams
Harmony at the Keyboard My Grammy played piano for a living when there were supper clubs and people dressed to the nines to go out on the town. She was a wizard on both the piano and organ and enjoyed sharing her immeasurable talent. Harmony for Grammy came in the combination of the black and…
Read MoreKeeping Your Employee On The Bus
One of your employees or direct reports does not seem to be on the right bus. We’ll call him Employee. He has said he’s aligned with the company’s values, and he is a hard worker, but his behaviors do not seem to match up with the company values, and oftentimes he doesn’t do the right…
Read MoreAppreciative Leadership Changes People
In the past year, it seems that gratefulness and appreciation have expanded their reach even more so into our leadership lexicon. With Adam Grant’s informative and research-based book Give and Take, he notes that “a single act marked by mutual trust and respect will energize both people.” I have found that to be true. Positively energizing employees (accent on the…
Read MoreCuriosity and the Effective Leader
Some of you may remember the phrase from the National Enquirer – “enquiring minds want to know.” However, most of you likely have not heard of positive change approach Appreciative Inquiry (AI). It starts with curiosity, as did the Enquirer, but then dramatically diverges. Curiosity, in the case of AI, did not kill the cat, but instead,…
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