YOU…with flair!

YOU…with flair!

​”To compare is to despair”   These words of wisdom are from my own coaches this year. How often have you found yourself thinking “I can’t do that. Jane/Bob/Joe is already doing it, and doing it so well.”? I think those thoughts all the time. I’m sure...
Disappointing Conversation With Your Boss?

Disappointing Conversation With Your Boss?

​Have you ever experienced a disappointing conversation with your boss?   I recently had a coaching conversation with a manager who had just been through a tough performance review. He came away from the discussion knowing for sure that he isn’t meeting his...
Trust and Organizational Resilience

Trust and Organizational Resilience

Trust & Organizational Resilience   A resilient organization is so much more than a group of resilient individuals   I became fascinated with individual resilience early in my HR career, when I saw firsthand the huge variation in how people go through –...
The Art of the Update

The Art of the Update

Manage Up   Master the Art of the Update   Worked for some interesting characters during your career? Yeah, me too! By now you’ve experienced some really great bosses and some really not-great bosses. Learning to “manage up” will give you more control over...
Office Politics

Office Politics

Office Politics   Are you ignoring office politics at your peril?   What pops into your mind when you hear the phrase “Office Politics?” People tend to think of office politics as negative, even distasteful. From that perspective, the ideal would be to find...
Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking

Organizations want more “strategic thinkers”   Have you ever heard someone described as a strategic thinker, or been advised you need to think more strategically, and wondered what that really means? It’s a challenge to describe strategic thinking to someone...
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