Our expectations of the future can constrain us when they get baked into our thinking, planning, and behaviour. We’re certain it’s gonna happen and sure enough, it does. Creating a different future requires stepping outside what we know and taking a stand for something we don’t know how to do.
Here’s a great example.
Read MoreGenerous listening is a potent leadership skill, yet I rarely hear it mentioned by any of the fancy journals. We have the ability to make people shrivel up and feel stupid and worthless or feel confident and free to express themselves intelligently, simply in how we listen. It is a big responsibility so here's how generous listening works.
Let's put it into practice.
Although I sometimes envy the amazing cars others drive, I keep reminding myself that my banged-up old Honda is the result of values-based choices my wife and I started making 25 years ago.
It’s been a challenge but ultimately satisfying.
Please watch to find out more.
Read MoreSometimes we must take the opportunity to say the things we’d never otherwise say, especially when you’ll never see that person again. It takes courage but will make a huge difference for both of you.
Here’s how.
Getting the most out of our people requires taking care of them.
Here’s the most important thing we need to do.
Many of us face the Cliff of Irrelevance at the end of our careers (and often before). What will our lives be about when the status, achievement, and busyness are gone? We must have the courage to jump off the cliff and learn how to fall well.
Have a watch to find out more.
Organizations are hard-wired to blame individuals for errors because it’s so easy. We love punishing scapegoats. But we miss an opportunity to learn and fix the broken systems, processes, culture, leadership, and safeguards that have let us down.
Here’s another way.
Many of us long to make a difference but compare ourselves to people making incredible things happen, and think, ‘I could never do that.’ But it’s not true. We can apply their secrets to our corner of the world and accomplish more than we ever thought possible.
Here’s how.
Sometimes the people we work with struggle with their performance, like productivity, schedule, quality, safety, communication, or relationships.
It’s tempting to tell them to do something different, but there is a better way.
What’s the secret to moving your team out of conflict and into collaboration?
Appreciate each other. It’s simple but hard.
Here’s how it works.
We all want to help our people and teams be more effective. But the way we go about it is often counterproductive.
Here’s a better way!
Many leaders know little about the lives of the people working for them. Listen to their stories and you will see the transformation. Here’s how.
Read MoreThe facts we often have to deal with can be brutal and depressing, but confronting reality will set you free to take the right action. Here's how.
Read MoreIn today’s video, I discuss those times we feel people are getting in our way, yet it’s often a matter of simply understanding their drivers and needs. We need to speak their language.
Here’s how to do that.
Read MoreSometimes we must confront the fact we are no good at certain things. But using our strengths we can work around our weaknesses.
Here’s how.
Ideally, we’d all get things done in ways that are consistent with our strengths. Problems happen when we think we have to perform like someone else, or we get told how to do our jobs.
Read MoreWe often don’t go for bigger roles because we doubt our abilities. But developing our strengths builds our capacity and capability to take on more than we initially believed. Here's how.
Read MoreMany people negatively compare how they communicate with the kind of people who are able to naturally stand up in front of an audience and get their message across fluently. Very few of us have that strength, however, but we can learn to communicate eloquently from our own strengths. Here’s how.
Read MoreWe’re often unconscious of those things we do most naturally because it’s effortless and enjoyable. These are our hidden strengths, unique to us. When we identify them as strengths and develop them we find ourselves operating at a completely new level of performance.
Read MoreWe’re all taught to fix our weaknesses but research shows people develop must faster with more enjoyment by focusing on what they are already talented at - their strengths.
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